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2020-2022 GEO WORKSUMMARY DOCUMENT PROGRAMME VERSION 4 -- AS APPROVED BY GEO-XVI www.earthobservations.org 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme Version 4.1 Preface This document is the fourth and final version of the 2020 to 2022 Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Work Programme Summary Document. It describes the seventh such GEO Work Programme (formerly GEO Work Plan) since GEO began in 2005. As will be described in greater detail in the next section, the process of developing a GEO Work Programme unfolds over a period of approximately one year, from the approval of the last update to the previous Work Programme, to the approval of the new Work Programme by the GEO Plenary. An important part of this process involves broad consultation with all members of the GEO community, including the organizations and individuals who contribute their time and resources to the activities that comprise the GEO Work Programme, GEO Members and Participating Organizations, and many other stakeholders. The present document is the product of this consultation process, which has been guided and overseen by the GEO Programme Board. More specifically, this Summary Document is a compilation of the Executive Summaries from the implementation plans submitted by teams of GEO Members and Participating Organizations. The format for these implementation plans was revised by the Programme Board for the 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme call, building on the experience gained in previous Work Programme cycles. The full implementation plans may be accessed by clicking on the short names of the activities on the summary pages in this document, or via the GEO website. Now that the Work Programme development process has concluded, the Programme Board and the Secretariat shift their attention toward ongoing monitoring and engagement with each of the activities. Specific opportunities for improvement and collaboration identified during the development process will form the basis for this ongoing engagement. New activities will also continue to be welcomed into the Work Programme throughout the 2020-2022 period. Comments and contributions to improve the Work Programme activities are welcome and you are invited to provide them to the points of contact of those activities directly; their contact information is provided in this document at the end of each activity summary. For general comments on the GEO Work Programme Summary Document, to propose additional contributions to GEO Work Programme activities, or to ask questions regarding the Work Programme development process, please contact the GEO Secretariat at [email protected]. i 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme Version 4.1 ii 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme Version 4.1 Table of Contents Preface .......................................................................................................................... i Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... iii Status of Activities .................................................................................................... vii Introduction to the GEO Work Programme .............................................................. 1 Components of the GEO Work Programme ........................................................................................ 1 Process of Development ........................................................................................................................ 2 Becoming Involved in the GEO Work Programme ............................................................................ 3 Brief History of the Group on Earth Observations ............................................................................. 5 GEO Engagement Priorities ....................................................................................... 7 GEO Work Programme Linkages to the UN 2030 Agenda ................................................................ 8 GEO Work Programme Linkages to the Paris Agreement ................................................................ 9 GEO Work Programme Linkages to the Sendai Framework ........................................................... 10 GEO Flagships .............................................................................................................11 GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON) ...................................................................... 11 GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM) .......................................................................... 13 Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) ................................................................................... 16 Global Observation System for Mercury (GOS4M) .......................................................................... 18 GEO Initiatives .......................................................................................................... 20 AquaWatch (AQUAWATCH) ............................................................................................................. 20 Data Access for Risk Management (GEO-DARMA) ......................................................................... 22 Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) .................................................................................. 24 Earth Observations for Ecosystem Accounting (EO4EA) ................................................................ 26 Earth Observations for Health (EO4HEALTH) ................................................................................ 28 Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) ....................................... 30 GEO Capacity Building in the North Africa, Middle East, Balkans, and Black Sea Region (GEO-CRADLE) ................................................................................................................................... 32 GEO Global Water Sustainability (GEOGLOWS) ............................................................................ 34 GEO Human Planet (HUMAN-PLANET) .......................................................................................... 36 GEO Land Degradation Neutrality (GEO-LDN) ............................................................................... 38 GEO Vision for Energy (GEO-VENER) .............................................................................................. 40 GEO Wetlands (GEO-WETLANDS) .................................................................................................. 42 Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories (GSNL) ................................................................ 44 Global Drought Information System (GDIS) .................................................................................... 46 Global Network for Observations and Information in Mountain Environments (GEO-GNOME) ............................................................................................................................................................... 48 iii 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme Version 4.1 Global Observation System for Persistent Organic Pollutants (GOS4POPS) ............................... 50 Global Urban Observation and Information (GUOI) ...................................................................... 52 Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) .................................................................................... 54 Oceans and Society: Blue Planet (BLUE-PLANET) .......................................................................... 56 Regional GEOs .......................................................................................................... 58 Africa Group on Earth Observations (AFRIGEO) ............................................................................. 58 Americas Group on Earth Observations (AMERIGEO) ................................................................... 60 Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO) ................................................................... 62 European Group on Earth Observations (EUROGEO) .................................................................... 64 GEO Community Activities ...................................................................................... 66 Advancing Communication Infrastructure and Services (ACIS) .................................................... 66 Arctic GEOSS (ARCTIC-GEOSS) ........................................................................................................ 68 Chinese High-resolution Satellite Data Resources (CSDR) ............................................................. 70 Climate Observation, Simulation and Impacts (CLIMATE-OBS) ................................................... 72 Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) ..................................................................... 73 Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) ........................................................................................ 74 Digital Earth Africa (DE-AFRICA) ..................................................................................................... 75 Earth Observation and Copernicus in Support of Sendai Monitoring (EO4SENDAI-MONITORING) ........................................................................................................... 77 Earth Observation Industrial Innovation Platform for Sustainable Development (EO-IIP) ....... 79 Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Management (EO4DRM) ....................................................