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Ad Hoc Team on Sustainable Development Goals (AHT SDG) Way forward on SDGs for CEOS

Ad Hoc Team on Sustainable Development Goals (AHT SDG) Way forward on SDGs for CEOS. Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. Alex Held, CSIRO, Co-lead & SIT Vice Chair Marc Paganini, ESA, Co-lead Flora Kerblat , CSIRO, Executive Secretary

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Ad Hoc Team on Sustainable Development Goals (AHT SDG) Way forward on SDGs for CEOS

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  1. Ad Hoc Team on Sustainable Development Goals (AHT SDG)Way forward on SDGs for CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites • Alex Held, CSIRO, Co-lead & SIT Vice Chair • Marc Paganini, ESA, Co-lead • Flora Kerblat, CSIRO, Executive Secretary • with the support of ArgyroKavvada (NASA, GEO EO4SDG) • CEOS Plenary 2018 • Agenda Item 6.5 • Brussels, Belgium • 17-18 October 2018

  2. AHT SDG History • CEOS 30 Plenary, Oct 2016: creation of the Ad Hoc Team on SDGs (AHT SDG) for a year • CEOS 31 Plenary, Oct 2017: renewal for another year • CEOS 32 Plenary, Oct 2018: future of the AHT SDG to be decided.(5 AHT evolution options provided by AHT SDG at CEOS SIT-33) • AHT SDG Organisation • 2 current co-leads : CSIRO (A. Held), ESA (M. Paganini) + Executive secretariat from CSIRO (F. Kerblat) • Need to find a new 3rd co-lead. • Today ~40 members (mailing list), including associate members (e.g. UN OOSA) • AHT SDG meetings since 31st CEOS Plenary: • Side-meeting in Rapid City, CEOS 31st Plenary, Oct 2017 • Regular co-leads or team conference call meetings as well as AHT SDG – GEO EO4SDG bilateral’s • Side-meetings at SIT-33, Boulder, 23 April 2018 and at SIT TW 2018, Darmstadt, 12 Sept 2018 • Participation to key SDG meetings with CEOS presence: GEO XIV Plenary (Oct 2017, DC); 5th HLF UN GGIM (Nov 2017, Mexico); UNSC-49 (Mar 2018, NYC); GPSDD Data for Development Festival (Mar 2018, Bristol), HLPF 2018 (Jul 2018, NYC); 8th session UN GGIM (Aug 2018, NYC); WDF (Oct 2018, Dubai); GEO XV Plenary (Oct 2018, Kyoto) AHT-SDG History

  3. 3.9 Support to Other Key Stakeholder Initiatives I. Promote the use of satellite data in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2018-19: The Ad Hoc Team will continue to: • Support GEO in its SDG-related initiatives, mainly through the EO4SDG (“Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Goals” initiative). • Collect and centralize information from individual CEOS Agency work programmes relevant to SDGs: building on a Compendium database. • Promote space-based EO data as a key source of data for use by national statistical offices. • Identify areas where SDG indicator development work has the potential to result in broader applicability (e.g. supporting the SDG / target, and sustainable development policies). • Develop activities – including capacity building - with external stakeholders(GEO, NGOs, UN entities, development banks). • Develop communications material (brochure, website content) with SEO team’s support. CEOS Work Plan (2018-2020)

  4. Examples of 2018 tangible outputs • CEOS Earth Observation Handbook on SDGs: • Officially released in March 2018, at the 49th Session of the UN Statistical Commission 6-9 March 2018 (NYC) at a side-event of the “Statistical-Geospatial Integration Forum” (integrating statistical, geospatial, and other Big Data to leave no one behind). • Hard copies widely distributed to CEOS members and in SDG events. • Vey well received by the SDG community. High visibility for CEOS. • GEO/CEOS at UN High Level Political Forum 2018 on SD: • Theme: “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies”. • Australia organised a special side-event on the use of Earth observations and SDGs at the UN Headquarters, followed by two hands-on workshops (Financing and Priority)) at the Permanent Mission of Australia • UN-OOSA Exhibit ‘Space for Sustainable Development’ with CEOS Agencies’ input. • GEO/CEOS special issues in scientific journals • RSE Special Issue on “'Earth Observation for the Sustainable Development Goals” (UNSW, CSIRO, NASA, GEO) • RS Special Issue on "EO Solutions to Support CountriesImplementing the SDGs” (ITC, ESA, NASA, SANSA)

  5. “The integration of statistics, geospatial information, Earth observations, and other sources of Big Data, combined with new emerging technologies, analytics and processes, are becoming a fundamental requirement for countriesto measure and monitor local to global sustainable development policies and programs” UN-GGIM co-chairs

