The power of partnerships: Expanding the use of Earth observation data across Africa

Earth observations support the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the International Symposium on Digital Earth

Supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation using Earth observations: GEO’s Report from COP25

Tracking mercury to save lives

GEO and Google Earth Engine announce a call to action for projects to monitor the pulse of our planet

Rounding up the big takeaways from GEO Week 2019

The Manual of Digital Earth: An open access publication to advance the creation of a Digital Earth

Earth observations in the era of big data and cloud computing: Join the first-ever GEO Data and Knowledge Week in Beijing, China

Linking Remote Sensing and Local Observations with the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network

Engage with GEO at the UN Climate Change Conference next week in Madrid

GEO welcomes newest Participating Organizations and GEO Associates

GEO Week 2019 launches new investments and partnerships to boost the economic impact of Earth observations

Japan announces open sharing of radar satellite data

Ministers endorse the Canberra Declaration

Earth observations for Indigenous communities

China announces open sharing of Gaofen data

Spotlight Shines on the Winners of the GEO Week Awards

GEO-Google Earth Engine Programme provides $3 Million for Earth observations development

An Earth Observation Platform to Support Pacific Island Nations

LIVE STREAMING from GEO Week 2019! Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Reduction

Governments and industry join together to drive sustainable economic growth using Earth observations at GEO Week 2019

GEO Member Spotlight: United Kingdom

Leading space and tech companies join new initiative at GEO Week 2019

Explore the GEO Report on Impact – Now available online!

Five reasons to look forward to GEO Week 2019

Message of Condolence for Armen Saghatelyan, GEO Principal of Armenia

Climate Expert Sara Venturini joins the GEO Secretariat

Announcement of Opportunity: Earth Observation Cloud Services

Sierra Leone and El Salvador join the Group on Earth Observations global community

GEO supports a successful Digital Earth Africa Day in Nairobi

New Associates and Participating Organizations join the Group on Earth Observations

How Earth observations can strengthen traditional knowledge in Arctic communities

Global Hackathon to Advance Earth Observations with Indigenous Communities

Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) highlights the value of open data and Earth observations

Ready for take-off: Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme Updates

5 ways to promote women in STEM: Lessons from the Science Festival in Ghana

9 recommendations to turn data into action

Call for abstracts for GEO Sessions at AGU on the Knowledge Hub and Fire Emissions and Health

The value of open Earth Data: Report from the Landsat program

EuroGEO launches a pioneering new project, e-shape

GEO Individual Excellence Award

GEO and Amazon Web Services Announce Cloud Grants to Improve Understanding of Our Planet

FOSS4G EO Data Challenge

RADARSAT-1 Open Data Survey

GEO launches Awards Programme to recognize innovation for the SDGs and individual excellence in Earth observation

Member Spotlight: Colombia

RCMRD to host AfriGEO Secretariat

GEO gains IPCC Observer status

Review highlights from GEO Data Technology Workshop

Digital Earth Africa Phase 1 Summary now available

Meet Florian Franziskakis: In situ Data Management Specialist joins GEO Secretariat

EuroGEOSS Workshop 2019, 3-5 July 2019, Lisbon

Join a Research Team for Earth Challenge 2020

Remote Sensing Special Issue: Google Earth Engine Applications

Crop alerts improve early warning for food security when disaster strikes

China GEO supports Iran flood disaster response

New GEO membership category for commercial entities and national organizations

GFOI invites contributions to Forest Monitoring Tool Registry

Sinergise Offers €300,000 in Sentinel Hub Services under GEO-AWS Cloud Credits Programme

Emergency Management in the age of Climate Change

A call to countries: Invest in Earth observations to manage economies, communities and ecosystems

2nd GEO - AWS Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme Webinar

China GEO supports Brazil dam collapse disaster response

Blog post: Public Release of NextGEOSS Platform helps transform Earth observations to actionable information for the SDGs

Webinar: AWS - GEO Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme

Member spotlight: China

Call for Applications: GEO and Amazon Web Services collaborate to provide Cloud Credits for projects that improve understanding of our planet

Call for Abstracts: EO for Sustainable Development at EGU 2019

Call for experts to join the International Resource Panel

GEO Week 2018 looks to the digital economy for Earth observation data and technology

CropWatch Cloud supports crop monitoring for food security in Mozambique

Canada renews contribution to GEO

Blog post: The role of Digital Earth in a Transformed Society

Australia to host 2019 GEO Ministerial Summit

Germany Pledges 100,000 Euros to GEO Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative

