the future of gmes and the role of the jrc alan belward, francesco pignatelli

1JRC Information dayBucharest, May 2006

The future of GMES and the role of the JRC

Alan Belward, Francesco Pignatelli

Global Environment Monitoring UnitEuropean Commission – DG JRC


GMES overview

By 2008, to establish an autonomous European Capacity to monitor the Earth to support management of the global environment and foster global security and provide reliable and timely information related to environmental and security issues to support policy makers’ needs

Fulfills European Space Policy to make Space a tool to serve the policies of the Union, its Member States and its citizens– European Space Policy – Preliminary Elements

COM(2005)208 final

An EU initiative, where ESA implements the space component and the Commission identifies and develops services– GMES Communication - COM(2005)565 final


GMES: why a Community approach?

There is clear EU added value:• Coherent monitoring of EU and MS policies

• Europe-wide compatible products for further use at all levels + Geospatial interoperability (INSPIRE)

• Data sharing (e.g. satellite images) by several applications (and several regions)


GMES components

Public

Policy

Local/regional authorities Governments, EU

International OrganisationsRegulatory Bodies

IndustryGeneral Public

Solutions

Needs

User orientedservicedelivery

Space observing systems

In-situ observing systems

Data integration

& information management


GMES implementation

2001 – 2003: “initial period” resulted in 2004-2008 Action Plan System definition

2004 – 2008: “putting the components together” Users/providers dialogue; service development;

space component procurement; in-situ upgrading; data policy; funding: some 230 M€ from EC (6th FP) and ESA (GSE)

2008 onwards: “operational phase” Services; the space component; expanding in-situ

networks


Initial Service Category

Service Implementation Contracts

IP MERSEA

GSE Marine& Coastal

GSE Polar

Geoland

GSE Land

GSE Forest

IP Water

IP GEMS

GSE Air Quality Atmos

IP Preview

GSE Flood & Fire

GSE Land Motion

IP SECURITY

GSE Food Security

GSE Humanitarian Aid

IP SustainabiliyPreparing future GMES services

GSE ROSES & Coastwatch

GSE Northern view, Icemon

GSE Forest Urban, SAGE

GSE Promote

GSE RISK_EOS, Terrafirma

GSE Maritime Security

GM Food Security

GSE RESPOND

GSE Evolution of Services

Risk Management

Security

Food Security

Humanitarian Aid & Development

Marine & Coastal Environment

Polar Environment

Land Cover

Air Quality & Climate Change

GSE ITT 1 GSE ITT 2FP6 call 1 FP6 call 2 FP6 call 3

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Coordinated EC– ESA GMES Service Implementation Status and Planning of Major Contract Actions

Marine & CoastalEnvironmentPolar

EnvironmentLandCover

Air Quality & Climate Change

Risk Management

SecurityFood SecurityHumanitarian Aid

& DevelopmentFuture services


GMES Operational dimension: Services

The “fast-track” approach

• Choice of pilot services based on existing and mature capacities and structures, on user uptake and on conditions for long-term sustainability

• The first three candidate pilot services (“fast track”) submitted to the GMES Advisory Council in June 2005


GMES’ Fast-Track Services Land Monitoring: Provide core land cover data for policy areas

such as water, biodiversity, agriculture, urban… Marine Core Services: National / European policies &

International conventions on the marine environment/state of the oceans + marine resources exploitation, transport and offshore operations, hazards and pollutions, coastal management, seasonal climate prediction…

Rapid Mapping in Support to Crisis Management (INSCRIT): Enhance European capacity to respond to crises and emergencies associated with natural and man made disasters (e.g. floods, fires, earthquakes, landslides, tsunami, industrial accidents)


An addition to the land fast track service…

Europe increasingly needs to be permanently informed on the conditions and status of natural resources worldwide

– land is a prime resource - and increasingly scarce*– land use determines access to food, water, forest

products, ecosystem services, infrastructure– Resources can be a cause of conflict

* Millennium Assessment report (2005) indicates that today 60% of the world ecosystems are loosing their capacity to provide good and services

Developing a knowledge base on global use of natural resources

is part of the precautionary approach to global stewardship


… addressing the “G” of GMES

Increasing UrbanisationIncreasing timber demandsAgricultural expansionIncreasing grazing pressureIncreasing water use

DeforestationLand degradationDesertificationLand availabilityFood shortages

DisastersWater availability

AFRICA: 795 million people in 2000AFRICA: 795 million people in 2000Growth rate of over 2.8% / yrGrowth rate of over 2.8% / yr

