Abstract
Abstract. Agencies from CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites) have traditionally focused their efforts on the response phase. Rapid urbanization and increased severity of weather events has led to growing economic and human losses from disasters, requiring international organisations to act now in all disaster risk management (DRM) phases, especially through improved disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. As part of this effort, CEOS agencies have initiated a series of actions aimed at fostering the use of Earth observation (EO) data to support disaster risk reduction and at raising the awareness of policy and decision-makers and major stakeholders of the benefits of using satellite EO in all phases of DRM. CEOS is developing a long-term vision for sustainable application of satellite EO to all phases of DRM. CEOS is collaborating with regional representatives of the DRM user community, on a multi-hazard project involving three thematic pilots (floods, seismic hazards and volcanoes) and a Recovery Observatory that supports resilient recovery from one major disaster. These pilot activities are meant as trail blazers that demonstrate the potential offered by satellite EO for comprehensive DRM. In the framework of the 2015 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), the CEOS space agencies intend to partner with major stakeholders, including UN organizations, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), international relief agencies, leading development banks, and leading regional DRM organisations, to define and implement a 15-year plan of actions (2015- 2030) that responds to high-level Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction priorities. This plan of action will take into account lessons learned from the CEOS pilot activities.
Highlights
Over the last decade, efforts from the major space agencies in the world have mostly focused on the response phase of disasters management leading for instance to the establishment of successful operational services such as the International Charter „Space and Major Disasters‟
International organisations have addressed this issue through improved disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and programs
Large-scale use of satellite Earth observation (EO) for disaster risk management (DRM) is hindered by a lack of user awareness of possible applications and the complexity of acquiring data from a wide range of providers
Summary
Efforts from the major space agencies in the world have mostly focused on the response phase of disasters management leading for instance to the establishment of successful operational services such as the International Charter „Space and Major Disasters‟. Among several examples of successful international cooperation involving space agencies in the disasters and climate change fields, we could mention: - the International Charter „Space and Major Disasters‟, that aims at providing a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters, helping to mitigate the effects of disasters on human life and property; - Sentinel-Asia, that supports disaster management activities in the Asia-Pacific region by applying space based technology and web-GIS technology, and working on all phases of disaster, preparedness, response and recovery; - the GEO Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) that fosters the sustained availability of observations for national forest monitoring systems as requested by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); - the UNFCCC and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with the provision to the climate research community of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) that are important to a full understanding of the climate system; - the Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories (GSNL), through which CEOS provides large volumes of satellite data to support scientific research into fault zones and volcanoes at designated sites, in partnership with local and international scientists using in-situ data Many of these initiatives are the subject of current on-going research. There is strong political support for using all means available, there is a new and unique opportunity for space data providers to foster the use of remote sensing data through a new partnership with relevant stakeholders
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