Space as a Toolbox for Climate Action - Results from the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) first Global Conference on Climate (GLOC 2023), held May 2023 in Oslo Norway

The International Astronautical Federation Global (IAF) Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2023) convened in Oslo, Norway, 23-25 May 2023 and was formulated as a new kind of IAF conference to address findings and actions for space as a toolbox for climate action. It is well recognized that human generated carbon emissions are causing global concentrations of greenhouse gasses to steadily rise, well above levels in the most recent geologic era. Amongst others, this is causing a continually changing climate regime of increasingly severe weather and other environmental extremes. The space community have been instrumental in creating validated and global measurements to increase today’s scientific understanding, and enabling applications that address the many aspects of climate change.

GLOC 2023 brought together more than 500 participants - with users, policy makers, industry and media to explore the topic and synthesize findings and recommendations that could be utilized to increase use of space for climate action. It incorporated summarizing the results of the presentations, discussions and recommendations from the conference in a presentable way. This paper documents key findings for that purpose and conveys the findings and recommendations from GLOC 2023 for future use.