PA22A:
Earth Observations in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction I

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Session ID#: 30597

Session Description:
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO), a global partnership of governments and organizations, envisions a future wherein decisions and actions for the benefits of human kind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations (EO).

As underlined in its Strategic Plan, and enshrined in the Mexico City Ministerial Declaration, GEO advocates the role of EO in supporting the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). GEO Ministers have also confirmed GEO’s support to the implementation of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement (COP-21), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). Earth observations have strong potential for several SDGs, including: 2 "Zero Hunger"; 3 "Good Health and Well-being"; 6 "Clean Water and Sanitation"; and 13 "Climate Action".

This session focuses on applications of EO in support of these major policy initiatives, including scientific and technological advances and challenges, helping GEO deliver on its Vision.

Primary Convener:  Douglas Cripe, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland
Conveners:  Lawrence Friedl, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States and Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, United States
Chairs:  Douglas Cripe, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland and Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, United States
Index Terms:

0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4332 Disaster resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

An Interactive Risk Detection Tool to Aid Decision-Making in Global Mangrove Restoration (213481)
Liza Goldberg, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, UMD/NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Atholton High School, Columbia, MD, United States and David Lagomasino, East Carolina University, Integrated Coastal Programs, Greenville, NC, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Mapping the Human Planet: Integrating Settlement, Infrastructure, and Population Data to Support Sustainable Development, Climate, and Disaster Data Needs (272239)
Robert S Chen1, Alex M de Sherbinin2, Gregory Yetman3 and Robert R Downs2, (1)Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades, United States
From Open Data to Science-Based Services for Disaster Risk Management: the Experience of the GEO Geohazards Supersite Network (254101)
Stefano Salvi, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy, Michael P Poland, USGS, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, United States, Freysteinn Sigmundsson, University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences, Nordic Volcanological Center, Reykjavik, Iceland, Giuseppe Puglisi, INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy, Sven Borgstrom, INGV - Osservatorio Vesuviano, Naples, Italy, Semih Ergintav, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Department of Geophysics, Istanbul, Turkey, Kristin S Vogfjord, Icelandic Meteorological Offic, Reykjavik, Iceland, Nicolas Fournier, GNS Science, Taupo, New Zealand, Ian J Hamling, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Patricia A Mothes, Instituto Geofisico, Quito, Ecuador, Alexandros Savvaidis, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States and Charles Wesley Wicks Jr, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Historic Landslide Data Combined with Sentinel Satellite Data to Improve Modelling for Disaster Risk Reduction (290297)
Bente Lilja Bye1, Charalambos Kontoes2, Nuno Catarino3, Bart De Lathouwer4, Pedro Concalves5, Julian Meyer-Arnek6, Andreas Mueller7, Christopher Kraft8, Nuno Grosso3, Erwin Goor9, Marie-Francoise Voidrot10 and Anestis Trypitsidis11, (1)BLB, Honefoss, Norway, (2)National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing - BEYOND Center of Earth Observation Research and Satellite Remote Sensing, Athens, Greece, (3)Deimos, Lisbon, Portugal, (4)Open Geospatial Consortium Europe, Brussels, Belgium, (5)Terradue, Lisbon, Portugal, (6)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (7)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (8)Viderum, Berlin, Germany, (9)VITO, Mol, Belgium, (10)Open Geospatial Consortium Europe, Toulouse, France, (11)National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
The Powell Volcano Remote Sensing Working Group Overview (260972)
Kevin Reath1, Matthew E Pritchard2, Michael P Poland3, Rick L Wessels4, Juliet Biggs5, Simon A Carn6, Julia pamela Griswold7, Sarah E Ogburn8, Robert Wright9, Paul Lundgren10, Benjamin James Andrews11, Christelle Wauthier12, Taryn M Lopez13, Richard Gregory Vaughan14, M. Elise Rumpf15, Peter W Webley16, Susan Loughlin17, Franz Josef Meyer16 and Michael J Pavolonis18, (1)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, United States, (2)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)Cascades Volcano Observatory, U. S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Lakewood, United States, (5)University of Bristol, COMET, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (6)Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering & Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States, (7)USAID-USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, Vancouver, United States, (8)USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouer, WA, United States, (9)Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, United States, (10)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (11)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Mineral Sciences, Washington, United States, (12)Institute for CyberScience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, (13)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (14)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (15)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (16)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (17)British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (18)NOAA Madison, Madison, WI, United States
NextGEOSS project: A user-driven approach to build a Earth Observations Data Hub  (289748)
George Percivall1, Marie-Francoise Voidrot2, Bente Lilja Bye3, Bart De Lathouwer4, Nuno Catarino5, Pedro Concalves6, Christopher Kraft7, Nuno Grosso5, Julian Meyer-Arnek8, Andreas Mueller9 and Erwin Goor10, (1)Open Geospatial Consortium Crofton, Crofton, MD, United States, (2)Open Geospatial Consortium Europe, Toulouse, France, (3)BLB, Hønefoss, Norway, (4)Open Geospatial Consortium Europe, Brussels, Belgium, (5)Deimos, Lisbon, Portugal, (6)Terradue, Lisbon, Portugal, (7)Viderum, Berlin, Germany, (8)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (9)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (10)VITO, Mol, Belgium
Building Capacity for Earth Observations in Support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (258165)
Brock Blevins1, Ana I Prados1 and Elizabeth Hook Rogers2, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States

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