NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated on Tuesday that the space agency hopes to see increased international collaboration in the future on issues like climate change, which includes greenhouse gas emissions, reuters reported.

Yes, taking bold, swift action on a scale never seen before is necessary to address the climate issue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Although there are solutions, they will need to be implemented quickly and extensively, requiring substantial collaboration and commitment from all governments, businesses, and people on the planet. Although it’s a difficult undertaking, it’s necessary for the health of the earth and future generations.

Nelson’s statement underscores the importance of leveraging available information and taking collective action on greenhouse gas emissions. International collaboration is key in addressing this global challenge effectively. With the data and knowledge at hand, it’s crucial for nations to come together and implement meaningful measures to combat climate change.

In addition to being extremely useful for researching climate change, satellites are now being used by scientists all around the world to identify greenhouse gas emissions—like methane leaks—that would have gone unnoticed otherwise.

Nelson continued, saying that NASA was trying to make this data available and teach people how to use it. Satellites were continuously gathering data about the climate.

The ability to pinpoint the origin of large methane leaks using satellite data is a significant advancement in addressing methane emissions, which are a major contributor to global warming. This technology can help identify sources more accurately and enable targeted efforts to reduce methane emissions, thereby mitigating its impact on climate change.

Due to its greater capacity to retain heat in the atmosphere per unit of energy, it is a significantly more powerful short-term contributor to global warming than carbon dioxide.

Pam Melroy’s statement emphasizes the global nature of the challenges we face, particularly regarding issues like climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. It highlights the necessity of international cooperation and collective action to address these challenges effectively. No single country acting alone can adequately solve such complex global problems; it requires collaboration and concerted efforts on a global scale.

Nelson and Melroy, both astronauts, met with lawmakers and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador earlier in the day to talk about potential areas of cooperation.