The GEO Human Planet Initiative: Advanced Space Technology in support of international frameworks
Human Planet Initiative
The Group on Earth Observation (GEO) is a voluntary The Human Planet initiative is committed in developing a partnership of governments and organizations that new generation of information products that provide new envisions “a future wherein decisions and actions for the scientific evidence of the human presence on the planet. benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, The Human Planet initiative supports the post-2015 comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and international frameworks with agreed, actionable and information”. The Human Planet is a new initiative in the goal-driven metrics: GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025 aiming to support novel evidence-based assessment of the human presence on • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015- the planet Earth. 2030 • Habitat III, the UN 3rd Conference on Housing and The Human Planet is a new initiative in the GEO Sustainable Urban Development Strategic Plan 2016-2025 aiming to support novel, • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), evidence-based assessment of the human presence on • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change the planet Earth.
Human Planet Activities 1. COLLECT- Core evidences collection - Design, implementation and maintenance of the core global spatial baseline data reporting about facts and figures of the human presence on the planet. 2. TEST - Derived indicators testing - Support a platform for testing alternative indicators derived by integration of core baseline data. The data can support the modelling of access (to services, market, industrial infrastructure, food, water, land), exposure (to natural disasters), or impact (to ecosystem, water, land degradation). 3. OUTREACH - Key messages delivering – Periodic publication of the Human Planet Atlas (HPA) where the core evidences and derived indicators produced by the initiative are presented.
The Human Planet initiative is structured in one steering committee and n (tbd) expert groups organized by thematic areas. Each thematic area will access to the facilities and will support the main actions of the initiative (to collect, test, and outreach) from a specific point of view.
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