  6. CEOS Ad-hoc team on SDGs (AHT SDGs) GEO Initiative on SDGs(EO4SDG) GPSDD WBG UN Habitat UNCCD UNEP UN Statistical Division WG on Geo-spatial Information (WGGI) SDG Stakeholders UN Specialized Agencies National Statistical Offices Line Ministries FAO UN ISDR Radiant Earth WHO ADB “Task Stream #2 will leverage partnerships with space agencies …to allow NSOs to uptake analysis or production ready satellite EO time series … with feasibility studies, pilot projects, guidance on methodology and training” IAEG-SDG WGGI, Work Plan 2018-2019 Mention of value of EO data in SDG guidance and processes: IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information • Created by IAEG-SDGs in April 2016. • ToR: Provide expertise and advice to the IAEG-SDGs and the larger statistical community as to how geospatial information and EO can reliably and consistently contribute to the indicators. • Chairs: NSOs of Sweden and Mexico. • 25 Members including NASA, JAXA and ESA (representing GEO EO4SDG and CEOS AHT SDG) • WGGI Task Stream 2 on “Application of satellite Earth Observation Data for the SDG indicators”co-chaired by Sweden and Colombia wit the support of NASA, ESA and JAXA. • 3 tasks: Provide guidance to IAEG-SDGs and Statistical Community on EO; Document EO national experiences and good practices; Enable uptake of analysis-ready and production-ready satellite EO. • More information: http://ggim.un.org/UNGGIM-wg6/

  7. CEOS Ad-hoc team on SDGs (AHT SDGs) GEO Initiative on SDGs(EO4SDG) GPSDD WBG UN Habitat UNCCD UNEP UN Statistical Division WG on Geo-spatial Information (WGGI) SDG Stakeholders UN Specialized Agencies National Statistical Offices Line Ministries FAO UN ISDR Radiant Earth WHO ADB “For each of the sub-indicators, countries can access a wide range of data sources, including Earth observation and geospatial information, while at the same time ensuring national ownership” UNCCD, SDG Indicator 15.3.1. Metadata • Custodian Agency: UNCCD • Indicators 15.3.1 “Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area” • CSIRO contracted by UNCCD to produce the Good Practice Guidance on SDG Indicator 15.3.1 • ESA and EC/JRC supported UNCCD LDN Target Setting Program (LDN-TSP) with global datasets on land cover/land cover changes and land productivity dynamics (120+ countries) • GEF funded project with CI/NASA on “Enabling the use of global data sources to assess and monitor land degradation at multiple scales” • New GEO Initiative on LDN (with CSIRO, ESA, NASA, EC/JRC and SANSA) to assist countries and regions to build national capacities for monitoring and reporting on land degradation. • LDN sub-team created under AHT SDG to lead the EO science of the GEO LDN Initiative.Lead by CSIRO and ESA with support from SANSA, INPE and NASA. Mention of value of EO data in SDG guidance and processes: UNCCD on SDG 15.3 (land degradation neutrality)

  8. CEOS Ad-hoc team on SDGs (AHT SDGs) GEO Initiative on SDGs(EO4SDG) Mention of value of EO data in SDG guidance and processes: UN Environment on SDG 6.6 (water related ecosystems) GPSDD WBG UN Habitat UNCCD UNEP UN Statistical Division WG on Geo-spatial Information (WGGI) SDG Stakeholders UN Specialized Agencies National Statistical Offices Line Ministries FAO UN ISDR Radiant Earth WHO ADB “…a progressive methodology is proposed which promotes country-derived data collection to be complemented by other globally available datasets such as earth observations..” UN Environment, SDG Indicator 6.6.1. Monitoring methodology for SDG Indicator 6.6.1 • Custodian Agency: UN Environment • Indicators 6.6.1 “Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time” • NASA, EC/JRC and ESA contributed to the revised monitoring methodology with explicit reference to EO on spatial extent of open waters / vegetated wetlands and WQ of lakes and artificial water bodies • UNEP/NASA/JRC/ESA joint events • at UN GGIM High Level Forum, Mexico city, Nov 2017 ("Sharing experiences on indicator 6.6.1 on freshwater related ecosystems, and exploring opportunities for better monitoring”) • At WDF 2018, Dubai, Oct 2018 (“Opportunities for EO: Connecting water, land and people” • Country consultation workshop convened by UNEP, NASA, EC/JRC and ESA on ”Using EO for monitoring SDG progress in regard to SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1 on water-related ecosystems”, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Italy on 7-9 Nov 2018

  9. Development of SDG-related Products from Open Data Cube (ODC) • Vegetation change, agricultural production • Flood inundation mapping, farm dam development • Wetland management and characterisation • Seagrass and substrate mapping • Coastal change and water quality • Shallow water bathymetry • Mining footprint and urban development • Bushfire scar mapping and forestry inventory • Etc.

