UPDATE: EARTH OBSERVATION

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Earth Observation Constituents BriefingApril 15, 2004

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AGENDACONSTITUENT BRIEFING

Opening Remarks Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of

Commerce for Oceans at Atmosphere

Setting the National Stage Dr. Kathie Olsen, Associate Director for Science, Office of

Science & Technology Policy

Earth Observations & EPA Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development, EPA

International & National Activities Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of

Commerce for Oceans at Atmosphere

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EARTH OBSERVATION SUMMIT I

Washington, D.C.July 31, 2003

34Nations

20International Organizations

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BENEFITS OF OBSERVATIONS

Natural Disaster Mitigation

Environment &Human Health

Sustainable Development(Energy)

Climate ChangeImpacts

Water ResourceManagement

Weather Information& Prediction

Coastal EcosystemManagement

Inland EcosystemManagement

Sustainable Development(Agriculture)

Biodiversity

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NATIONAL STAGECONSTITUENT BRIEFING

Dr. Kathie Olsen, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science & Technology Policy

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EPA & EARTH OBSERVATIONCONSTITUENT BRIEFING

Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, EPA

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ROAD AHEADINTERNATIONAL

Earth Observation Summit 1 established Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Has met 3 times since Summit 47 Countries + EC and 26 International Organizations

GEO-4, Tokyo, Japan Finalize draft Communiqué and Framework Document Submit documents to Ministers at Summit II for Approval

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ROAD AHEADINTERNATIONAL

GEO-3 established Implementation Plan Task Team (IPTT)

IPTT will draft 10-year Implementation Plan Annotated outline presented in Tokyo

IPPT is comprised of one representative nominated by each GEO Co-Chair

European Commission, David Williams of EUMETSAT Japan, Toshio Koike of Tokyo University South Africa, Robert Scholes of the Council for Scientific and

Industrial Research (CSIR) United States, Ivan DeLoatch of USGS

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ROAD AHEADNATIONAL

Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations (IWGEO)

Developing US Comments to international process Developing US 10-year implementation plan Continuing to engage academic, industry, and non-profit

partners to guarantee plan comprehensive and useful April and June workshops are being planned to

coordinate expert input and comment Industry alliance has been formed

Planning anniversary of Washington Summit event and roll-out of the last draft of10-year Implementation Plan for broad community review and comment

Continue education/outreach on the global initiative

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ROAD AHEADNATIONAL

The U.S. 10-year Implementation Plan (focuses on societal benefits)

Reduce loss of life and property from disasters Protect and monitor ocean resources Understand climate, and assess and mitigate climate change impacts Support sustainable agriculture and combat land degradation Understand the effect of environmental factors on human health and

promote well-being Develop capacity to make ecological forecasts Protect and monitor water resources

US plan will have flexibility to incorporate additional societal benefit areas

Will work to integrate these benefit areas with the international plan.

BACKUP SLIDES

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MORE INFORMATIONhttp://earthobservations.org

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GEO MEMBERS (47+EC)Algeria Gabon Netherlands United KingdomArgentina Germany New Zealand United StatesAustralia Greece Nigeria UzbekistanBelgium Indonesia NorwayBelize India PortugalBrazil Iran Republic of CongoCameroon Ireland Republic of KoreaCanada Israel Russian FederationChina Italy South AfricaCyprus Japan SpainDenmark Kazakhstan SudanEgypt Mexico SwedenEuropean CommissionMorocco SwitzerlandFinland Mozambique ThailandFrance Nepal Ukraine

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONSAssociation for the Development of Environmental Information (ADIE)Central American Commission for the Environment and Development (SICA/CCAD)Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)European Environmental Agency (EEA)European Space Agency (ESA)European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership (IGOS-P)

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (contd.)

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commissions (IOC)International Association of Geodesy (IAG)International Council for Science (ICSU)International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research (IGFA)International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)Network of European Meteorological Services/Composite Observing System (EUMETNET/EUCOS)Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)World Bank (IBRD)World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)World Meteorological Organization (WMO)