Disasters: Achievements

The Early Achievements – representing the 100 First Steps to GEOSS – have been contributed by GEO Members and Participating Organizations. Their presentation to Ministers and senior officials at the Cape Town Ministerial Summit on 30 November marks a major milestone in the construction of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.

Click on the Early Achievements below to learn more about how GEOSS will strengthen decision making in the field of disaster prediction and management:

• GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice (CZCP)
• Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System
• IFFI-Italian Landslides Inventory
• IGOS-P Geohazards theme and Community of Practice
• Improved use of Satellites for Risk Management
• International Federation of Digital Seismograph Network: increased coverage and data availability for global earthquake monitoring
• Sentinel Asia
• The German Indonesian Tsunami Early-Warning System (GITEWS)
• The Network of Centers of the Italian Civil Protection System