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Key S&T Programmes, Resources and Funding Mechanisms to develop GEOSS

Key S&T Programmes, Resources and Funding Mechanisms to develop GEOSS. Task ST-09-01 Kick-off Meeting EC, Brussels, 29 th July 2009. Professor Stuart Marsh UK STC Representative Chair, IGOS Theme Leaders Group Head of Spatial Geoscience Technologies British Geological Survey (NERC)

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Key S&T Programmes, Resources and Funding Mechanisms to develop GEOSS

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  1. Key S&T Programmes, Resources and Funding Mechanisms to develop GEOSS Task ST-09-01 Kick-off MeetingEC, Brussels, 29th July 2009 • Professor Stuart Marsh • UK STC Representative • Chair, IGOS Theme Leaders Group • Head of Spatial Geoscience Technologies • British Geological Survey (NERC) • Nottingham, UK, NG12 5GG

  2. S&T Programmes Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership (IGOS-P) • Ran for a decade as a predecessor to GEO focused on observing strategy • Partners: UN & Space Agencies, Science Programmes & Funding Agencies, inc. Global Observing Systems (GCOS, GGOS, GOOS, GTOS, GOS-GAW) • Included 8 Theme Teams, which wrote Theme Reports on 9 sub-strategies: • Atmospheric Chemistry • Carbon Cycle • Coastal (including a separate report on Coral Reefs) • Cryosphere • Geohazards • Land • Oceans • Water Cycle • IGOS covers GEO SBAs well but in incomplete and “many-many” mapping • Disaster, Climate, Weather, Agriculture, Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Water • Health & Energy are acknowledged gaps that IGOS didn’t get chance to do • Implemented in GEO Tasks, CoP, Committees and networks outside GEO

  3. S&T Programmes International Research Programmes & Science Partnerships • Main sponsors: International Council for Science, UN & Science Organisations • Globally coordinated research programmes related directly to GEOSS include: • World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) • World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) • International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) • International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) • DIVERSITAS (an International Programme of Biodiversity Science) • Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), with 4 global research projects: • Global Water System Project (GWSP) • Global Carbon Project (GCP) • Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) • Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GEC&HH) • Cover 7 of the 9 SBAs well but in an incomplete and “many-many” mapping • Health, Climate, Weather, Agriculture, Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Water • Disasters: ICSU plans environmental hazards & disasters research programme • Energy may be a gap in this international picture (perhaps covered elsewhere)

  4. S&T Programmes Global Scientific Assessments & Strategies relevant to GEO • Developing more slowly than International Science Programmes, they include: • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment • International Assessment of Agricultural Science & Technology • World Water Assessment Programme • Global Energy Assessment • International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity • International Scientific Advisory Panel on Renewable Energies • Cover 6 of the 9 SBAs well and are perhaps closer to a “one-one” mapping • Climate, Agriculture, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Water and Energy • Disasters are covered by the International Strategy on Disaster Reduction • Other notable strategies and observing plans relevant to GEO include: • GCOS Implementation Plan and strategies for WCRP, IGBP & ESSP • Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (WMO/IOC) • International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project

  5. Funding Mechanisms Group on Earth Observations…? • Many hoped that GEO would bring politics and budgets. Has that happened? European Commission Framework Programme • There are now a substantial number of FP projects directly targeting GEO e.g. African-European Geo-Resources Observation System (AEGOS CB-09-05d) • There are significant lines in the new ENVIRONMENT call out end-July 09 e.g. ENV.2010.4.1.1-1 Supporting integration of EU & international R&D in GEO • There are GMES- related opportunities to fund EO services in SPACE calls e.g. SPA.2010.1.1-01 Stimulating development of downstream GMES services • There are other EC programmes ready to consider supporting GEO activities e.g. eContent Plus funds OneGeology Europe (part of OneGeology DA-09-03c) e.g. Cooperation on Science & Technology (COST) is funding GEO some work National Science Foundation • There are open call opportunities to fund GEO projects but far less targeting • We need to gather information e.g. what relevant activity is already funded? Other Regions and Global Calls • We need to gather the information e.g. are there World Bank opportunities? • GEO is about global observations; big challenge is to achieve global action!

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