Pacific Ocean Accounting Portal
Demonstrating the possible
Gemma Van Halderen Director, Statistics Division November 2019 Context
UN ESCAP Regional arm of the United Nations Established in 1947 Intergovernmental forum Research Consensus Largest of 5 UN Regional Commissions & Analysis building
P = Pacific, home of the Pacific Ocean Covering more than 30 % of the Earth’s surface Technical The largest water mass on the planet. cooperation Ocean basin larger than the landmass of all the continents combined. 2 x water as the world's second largest body of water, the Atlantic Ocean. Planet’s deepest water body Why a Pacific Ocean Accounting Portal?
Research Requirements Recommendations
Oceans are a public good Pacific Ocean User-Centric Complement existing initiatives* Data Portal
Increasing demand for integrated ocean management Monitoring Sustainable Pacific Ocean: Development Targets Data and experts under “One “Life below the Pacific Ocean” Roof”
Data is fragmented, non- comparable, used sparingly, difficult to access, and not Integrating capacity Pacific Ocean: flowing across stakeholders development** Innovations and Solutions
* Example: Pacific Community’s 14 National Environmental Data Portals for Pacific Islands countries. ** Example: Esri’s Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions, capacity building forum. Our journey so far
Nov 2018 Feb 2019 June 2019 Discussions between Esri Meeting with Jack Project kicks off and UN ESCAP on Dangermond and possibilities of leveraging Dawn Wright, July - Sept SDG Hub service Redlands Weekly technical discussions
October 2019 Preparations for Esri Ocean and Atmospheric GIS Forum
Nov 2019 GEO Ministerial Conference UN-GGIM Asia Pacific Esri Ocean and Atmospheric GIS Forum Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting Our journey so far
Nov 2018 Feb 2019 June 2019 Discussions between Esri Meeting with Jack Project kicks off and UN ESCAP on Dangermond and possibilities of leveraging Dawn Wright, July - Sept SDG Hub service Redlands Weekly technical discussions
October 2019 Sept 2018 September 2015 Preparations for Launch by 12 heads of state from The 2030 Agenda Esri Ocean and around the world and the UN for Sustainable Atmospheric GIS Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Development Forum for the Ocean, Peter Thomson
Nov 2019 GEO Ministerial Conference UN-GGIM Asia Pacific May 2020 Esri Ocean and Atmospheric GIS Forum 76th ESCAP Commission – Theme: Oceans Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting June 2020 2nd UN High-Level Ocean Conference, Portugal August 2020 7th Our Ocean Conference, Palau 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development “Life Below Water” makes life above it possible SDG14 – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Measuring SDG14
Science Actions Economy
People, Business, Governments
Place 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Ocean Accounts – structure and standards
+ Integrated indicators
Environmental, economic, and social data Using ArcGIS Online and Esri Hub Technology:
Statistical Integration inputs Outputs
Dashboards | Story Maps | Info-Graphics
…and much more… The output so far – a demo Pacific Ocean Accounting Portal
Nine key elements
Applications Tables of Join us Progress Our Story Real Title for integrated integrated SDG14 and so far Focus maps examples data data contribute Our focus
Introducing Ecosystem protection, rehabilitation, restoration organising Investments & governance framework
Capital Ecosystem condition Global
standard Benefits from the for ecosystems Benefits ecosystem services e.g. fishing, tourism Progress so far
Presenting key facts and figures about the Pacific Ocean
Coverage of marine Fish protected Catch areas
Mangrove loss User-centric story maps
Stories
Ecosystem Benefits from the protection, ecosystem rehabilitation, services e.g. restoration & fishing, tourism governance
Ecosystem Service Condition Harmonized, easily accessible, integrated data – the jackpot
26 publicly available and authoritative datasets have been integrated, as a start….
Ecosystem Benefits from protection, the ecosystem rehabilitation, services e.g. restoration & fishing, tourism governance
Ecosystem Service Condition For those who prefer tables
Integrated data – for those which prefer tables
Ecosystem Benefits from the protection, ecosystem rehabilitation, services e.g. restoration & fishing, tourism governance
Ecosystem Service Condition Scalable
Turning data into information at national, regional and global scales
Great Barrier Reef Pagbilao Mangrove Forest Australia Philippines Back to SDG14
Using HUB technology to integrate the ‘deep dive’ for the Pacific Ocean back to the SDG14 and broader 2030 Agenda
Click here to go Data comes to SDG14 on directly from the SDG Hub UN SDG Hub The Pacific Ocean Accounting Portal – a gold mine
Open data
Dynamically updated Tabular data data
Spatial data
Integrated data SDG data
Organised data Dynamically updated data Integrated data
Investments
26 publicly 4 datasets from available and two sources Capital
authoritative 17 datasets datasets have from six sources been integrated, 4 datasets from as a start…. four sources Benefits Integrated and spatial data Investments Some challenges
Integrating data different data types different spatial units different data custodians different nomenclature
Integrating people different skills different tools different languages Driving innovation
Integrating data What are the best practices for integrating across spatial units? What are best practices for integrating data types? Integrating people What lessons can be shared from this demonstration project? Driving action
“Ignorance is killing us” Dr Sylvia Earle, 2019 Esri Ocean and GIS Forum
Measure Analyze Act
Jack Dangermond 2019 Esri Ocean and GIS Forum
“Take what we know now and communicate it in a way a congressman understands” Dr Sylvia Earle, 2019 Esri Ocean and GIS Forum Decade of Action
The SDG Summit resulted in the adoption of the Political Declaration, “Gearing up for a decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”.
World leaders called for a decade of action to deliver the SDGs by 2030 and announced actions they are taking to advance the agenda.
The UN General Assembly endorsed the Political Declaration on 15 October 2019. Actions
Coast and land
Scale up Users profile
Countries
Resource Horizontal mobilisation connections Thank you