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Second High Level Forumon Global Geospatial Information Management

Session 4: “Geospatial Information and Sustainable Development (Rio+20)”

Qatar National Convention CentreDoha, 6th February 2013

Professor Jacqueline McGladeEuropean Environment Agency

Climate Change

Population

Political and Social Conflict

Loss of Biodiversity

Energy

Water Security

Natural Resources

Economic Uncertainty

Urbanization and Land Use

Human Health

Security

Technology Advancements

Poverty & Inequality

Globalization

Our World Is Changing RapidlyThere is a need for timely, fit-for-purpose information on the state of the environment

. . . We Need Collective Intelligence and Understanding

Assessments and networks

Networks of Environment, Information Technology and Space Professionals

Data and information is key to a better understanding

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Data & indicators

Information

Knowledge

Understanding

GMES Land Service sForward Looking studiesSOE –SENSE Integration

Sharing and Collaboration

Greening society 2012 indicator report Indicator reviewWest Balkans Indicator ReportAir quality RF and USA

Technology Is Changing RapidlyCo-evolving And Enabling New Possibilities

Helping Us Build A New Approach

Multidimensional

Open AccessUsability

Data Management

Solutions

GIS

Analysis Inspire

Access

BandwidthCollaboration

Social Networking

Connectivity

Wireless

Networks

PredictiveReal Time

ScienceAnalytics

Modeling

Real Time

TrackingSensor Network

MeasurementRemote Sensing

Lidar

GPS

Services

Web EnabledCollaboration

Privacy

DataCrowdsourcing

Access

SEIS Ownership

Volume

Mobile

DistributedSecurity

ComputingVisualization

Cloud

Performance

SaaS

Location Mobile

Copernicus Copernicus ‐‐ The European Earth Observation ProgrammeThe European Earth Observation Programme

Responding to Natural Disasters

FloodingSituationalAwareness

FiresFire Simulation

DamageAssessment Event Tracking

Radiation Exposure Forecasting Earthquakes, Storms & Tsunami

Planning for the Future – Green EconomyEconomic Development

Land Use and Noise

Prague

Urban Design

Land Use

Climate adaptation planning

Housing & infrastructure

Demographic Growth

Nature Conservation

Germany

Solar Potential

Rapid Adoption of Common Platforms and StandardsTo Organize and Share Information

. . . Building A Global Network

EEA-Eionet

UNEP Live

NGO’s – Data Basin

US Government

Russian Federation

Eye on Earth Global Network

Global geospatial infrastructure - UN

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RussiaUS

India

SingaporeAbu Dhabi

EU

Indonesia

Geneva, Switzerland

China

Knowledge Workers

Managers

Policy Makers

Citizens

A New Pattern Is EmergingOpening And Connecting Individual & Institutional Efforts

Creating A Vast Network . . . . . . Of Collective Environmental Knowledge

Environmental Professionals

SEIS will help streamline & coordinate our workIntegrating Activities Across Organizations

Acting

DecisionMaking

Design &Planning

Measuring

Analyzing

Managing Data

Visualizing

An Environmental Nervous System . . .

Good Information Services Support Decision Making

Helping Us Understand . . . . . . And Support Action

Wind Turbine Suitability

Air quality pilot studies

Leveraging Spatial Analysis

Good Information Products Show Status – Situation Awareness

Helping Us Understand . . . . . . And Support Action

Government Expenditures vs. Need

Financial grants

AID Funding

Water ResourcesWater Resources

TrafficTraffic

Population CensusPopulation Census

TweetTweet

Ozone LevelOzone LevelTemperatureTemperature Marine PollutionMarine Pollution

Energy ConsumptionEnergy Consumption