  10. GEO/CEOS alignment of activities

  11. Improve collaboration with CEOS bodies WGs, VCs and AHTs • There are synergies with activities undertaken under VCs (LSI), AHTs (GFOI, GEOGLAM), WGs (WGCV, WGCapD, WGISS) and SEO that must be better exploited by the AHT SDG. • The AHT will initiate a CEOS-level assessment/mapping of • which VCs/WGs/AHTs are/could address each of the relevant SDG target/indicator. • which VCs/WGs/AHTs are/could address SDG cross-cutting activities. (data access, data cubes tailoring for SDGs, on-line platforms for SDGs) and assess the sustainability of their efforts. • Similar approach to GEO EO4SDG engaging with GEO thematic initiatives (e.g. GEOGLAM, Aquawatch, Blue Planet, GEO Wetlands, Human Planet Initiative) • Examples of AHT collaboration with WGs/VCs/AHTs: • EO enabling infrastructures: SEO on Open data Cube (already happening) • Capacity Building:WGCapD(already happening) • Data: WGISS work on data discovery and access (SDG Client Portal) • SDG 2: GEOGLAM AHT collaboration on 2.4.1 (sustainable agriculture)

  12. Conduct a CEOS-level assessment on the contribution of VCs/WGs/AHTs to the SDGs Develop a proposal (with new ToR, structure and execution plan) for post-2019 CEOS engagement on SDGs From Plenary to Plenary Roadmap(initiation of CEOS activities) • Capacity Building • (with WGCapD) Webinars to raise SDG awareness to CEOS and EO community; on-line trainings on advanced satellite-based solutions for SDG indicators (i.e., 6.6.1, 11.3.1). • Satellite Data value for the SDG targets and indicators • Compendium (with factsheets) and policy briefs on the contribution of satellite observations to the SDG targets and indicators • (with GEOGLAM AHT) Develop an EO-based workflow (as good practice guidance) for SDG Indicator 2.4.1 (sustainable agriculture) • EO enabling Infrastructures • (with SEO) Development of SDG-related products from the Open Data Cube (ODC). • (with WGISS) Set up of a Data discovery and access Portal for SDG-related datasets. • Scale-up EO use for SDG indicators where EO is well integrated in SDG methodologies • Satellite Analysis Ready Data for the SDGs • Contribute to the WGGI Task Stream on application of satellite data for the SDG indicators. • (with LSI-VC) Analyse long-term continuity of satellite data for all relevant SDG indicators • Validation/ standardization of EO products for SDGs • (with WGCV) Develop guidance on level of confidence and validation protocols for using EO in SDG indicator implementation

  13. CEOS 31st Plenary, Rapid City, 2017 “In 2018, the AHT team will develop recommendations for CEOS Principals on its way forward on SDGs for CEOS” For CEOS 32 Plenary Decision(Agenda item 6.9) 13 The AHT SDG co-leads invite CEOS Principals to: • Acknowledge the achievements of the AHT SDG in 2018 and the recognition of CEOS and its Agencies as key partners on SDGs by the UN system. • Welcome the GEO/CEOS alignment of activities withrespective roles and responsibilities and the efforts of the AHT to involve CEOS structures when appropriate. • Embrace the decision taken by the AHT to prioritize its activities along the unique role that CEOS should play as a coordination body of the Space community efforts. • Ensure a favorable framework by encouraging CEOS Agencies to actively contribute to the work of the AHT, improving its workforces and achieving the necessary critical mass. • Encourage the implementation of a Roadmap from Plenary to Plenary, to develop the necessary structure, membership and implementation plan to justify a permanent structure within CEOS. Renew the AHT SDG for one year with the objective of generating consensus around the creation of a permanent CEOS working group on SDGs.(to be decided at CEOS Plenary 33, October 2019).