South Africa to Chair Group on Earth Observations

GEO Highlights 2017-2018 Report Now Available

New Tool Allows Users to Explore Islands Worldwide

Blog post: How space technology is transforming Africa’s food system through low-cost insurance products for smallholders

Blog post: Making the case for Earth observation data: A case study of the Landsat programme

Blog post: Leveraging Earth Observation data for Air Quality Monitoring

Blog post: Cyprus Aspires to Enter Space Arena with the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence

Blog post: Meet Joost Teuben: Capacity building expert joins the GEO team as virtual secondee

Blog post: Meet Guo Man: New agriculture expert joins GEO Secretariat

Farewell message from outgoing GEO Secretariat Director Barbara J. Ryan to the GEO Community

Kenya’s First National Crop Monitor Set to Strengthen Food Security

GEO at AGU Fall Meeting: Call for Abstracts

Blog post: Earth Observations for Urban Resilience: Takeaways from ICLEI’s 2018 Resilient Cities Congress

From up there to down here - Big space data and the SDGs

Blog post: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2018 – GEO Land Degradation Neutrality Activity

Blog post: World Oceans Day 2018 - Using Earth Observations to Protect our Blue Planet

Blog post: World Environment Day - several GEO activities for the environment!

EuroGEOSS Workshop 2018, 12-14 September 2018 at the University of Geneva

Blog post: Interview: GEOSS/HACK 2018 winners design app to track wild fires in Madagascar

Eye on Earth webinar: Artificial Intelligence for Earth

Building sargassum & oil spill monitoring capabilities in the Caribbean and adjacent regions

3rd GEO Data Providers Workshop drives forward global technical cooperation on data for development

GEO News Update: May 2018

EuroGEOSS call for expressions of intent

Monitoring the climate with Earth observation data: GEO at the 2018 Climate Show

Progress on GEOGLAM Crop Monitors highlighted at G20 Agriculture Deputies Meeting

Blog post: Meet James Norris: New disasters expert joins GEO Secretariat

Blog post: Bringing People Closer to Earth Data: An overview of recent GEOSS Platform upgrades

GEO welcomes 8 new Participating Organizations

Value of Earth Observations Highlighted at Data for Development Festival

Half of Earth’s satellites restrict use of climate data

Webinar: Artificial Intelligence for Earth - 23 May 2PM UTC

Blog post: Armenia benefits from GEO engagement

Harnessing the Potential of Earth Observations for Sustainable Development: Emerging Opportunities

Contributions from UNIGE/ISE to the Group on Earth Observations and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems

2018 POGO Visiting Fellowship for Shipboard Training on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) Cruise

Water and the Data Cube Revolution: Analysis-ready satellite data for better decisions

Save the Date: GEO Symposium 2018

Blog post: Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System: A European Strategy

Delivering Earth observations worldwide: GEONETCast

Blog post: More than a workshop - key EO data event approaches 3rd and biggest year

Call for Community Input Arctic Observing Summit 2018 Deadline: 4 March

Call for Session Proposals for SciDataCon 2018: Deadline approaching

GEO Advances Priority Efforts at Workshop on the Role of the Ocean for SDGs in the Caribbean & SIDS

GEO participates in Key Global Events on Disaster Risk Reduction

GEO Carbon and GHG Initiative drives forward Global Cooperation on Greenhouse Gas Measurements

EO-College and SAR EDU release compilation of freely available software for SAR Remote Sensing

GEO at WUF9: Earth observations, resilience and the New Urban Agenda

Nature Comment paper by Prof. GUO Huadong: Steps to the Digital Silk Road

Blog post: Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Satellite Data

Call for Applications: NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute

World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility joins Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI) Leadership

Blog post: GEO’s Value Highlighted at COP23

Exploring the depths of the global earth observation system of systems

A view-based model of data-cube to support big earth data systems interoperability

Blog post: Earth Observations: Global Perspectives from the UK

The data-user decade

UK POSTnote: Environmental Earth Observation

From GCI to GEOSS Platform: a comprehensive response to user needs

GEO at COP23: Integrated Observations for Mitigation and Adaptation & Practical Support to Parties

