Keynote presentation from Irish Earth Observation Symposium, Maynooth University, November 2017

1. A
FEW
OBSERVATIONS
@steven_ramage
GEO
Secretariat
sramage@geosec.org

3. $1.5B GFOI
$500M DATA CUBE
$300M EC

4. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

5. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

6. SPACE-BASED
OBSERVATIONS
IN SITU
OBSERVATIONS

9. COORDINATED GLOBALLY, REGIONALLY,
NATIONALLY & LOCALLY
COMPREHENSIVE ACROSS DOMAINS,
NETWORKS & PLATFORMS
SUSTAINED OVER TIME

10. GEO IN NUMBERS

11. G E O W O R K P R O G R A M M E
2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 9
7 0 + : F L A G S H I P S , I N I T I A T I V E S & C O M M U N I T Y A C T I V I T I E S
S C O R E S O F C O U N T R I E S
T H O U S A N D S O F C O L L A B O R A T O R S
H U N D R E D S O F M I L L I O N S I N V E S T E D
I M P A C T O N B I L L I O N S O F L I V E S

12. G E O W O R K P R O G R A M M E
F L A G S H I P S

17. G E O W O R K P R O G R A M M E
I N I T I A T I V E S

18. G E O R E G I O N A L I N I T I A T I V E S

19. G E O W O R K P R O G R A M M E
C O M M U N I T Y A C T I V I T I E S

20. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

21. GEO
works
across
8
Societal
Benefit
Areas
(SBAs)
to
find
soluAons
for
global
challenges.
Climate
change
and
its
impacts
cut
across
all
SBAs.

25. G E O E N G A G E M E N T P R I O R I T I E S

27. Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
INITIATIVE
CO-­‐CHAIRS
Eduardo
De
La
Torre
Mexico/INEGI
Chu
Ishida
Japan/JAXA
Lawrence
Friedl
USA/NASA
ExecuJve
Secretary
Argyro
Kavvada
USA/NASA-­‐BAH
Marc
Paganini,
ESA

28. http://eo4sdg.org
Twitter: @EO4SDG
6.6.1 WATER
11.3.1 POPULATION
15.3.1 LAND

29. Agenda
2030
EO
Case
Studies
GEO
is
instrumental
in
integraJng
Earth
observaJon
data
into
the
methodology
of
measuring,
monitoring
and
achieving
the
SDG
Indicators.
Brochure
gives
graphic
illustraJons
of
EO
data
allowing
decision-­‐makers
to
help
idenJfy
the
status
of
condiJons
they
need
to
report,
as
well
as
visualize
soluJons.
hUps://www.earthobservaJons.org/documents/publicaJons/
201703_geo_eo_for_2030_agenda.pdf

31. Climate
Change
Responding
to
the
Paris
Agreement
ArAcle
4
and
ArAcle
13
–
NaAonal
ReporAng
• Reported
five-­‐yearly
by
parJes,
successive
reducJons
in
emissions
• Using
exisJng
methods
and
guidance;
not
validaJon
ArAcle
5
MiAgaAon
• Knowledge
of
evoluJon
of
sinks
and
sources
ArAcle
7
AdaptaAon
• (7.6)
Strengthening
cooperaJon,
• (7.7c)
Research,
systemaJc
observaJon
ArAcle
10
Technology
Transfer
&
ArAcle
11
Capacity
Development
ArAcle
14
Global
stocktaking
• in
the
light
of
equity
and
the
best
available
science:
2023,
2028…
ArAcle
15
Compliance
GEO
PB
AcAon
(Aug
2017):
Organise
a
workshop
on
the
EO
response
to
the
Paris
Agreement

34. P R I V A T E S E C T O R E S S E N T I A L

35. CHANGING LANDSCAPE

36. DATA-CENTRIC
TO USER-CENTRIC

37. R E S I L I E N C E
AND
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y

38. POLICY MATTERS

39. COLLABORATION

40. C O M M U N I C A T I O N

41. OPEN DATA FOR THE
BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND

42. SLAINTHE IRELAND