Focus on Impact: Regional GEOs AOGEO - from observations to knowledge development, integration, and contribution to three engagement priorities 18 June 2020 Session X: Session Title Slide 0 BIO Presenter Hiroyuki is a member of Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (APBON) since its establishment in 2009 and involved in Asia Oceania GEO (AOGEO) in 2016. He is also a member of GEO Programme Board since 2016 to date. Hiroyuki is a terrestrial plant and ecosystem ecologist mainly focusing on tree photosynthesis and phenology under climate change. Based on the scientific background on plant’s and ecosystem’s responses to changing environment his activity has been linked with Long-Term Ecological Research network in Japan (JaLTER), East Asia and Pacific region, and global (ILTER); national and regional Hiroyuki Muraoka biodiversity observation network (JBON, APBON); and Professor, Gifu University, Japan carbon cycle observation community (JapanFlux, AsiaFlux). Technical Advisor, MEXT Japan Session: Regional GEOs Slide 1 Global environmental change Convening power of GEO Cooperation of Reginal GEOs and Regional environmental change Work Programme activities Regional GEO Communication Coordination Local needs to tackling Cooperation environmental issues “Regional activities enable the community to tackle water, biodiversity, food, disaster, the challenges across the thematic areas. Regional carbon, health, energy, … commonalities and differences. Regional contexts.” (by AOGEOSS co-chair in GEO PB subgroup teleconference in May 2018) Session: Regional GEOs Slide 2 Asia Oceania region • Complex geographic characteristics • Large population (60% of the world) • Drastic climate change • Natural disasters occur frequently • Unbalanced socioeconomic development • Deteriorating ecosystems Asia Oceania GEO • A regional cooperation program on Earth observation with broad involvement • Strengthen comprehensive ability of Earth observations and applications for sustainable development at regional level. Session: Regional GEOs Slide 3 Asia Oceania GEO : Plans for 2020-2022 AOGEO will engage regional stakeholders, including national agencies and regional intergovernmental organizations, in global GEO activities and coordinate implementation of GEO activities within the AO region. AOGEO will also: 1. identify regional needs for EO applications and conveying these to global GEO activities; 2. facilitate regionally coordinated EO activities and utilize available infrastructure, resources and capacity to develop integrated and sustained observations in the AO region; 3. provide a platform for regional countries to advance data sharing and services; 4. promote dialogue, communications and cooperation among the AOGEO Members and other participants, as well as with other Regional GEOs; and 5. support sound decision-making at local, national and regional scales by making maximum use of EO data and information. Session: Regional GEOs Slide 4 12th AOGEO Symposium (2-4 November 2019, Canberra, Australia) Scaling up successful Earth Observation activities for all of Asia-Oceania – Share the results and design the future steps for global agendas – Venue: University House, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Keynote Speech: Dr. Stuart Minchin, Australia GEO Principal, Geoscience Australia Attendee: About 200 participants from 35 counties Australia, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Finland, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, UK, U.S.A., Vietnam, … Session: Regional GEOs Slide 5 AOGEO’s strong AOGEO Task Groups (Applications) GWP activities linkages with Asian Water Cycle Initiative GEO Flagships Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network and Initiatives Carbon and GHG Initiative (GEO-C) Ocean, Coasts and Islands (OCI) Asia Rice Crop Estimation & Monitoring Drought Monitoring and Evaluation GEO-LDN Environmental Monitoring and Assessment http://www.earthobservations.org/ Disaster Resilience GEO-DARMA geoss_wp.php Session: Regional GEOs Himalayan GEOSS Slide 6 TG1: GEOSS ASIAN WATER CYCLE INITIATIVE (AWCI) AWCI launched full-scale efforts to activate Platforms on Water Resilience and Disasters by promoting dialogues, reinforcing partnership, sharing data, information, models, tools, experiences and ideas, and expanding sustainable practices. AWCI has developed user-friendly analysis tools, engaged all stakeholders in climate change adaptation planning and implementation at the national scale, and filled the gap between adaptation and mitigation by choosing options which are beneficial to mitigation. AWCI archived disaster damage data and maintains statistics for encouraging investment for water-related disaster risk reduction. For risk managers of