  14. AHT SDG leads: • Marc Paganini (ESA, co-lead of the AHT SDG) marc.paganini@esa.int • Alex Held (CSIRO, SIT vice-chair & co-lead of the AHT SDG) alex.held@csiro.au Flora Kerblat (CSIRO, AHT SDG Executive Secretary) flora.kerblat@csiro.au • Argyro Kavvada (NASA, GEO EO4SDG Executive Secretary) argyro.kavvada@nasa.gov We look forward to working closely with you next year! Thanks for your attention

  15. AHT SDG Background and Context

  16. CEOS AHT SDG: Terms of Reference (ToR) In the complex and evolving SDG environment, the AHT SDG shall: • take stock of the UN processes in place for the SDG implementation and of the existing SDG stakeholders (including GEO), • focus its activities around the unique role that CEOS should play as a coordination body of the Space community efforts to support the integration of satellite EO in support to the full realisation of the SDGs. • TheAHT SDG can’t progress alone but shall rely on existing networks/partnerships: • AHT SDG aligns its engagement in the context of (Programme Board, Engagement Strategy, GEO EO4SDG initiative) • AHT SDG builds on established relationships CEOS Agencies have with the UN agencies, individual countries (national statistics & line ministries),and other SDG stakeholders (including development banks & aid agencies).

  17. CEOS AHT SDG: Terms of Reference (ToR) • CEOS AHT SDG – ToRs (summary): • Coordinate the efforts of CEOS agencies and channel CEOS support to the SDG process (EO showcases, promotion material, etc.) through GEO • Provide a forum for sharing/communicating EO best practices in support to the SDGs (in collaboration with GEO). • Analyseopportunities for better uptake of satellite-based EO in support to SDGs Targets and Indicators, in part via enhanced engagement of CEOS agencies within the GEO initiatives and flagships. • Engage with relevant authoritative SDG stakeholders inside (e.g., IAEG-SDGs & WGGI, UNSD, UN GGIM, Custodian agencies) and outside the UN system (e.g., GPSDD, IISD, WBG, Foundations). • Use CEOS assets and bodies (WGCapD, AHT FDA, SEO, etc.) to build and strengthen EO capacities at all levels of the SDGs implementation. The AHT SDG shall assess, showcase and promote EO contribution to SDG Targets and Indicators

  18. CEOS Work Plan (2018-2020)Status of AHT activities

  19. (33-02) The SDG AHT will explore a CEOS expression of interest for participation in the GEO Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) activity. • (33-11) Lifecycle plans for the AHTs Actions from CEOS SIT 33

  20. AHT SDG Implementation PlanKey activities Compile a compendium of CEOS Agencies’ engagement on SDGs Define a coherent CEOS engagement plan on SDGs Coordinate CEOS support to GEO-led SDG activities Review and assess the contribution of EO to the SDG Targets and Indicators Foster the added-value of EO data in the SDG monitoring and reporting process Facilitate uptake of EO by SDG stakeholders Conduct impactfulcommunication & outreach activities on EO for SDGs

  21. ImplementationPlan – Status Updates (1)

  22. Implementation Plan – Status Updates (2)

  23. Implementation Plan – Status Updates (3)

  24. AHT SDG key achievements & lessons learnt (to be reviewed)

  25. GEO/CEOS alignment

  26. GEO/CEOS alignment (2/3)

  27. GEO/CEOS alignment (3/3)

  28. Option 1: Continue as an AHT, requesting renewal for another year at Plenary, and continue to use Agencies’ best efforts to support UN and GEO mainstreaming EO in the SDG processes (new co-leads?); Option 2: Continue as an AHT to ONLY act as a CEOS point of contact for external users, without undertaking new activities, and forward all specific requests to VC/WGs; Option 3: ‘Graduate’ and become a CEOS Working Group with a more formal work plan, governance system and reporting mechanisms, and therefore more sustained efforts and support (= commitment) from CEOS and WG/VC members to implement the work plan; Option 4: Consider what the AHT SDG achieved, and still needs to be done from a CEOS perspective, and phase out the AHT with transfer of all AHT activities to GEO EO4SDG (including CEOS Agencies support) Option 5: Transform the AHT into an “SDG Strategy” (given its cross-cutting essence, following the “Carbon Strategy” path), with a solid work plan and coordination body to map SDG activities to existing CEOS resources (VC, WG, etc) and continue being the “SDG space arm” focal point for GEO Future outlook of the AHT SDG: 5 options presented at SIT-33, April 2018

  29. AHT Future Options

  30. Important for CEOS to have a solid and “permanent” structure dedicated to the SDGs. • Would be the 3rd thematic WG (with Climate and Disaster) in response to the 3 engagement priorities of GEO and main post-2015 Global Societal Agendas. • Mission: Enabling the integration of satellite observations in the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development, for the benefit of all countries, leaving no one behind, and maximizing CEOS agencies return on investment. • Priorities should be assigned to specific activities where CEOS and its agencies can bring tangible support. • A permanent structure requires critical mass of membership and resources. • Involvement of all relevant CEOS bodies (VCs, WGs, AHTs) is key to success. Proposal for long term future: Working Group starting from 2020

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