Building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems

Building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Trusted Data Services to Support Climate Change Research Barbara J. Ryan Director GEO Secretariat UNESCO, Paris 6 July 2015 © GEO Secretariat

GEO Vision To realize a future wherein decisions and actions, for the benefit of humankind, are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and information.

A Global System of Systems

GEO Objectives • Improve and coordinate observation systems globally • Provide access to data & information • Advance broad open data policies/practices • Build capacity

GEO Member States

87 Participating Organizations © GEO Secretariat

GEOSS Implementation Requires: Data Sharing Principles • Full and Open Exchange of Data • Data and Products at Minimum Time Delay and at Minimum Cost • Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction

Introduction of the Brokering approach

GEOSS Resources About 45 brokered data providers . . . Publish More than 50 Million accessible resources (mix of data collections and datasets) Contain More than 174 Million assets (mix of satellite scenes, raingage, streamgage records, etc. ) . . . Resources

Policy Change for Landsat Data Before Open-Data Policy: 53 scenes per day After Open-Data Policy: 5, 700 scenes per day Change in data policy

Annual Economic Benefit USA $1. 70 B. International $400 M Global Total $2. 1 B

Radarsat-2 Canada’s Experience RADARSAT Images Acquired by the Government of Canada 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 R 1 + R 2 E S T I M D A T 5000 E 0 96 -97 97 -98 98 -99 99 -00 00 -01 01 -02 02 -03 03 -04 04 -05 05 -06 06 -07 07 -08 08 -09 09 -10 10 -11 11 -12 12 -13

Forest Change -- Angola 200 km

Advancing Understanding • Three Strategic Objectives for GEO through 2025 • Advocate • Engage • Deliver • Encompass GEO Achievements • Data Sharing Principles • Data Management Principles • Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

Mexico Ministerial and GEOXII GEO Week 9 -13 November 2015 Mexico City Barbara Ryan bryan@geosec. org Andre Obregon aobregon@geosec. org www. earthobservations. org 19