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GEO: Serving communities at risk
5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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through Earth observations
Francesco GAETANI
GEO Secretariat, Switzerland

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Created in 2005, to develop a coordinated and sustained Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) to enhance decision making
in nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs)
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GEO today:
93 Members
77 Participating
Organizations

77 Participating Organizations
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GEO Objectives
 Improve and Coordinate (existing) Observing
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Systems
 Provide Easier & More Open Data Access
 Foster Use (ST Applications)
 Build Capacity for the use of EO data
GEOSS is being built from the expansion and interlinking of
existing observation and information systems and the
investments of Members and Participating Organizations in new
systems.

GEOSS a Global Eos System of Systems
Architecture + Data portals + Software + Tools
Human Capital
Space-based + in situ instrumentation
Experience + expertise
Informal + formal
Capacity building
Infrastructure
Institutions
Networking
Governance
Data sharing
Data management
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Information for supporting decision-making

GEOSS Common infrastructure (GCI) Interoperability
Brokering Strategy
More than 65 Million (50
Million GEOSS Data Core)
potentially Discoverable
and Accessible resources
(e.g. satellite scene,
raingauge record,.)
www.geoportal.org
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GEO Work Plan 2012-2015
(Main) Tasks contributing to the Disasters’ target achievement
WATER
WA-01
WHEATHER
WE-01
DISASTERS
DI-01
Disaster Strategic target (by 2015)
Enable the global coordination of observing and information systems
to support all phases of the risk management cycle associated with
hazards (mitigation and preparedness, early warning, response, and
recovery).

Preparedness
• Early Warning System
• Forecasting/Nowcasting
• Event scenario
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Emergency Response
• Disaster extent
• Monitoring
• Damage assessment
Recovery
• Damage assessment (ctd)
• Logistics and infrastructure
analysis
Mitigation
• Hazard assessment
• Exposure mapping
• Vulnerability assessment
• Risk scenarios
• Emergency plans
hours weeks years
Data    Products    Services
WA-01-C1 Integrated Water Cycle
WA-01-C2:
extremes
DI-01-C2 Geohaz DI-01-C1 DMS
monitoring and RA DI-01-C3 end2end
First
responders
Disaster
managers
Local
Authorities
National
Regional
decision
makers
Scientists
P
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R
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WE-01-C1:
prediction
WE-01-C2 Access and use of H impact info
days
products services raw data

CMO/
CDEMA
ICIMOD Cathalac
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Not only global issues
GEO Regional stakeholders:
RCMRD INPE
CSIR SANSA
Sentinel Asia
EC-JRC
EPOS
EGS
RADI UNAVCO
USGS
CSIRO

GEO at work (some projects from Task DI-01)
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The CEOS ad hoc Disaster Team created three thematic teams to develop three
thematic pilots (one each relating to floods, seismic hazards and volcanoes)
and the related components of the CEOS DRM Observation Strategy.
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A comprehensive approach for DRRM: DI-01-C3
The pilots will:
•Acquire data
•Gather in situ data if relevant
•Supply data to Thematic value adders
(VA) and/or Users
•Supply Thematic value-adding products
to Users
•Gather feedback, validation report,
exploitation report
•Assess performance and define service
roll out
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• Caribbean Satellite Disasters Pilot (CSDP)
• Southern African Flood and Health Pilot (SAFHP)
To demonstrate the effectiveness of satellite imagery to strengthen regional, national and
community level capacity for mitigation, management and coordinated response to
natural hazards
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A comprehensive approach for DRRM: DI-01-C3 (ctd)
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To identify specific satellite-based
products that can be used for
disaster mitigation and response
on a regional level
To identify capacity building
activities that will increase the
ability of the region to integrate
satellite-based information into
disaster management initiatives

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Geohazard Supersites and Natural
Laboratories (GSNL) Pooling Satellite
imagery and terrestrial in-situ data for
earthquake and volcano studies.
There are 3 different level of sites: Permanent
Supersite where integration between in-situ
and satellite data is promoted by
implementing e-infrastructures; Post-Event
Scientific Forum Supersite web portal where
to collect information, data, modeling results
etc.. immediately after a catastrophic event;
Natural Laboratories Global Network of
regional Natural Laboratories.
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Bridging science and society to mitigate risk: DI-01-C2
http://supersites.earthobservations.org/

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Global Wildland Fire Information System
AFIS, a regional fire danger system for southern Africa
European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
Global Early Warning System for Wildland Fire
Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS)
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Sharing actionable information: DI-01
The South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas
(SARVA).
The Atlas is aimed at equipping decision-makers
with information on the impact and risk
associated with global change in the region.

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Strengthening response capacity and resilience: DI-01-C1
• International Charter Space and Major
Disasters
In response to a request from the Group on Earth
Observation (GEO) to improve access to the Charter
during emergencies, collaboration has started with
primary focus on users from Africa
Starting in 2009 the Charter has initiated a formal
user consultation to address how to improve Charter
access.
Furthermore, starting from GEO member states of the
Asia Pacific region, the Charter has established a link
to Sentinel Asia users.
Finally in September 2012, the process for the
implementation of Universal Access for the Charter
has been adopted by the Board.
P ER R M

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Building preparedness and sharing critical information: DI-01-C1
• SERVIR (The Regional Visualization and Monitoring System )
Central America 9 countries; Africa 18 countries; Himalaya 6 Countries
• Support in Extreme Events and Capacity Building in the Use of GIS and Remote
Sensing for Disaster Management.
P ER R M
•GDACS Global Disasters Alert and
Coordination System is a
cooperation framework between the
United Nations (UNOSAT, UNOCHA),
the European Commission (JRC) and
disaster managers worldwide to
improve alerts, information exchange
and coordination in the first phase
after major sudden-onset disasters.

GEOSS Targeted Gaps
1. Uncertainty over continuity of observations
2. Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets
3. Eroding or little technical infrastructure in many parts of the world
4. Lack of relevant processing systems to transform data into useful
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information
5. Limited access to data and associated benefits in developing world
6. Inadequate data integration and interoperability
7. Inadequate user involvement

Added value for the Post 2015 Framework for
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Disaster Risk Reduction
• GEO has been recognized by the 1st preparatory committee
meeting for the WCDRR as an observer.
• GEO is working with its 93 Governments and 77 Pos to
positioning Earth Obsrrvations and related information in the
post 2015 DRR framework.
• GEO can play a key role in providing UN Member Countries
with critical data and information for assessing, hazard,
vulnerability and risk and to measure progress in the
implementation of HFA2.

Francesco GAETANI
fgaetani@geosec.org
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http://www.earthobservations.org

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