CEOS Deliverables

Description:

Ensure and/or perform with lead experts an annual update of the EO support sheet:
Plan the review and coordinate inputs from key experts (CEOS, GEO and external stakeholders) for existing EO support sheets
Consider new missions and changes to SDG indicators
Consider new tools and services

Link to GEO Work Programme:

EO4SDG; GEO LDN

Responsible Users:

Neil Sims

Responsible CEOS Entities:

SDGCG
SEO

Contributing Agencies:

CNES, CSIRO, ESA, NOAA, NASA

Relevant Sustainable Development Goal (SDG):

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15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
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  15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world
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    15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area

Progress Reports:

Neil Sims | 2023-09-05 06:51:11 UTC

The process of updating the EO support sheet for 15.3.1 is perhaps more complex than for some other Indicators because of the very close engagement with the custodian agency (UNCCD). This means that recommendations for the use of new datasets or processing methods, for example, may require approval by the UNCCD.

There are a few upcoming activities of the GEO LDN that I think will be worthy of an update in Q1 2024. These include the Global Dialogue Forum in association with GEO Week 2023, which should provide more information on the EO needs of partner countries from their perspective, and the appointment of a consultant to develop standards for analytics tools that are provided through GEO LDN to help countries in the land use planning. These processes may identify additional data gaps and needs that should be reflected in the support sheet. I will be happy to be the conduit for that, noting that Dave Borges is also now well linked to the LDN meetings.

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