EoE Webinar: Nov 22, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET

Appointment of Gilberto Câmara as the next GEO Secretariat Director

Register now: GEOSS Portal Virtual Workshop

Blog post: Join in OpenStreetMap GeoWeek - November 12th-17th

China to share data from Fengyun-4A weather sat and carbon-monitoring TanSat

Mitigating Flooding and Drought through Data for Decision-Making

Insight for a Changing World: 14th GEO Plenary

New Tool Allows Users to Explore Mountains Worldwide

Reducing Disaster Risks Through Earth Observations

New on the GCI: Healthsites health care location data for West Africa

Blog post: SMURBS: SMart URBan Solutions for Air Quality, Disasters and Urban Growth

Blog post: China’s SASMAC advances regional cooperation on Earth observations

OceanObs ’19 seeks experts to join Program Committee

Breakout session on scales of Arctic Earth Observations at the 2017 Arctic Circle Assembly on 14th October

Blog post: GEONETCast Mexico: US – Mexico Space Cooperation for Disaster Risk Reduction

Press Release: Major milestone reached in forest monitoring from space

Blog post: Automatic Semantic Enrichment for Intelligent Big Earth Observation Databases

Development Seed to host GEO Week icebreaker

EuroGeographics Webinar, 28 November 2017, 11:00-12:00 (CET)

Blog post: Leveraging the Cloud and Earth observations for monitoring development in Africa

Analysing existing data infrastructures for climate services

Blog post: Open population grid data aids ICRC´s crisis response

Blog post: Distributed Ledger Technology: Blockchain for shared economy of space

The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

Report on the 2nd GEO Data Providers Workshop

Blog post: An eye on Earth: satellite Earth Observation for agriculture insurance

Blog post: Open Data Areas Alberta – EO for Cumulative Effects and Integrated Resource Management

Regional Workshop on Himalayan GEOSS

Blog post: New leadership revitalizes GEO Health Community of Practice

Blog post: Blue Planet 3rd Symposium: The role of oceans in Earth’s life-support system

AGU Fall Meeting 2017

Blog post: Balkan Peninsula cooperates on Earth Observation services for sustainable development

University of Geneva: continuing education and summer school programme

Blog post: New report shows how EO data can help to measure the Sendai Framework for DRR

Pecora 20 Remote Sensing Symposium

Blog post: 2nd AfriGEOSS Symposium

Open Earth Observations for Decision Making - Call for Applications!

Blog post: Perspectives on the Nature of Geospatial Information

Blog post: Research Dialogue 9

3rd GEOSS Portal Demo - Virtual Workshop

Blog post: Geneva innovations

Blog post: Digital Earth Australia: Big Data for a Big Country

Blog post: #FutureEO

Blog post: Mapping Nations - The Next Decade

Blog post: Marine observation - with Frank Muller Karger

Survey: What next for Polar research?

Blog post: Development Seed, "a timely conversation" at the Data Providers Workshop

Press Release: Global push for Earth observations continues

OECD work on Earth observation for decision making

The Copernicus Masters, 2017

Blog post: Understanding changes in cold regions

Blog post: Atlas of the Human Planet assesses vulnerabilities to disaster

Vacancy notice: GEO Secretariat Director (2018-2020)

Blog post: Early Warning at Global Scale

Blog post: GPSDD announces funding for EO data projects

New Report Illustrates How EO Supports Sustainable Development

Blog post: EO to measure how cities are growing

Open EO Data on Open Data Day

New Zealand Government thanks ChinaGEOSS, CODATA and IRDR for their help following 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake

Blog post: Padou Lambert uses EO for Ecotourism

Blog post: OGC - Open Standards for GEO

Members’ views on the first GEO Programme Board of 2017

GEO Secretariat Director Ryan on the Geospatial Hall of Fame

GEO XIV Plenary

Earth observation for EU Research and Innovation

Blog post: GEO Value by Francoise Pearlman

Blog post: Giovanni Rum retires from GEO

Blog post: GEO BON at CBD COP 13

The 9th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium

Blog post: MYGEOSS

Blog post: Great Green Wall

US call for proposals for the GEO Work Programme 2017-19

Blog post: Earth Info Day

Open Earth observation data more accessible

Investments in open Earth observation data set to grow

New look GEOSS Portal for better access to Earth observation data

Survey on Earth Observation Capability for the African Union

Atlas of the Human Planet 2016

GEONETCast-Americas, 50 stations and still expanding!

GEO supports the Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness (PREP)