CooPEUS Meeting
Fostering transatlantic cooperation and the
integration of Earth Observation projects into
GEOSS
17th December San Francisco
Gilles OLLIER
Head of Sector
Earth Observation Sector
Directorate Climate Action and Resource Efficiency – I4
Directorate General Research & Innovation
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Gilles.Ollier@ec.europa.e
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GEO Global Partnership
• Intergovernmental
partnership set by
international agreement
since 2005
• Legally non-binding
Voluntary contributions
• 10 year GEO mandates
- Current (2005-2015)
- Renewed (2016-2025)
• 95 Nations, plus EC
89 Participating Org.
5 Caucuses
USA
EU
SA
CHINA
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What is GEOSS ?
1) A global coordination platform for
Earth observation
2) A response to EO needs in 9 Societal Challenges
3) An information system providing Full & open access
to EO datasets
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Collaboration between US and EU through
GEO: e.g. Global Initiatives - governance
GFOI (Forests)
GMOS (Mercury)
GEO BON (Biodiversity)
GEOGLAM (Agriculture)
The Geohazard Supersites
Blue Planet
GEO Carbon
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Innovation
Example: the Water Community of Practice
"From observations
to decisions"
"We can manage only
what we can measure"
A strategy for addressing
water data product needs
to inform decision-making:
Maintenance and enhancement of water
cycle observations at national, basin and
global scales
Better quantification of fluxes and stores
in the global water cycle;
Increased availability and use of data,
information and indicators to support
operational water quality decision-making
Information on expertise, information
systems and datasets to the global,
regional, and national water communities
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ftp://ftp.earthobservations.org/TEMP/Water/GEOSS_WSR_Full_Report.pdf
Contribution to the assessment of global
water resources through the use of new
Earth Observation datasets and
techniques
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Transatlantic Alliance
Launched in May 2013 (Galway statement)
Goal: To better understand the Atlantic Ocean and
to promote the sustainable management of its
resources. The objective is also to study the
interplay of the Atlantic Ocean with the Arctic
Ocean, particularly with regards to climate change.
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Galway Statement
Areas of Cooperation
Five areas of cooperation were identified as priorities in
the policy dialogue both with the US and Canada and are
part of the Galway Statement commitments:
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Ocean Stressors
•
Aquaculture
•
Observing Systems
•
Marine Microbial Ecology and
•
Ocean Literacy
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Horizon 2020 – Blue Growth
• Horizon 2020 is strongly supporting the Blue Growth strategy
with a dedicated Focus Area for the 2014-2015 Work
Programme.
• The EU commitment was translated into the current Blue
Growth calls with 195M€ in the 2014-2015 Work Programme
and 57M€ "earmarked" as Galway Statement follow-up calls.
• Good participation rate in the first Horizon 2020 Blue Growth
2014-2015 call form the US (with NOAA, WHOI, National
Marine
Educators
Association
among
partners)
and
Canada(with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, MEOPAR, Dalhousie
and Newfoundland Universities among partners).
• Blue Growth call open for 2015 - Improving the preservation
and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystems
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Integrated Atlantic Ocean
Observing System
Challenge:
• Deployment of IAOOS
Scope:
• Northern and Southern
IAOOS
Atlantic
• Fill observational gaps
• Reducing the costs of
in-situ ocean observation
• Interoperable exchange of data
• International partners from
both sides of the Atlantic.
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Conclusion
• Joining forces internationally is the only way to
tackle global challenges and sustainably exploit
natural resources
• International
political
frame
needed
(GEO,
transatlantic alliance, etc…)
• Joint priority setting (through the transatlantic
alliance, GEO post-2015)
• Alignment – Horizon 2020 dedicated calls, EU and
its individual Member States, GEO Blue Planet,
NOAA, NSF, MEOPAR, etc.
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•Thank you!
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