……fastest in the worldfastest in the world

5 million

4 million

7 million(Sources Environmental refugees; Norman Myers, 13th Economic Forum, May 2005http://www.osce.org/documents/eea/2005/05/14488_en.pdf, Population UN http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/longrange2/WorldPop2300final.pdf)

Environmental refugees


GMES: current Institutional dimension

• Users involvement (e.g. EEA, user DGs at EC, industry, workshop, diffusion, branding…)

• GMES Advisory Council

• EC and ESA joint programme

• Integration into EU space policy

• Establishment of GMES Bureau in DG ENTR - June 2006

• International dimension – European Contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems


ESA

GMES

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ENTR

AGRI

JRC

ENV

RELEX

EUSC

INFSO

EC ProjectsFP-JRC

ESAGMES

Projects

EU National Missions

Eumetsat Missions

Current ESA Missions

Non-EU Missions

POLICIES USERS SERVICES REQUIREMENTS GAP ANALYSIS SOLUTIONS

MSGMES

Projects

EU+MS Users

GMES Service

Requirements

Space Observation

Requirements

PROPOSAL

REGIO

ESTAT

Gap analysis

GMES: the Space component


GMES-1: the gap-fillerServicesGMES requirements drive the space component

OCEANLAND

ATMOSPHERERISKS

SAR-C

MERIS-Light

PLEIADES

COSMO-SKYMED

Multi-SpectralImager (SPOT or

Landsat-type)

RAPID-EYE

Infra Red Element

JASON-1 & 2

ALTIKA ?

HR-SST

Sea Surface Height

MSGMETOP

LEO-CHEM

GEO-CHEM

Optional:

GMES-1

TERRASAR-X

RADARSAT

Optional:

DMC

Global land


GMES – Next steps

• Fast track services implementation with consolidation of requirements (Implementation Groups)

• Further developments of pre-operational services through ESA (GSE) and EC programmes (FP6) and FP7, together with ESA’s programme

• Operation of the GMES Bureau (June 2006)

• Setting up a GMES Governance/Management Structure (on-going discussions at EC level and with Member States)

• Providing continuity of key EU space missions (national missions, Sentinel development through ESA)


DGs ENTR, ENV, REGIO, AGRI,DEV, AIDCO, RELEX, etc...& Delegations

FAO, UNEPIGBP, GEO,

GCOS, GTOSGeneral Public

Space Agencies

Networks in PartnerCountries

European ResearchNetworks

JointResearch

Centre

Supply Support Demand

The JRC mission is to provide scientific and technical support to other Commission services

Agriculture, Fisheries European EnvironmentGlobal Climate Change

Civil Protection Civil SecurityDevelopment

Humanitarian Aid

Modelling,algorithm development,Cal/val & benchmarking

Research &

Applications Development

Data Information Knowledge

Turning data from Earth Observing satellites into quantitative information serving EU Policies


JRC’s contribution to GMES

Through FP6 and FP7 “direct actions” in support to a range of Community policies requiring GMES related information, e.g. in the areas of:

– Natural Resources

– Agriculture

– Environment

– Development andHumanitarian Aid

– Global Change

– Civil Protection

– Security Indonesia seen by Spot/Vegetation satellite system over 1-year periodForest fire in Portugal (2005) illustrated in a sequence of satellite images

A satellite radar image of the North Atlantic showing a formation of fishing vessels

South Asia Tsunami – damage assessment in Banda Aceh RegionDelta of Saloum in Senegal observed with a high-resolution satellite (agricultural and forest areas)

Algae blooms in the Baltic Sea

represented by a satellite image

Using satellite for monitoring - Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania


The JRC contribution to GMES The JRC has been a catalyst in the GMES process since its

inception

Participation in the overall GMES progress and evolution o GPO/GAC meetings and Workshops/Fora involvement o GMES Reports and Communications definitiono Fast-Track Services implementation

Support to the GMES Bureauo Technical development of fast track/demo of future pilot serviceso EU Policies Requirements/User Needs assessment and updateo Contribute to drafting of high level mission document

Collaboration with ESA o Specifications for the future space missions in support to GMESo Securing long-term access to space data


Useful Web addresses

• Cordis – FP6– http://www.cordis.lu/fr/home.html– http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/calls.cfm

• GMES– http://www.gmes.info

• Space– http://europa.eu.int/comm/space

• ESA– http://earth.esa.int/gmes/

• JRC– http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/

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