Climate minister Leonore Gewessler congratulates Dr. Josef Aschbacher Inhaltsverzeichnis einblenden Inhaltsverzeichnis ausblenden During a press conference in Vienna, the newly elected ESA director general thanked the minister for her support during the election process. Space 4 Earth! Climate protection minister Leonore Gewessler and the newly elected ESA director general Dr. Josef Aschbacher both work on supporting climate action and protection through space technology. Austria is supposed to be carbon neutral by 2040.