water-related disasters, it is important to understand the impact of drought and flood on agriculture using EO data in the activities of AsiaRiCE and Drought Monitoring. AWCI promotes concerted actions among stakeholders on resilience, sustainability, inclusive growth, and adaptation to climate change through coordination Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Session towards achievement of the three global agendas. Session: Regional GEOs GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium, Canberra Australia (Nov. 2019) Slide 7 TG6: Drought Monitoring and Evaluation Work Plan for 2020-2022 with a two-fold goal: Web-GDMAP Mongolia: A pilot study on web-based system on drought • to provide timely and free access to data products, information and monitoring and evaluation for Mongolia case will be launched, supported services for effective drought monitoring, evaluation, and management; by the MOST of China, which will implement Act 1, 2, 3, 4. • to support a better understanding of the factors determining vulnerability to drought. Activities are undertaken in the TG6 member countries: Web-GDMAP Web-GDMAP Mongolia Session X: Session Title Slide 8 Understanding on the impact of drought and flood on agriculture by using EO data Important for risk managers of water-related disasters Session: Regional GEOs Slide 9 TG2: Asia Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (APBON) 12th AOGEO Symposium APBON session Attendance: • 23 attendee from 12 countries (Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Thailand, U.S.A.) • GEO BON (Germany) • Joint session with TG3 (10 attendee) Meeting objectives: 1. Engagement of biodiversity observation communities in the region Networking in-situ obs. networks particularly in the Pacific and Oceanic regions, Himalayan region 2. Identifying policy-relevant biodiversity observations and assessments, and 3. Seeking collaborative opportunities with carbon cycle community and satellite observation mission(s) APBON New Workplan toward 2030 1.Biodiversity research and monitoring • Monitoring states and changes of biodiversity • Filling gaps in data availability • Increasing access to data Contributions to society and policy • Improving knowledge on cutting-edge technologies 2.Networking of networks • Networking of in-situ biodiversity/ecosystem monitoring networks • Science-policy and science-society networks 3.Capacity building • Training workshops (students, scientists, users) Session: Regional GEOs Slide 10 TG3: Carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) Initiative Requirement Activities Paris Agreement (UNFCCC) in 2015 New Measurement, Analysis System Article 4: GOSAT-2 (2018 -) … to undertake rapid reductions thereafter (peak emissions) in accordance with best available science, so as to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions Aircraft Obs Aircraft by sources and removals by sinks of GHG Satellite Monitoring System greenhouse gases in the second half of this CarbonWatch-NZ century… Global stocktake (every 5yrs from 2023) Synthesis Track regions towards zero net emissions of Contributing to anthropogenic and natural fluxes International Project Tracking GHG budget with best science. Session: Regional GEOs Slide 11 Needs to fill gaps in observations and mechanistic understandings on the status and changes in, Biodiversity/ecosystem – Carbon balance – Climate change consequences Session: Regional GEOs Slide 12 AOGEO’s holistic and interconnected ’regional application’ Water Biodiversity Ecosystems Carbon, GHG Ocean Interconnected Food production systems Islands Disaster Mountains Society --- Concept discussed in GEOSS-AP Symposia Session: Regional GEOs Slide 13 AOGEO “Integrated Priority Studies (IPS)” The purposes are, 1) to promote cross-cutting activities/researches among existing tasks in AOGEO, 2) to encourage experts in the region to join the AOGEO effort through the project, and 3) to demonstrate the values of Earth Observation data in the AO region, by using voluntary contributions of datasets from satellites, machine learning, and reanalysis. Pilot area: 1. Mekong River Basin 2. Pacific Islands The IPS datasets are uploaded on the Open Data Cube 3. Himalayan Mountains on the Geoscience Australia, and can be used by approved by the Coordination Board Co-Chairs. Session: Regional GEOs Slide 14 Mapping analysis of AOGEO Task Groups (12th AOGEO Symposium) AOGEO’s contributions to https://www.earthobservations.org/geoweek19.php?t=aogeo Engagement Priorities of GEO Session X: Session Title Session: Regional GEOs Slide 15 2019 AOGEO Statement Canberra, Australia November 4th, 2019 Overview of the activities in 2019 Over 325 people from 35 countries in two flagship forums and 4 training courses across the region. • 12th