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What are GEO and GEOSS?
The Group on Earth Observations (or GEO) is coordinating international efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). This emerging public infrastructure is interconnecting a diverse and growing array of instruments and systems for monitoring and forecasting changes in the global environment. This “system of systems” supports policymakers, resource managers, science researchers and many other experts and decision-makers.
Click here to learn more about GEOSS. You can find more details on how GEO functions on the "About GEO pages" and in the GEO Information Kit.
Highlights
2nd GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium concludes in Tokyo
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Speakers and organizers at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Symposium, from left to right: Dr. Mamoru Mohri, Prof. José Achache, Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri, Mr. Yukihide Hayashi, Dr. Rabinder N. Malik, Mr. Shin Aoyama
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The Government of Japan welcomed some 300 scientists and experts from across the Asia-Pacific region to a three-day symposium in Tokyo on 14 - 16 April 2008. Keynote speaker Dr R.K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said, "Global observing systems such as GEOSS promote information sharing and the synthesis of information; they serve the climate as a global public good."
The symposium considered new technologies and strategies for assessing and predicting climate change, which will be needed for future assessments by the IPCC and others. Other issues included adapting to the expected impacts of climate change on biodiversity and on water resources. The meeting also explored the potential role of GEOSS in monitoring forests and tracking the carbon cycle.
The aim of the Symposium was to strengthen GEOSS while supporting international efforts to understand and address climate change and its impacts on the region.
For more information, see the summary report, conference home page and press advisory
Developing Countries Get Help to Cope with Climate Change
(Environmental News Service, 28 February 2008)
WASHINGTON D.C. -- A new agreement between the World and the National Oceanic and Aeronautics Administration (NOAA) of the US promises to help realize the societal benefits of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, particularly in the Americas. Read full article
Idea of Flying Earth Climate Observation Sensors on Iridium NEXT Gains Universal Approval, Focus Moves to Funding
Bethesda, Md., January 30 - Iridium(R) Satellite and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a meeting at the Royal Society in London on January 22, 2008. The meeting, "Exploiting the New Earth Observation Paradigm," organized by Trident Sensors Ltd., was a follow-up to the GEO IV Plenary and Ministerial Summit in Cape Town last November... Download full text
A global revolution in Earth management
An editorial by the GEO Co-Chairs.
Climate change, the depletion of natural resources, the emergence of new diseases, and the loss of
biological diversity are amongst some of the most serious and complex challenges facing the human
race today... Download full text
GEO and ITU join forces on Earth observation satellites, emergencies and capacity building
Geneva, 10 December 2007 - The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening cooperation on remote sensing of the Earth, particularly in the field of disaster preparedness and response... Download full text
"The Full Picture"
The Full Picture is an exciting
new full-colour publication detailing
selected Early Achievements and
other Earth observation projects
and services. You can download "The
Full Picture" by clicking on
the image on the left.
The First 100 Steps to GEOSS
The Early Achievements that governments
and organizations have contributed
to GEOSS have each been summarized
in a two-page brief and collected
in a document entitled “The First 100 Steps to GEOSS”.
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