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August 2024
8th AfriGEO Symposium 2024
In the face of tremendous urbanization challenges, increased weather/climate unpredictability, increased population growth, frequent disasters, increased water scarcity, increased economic inflation, increased level of crime in cities and rural areas, scarce resources and poor management of resource vis-a-vis improved information access, rich indigenous knowledge, advancement in technology, targeted policies, open access to analytical tools, improved […] ...
April 2024
4th Session of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is scheduled to take place at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, Canada, within the period 21 to 30 April 2024 inclusive of one day for regional consultations. ...
2024 Ocean Decade Conference
Focused on ‘delivering the science we need for the ocean we want’, the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference, which will be hosted by the Government of Spain in Barcelona from 10 – 12 April 2024, will bring together the global Ocean Decade community and partners to celebrate and take stock of progress, and set joint priorities […] ...
GEO Blue Planet led satellite events at the Ocean Decade Conference 2024
In the framework of the UN Ocean Decade Conference 2024, GEO Blue Planet is organising two satellite events which will be held on the 8th and 9th of April at the World Trade Center in Barcelona prior to the main conference. 8 April 2024, 3:30 – 7:00 pm | Connecting the world around Ocean prediction: […] ...
March 2024
Ocean Observation and Prediction for Coastal Sustainability in Africa
Building on the outcomes of the Coastal Hazards Plenary Session and Coastline Changes workshop held during the GEO Blue Planet 5th Symposium (2022, Accra), this event will focus on identifying the priorities and needs for ocean observations and prediction to address the challenges of coastal sustainability in Africa. Presentations and discussions will leverage extensive work led by […] ...
February 2024
Sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6)
The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) will be held from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme: Effective, inclusive and sustainable multilateral actions to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Member States and stakeholders will come together at UNEA-6 to discuss […] ...
January 2024
Coastal National Adaptation Guidelines: Moving from Theory to Practice
Kicking off GEO Blue Planet’s 2024 webinar series will be the Adaptation Planning working group. In collaboration with the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), this group is working to leverage ocean and coastal observations in support of National Adaptation Plans for the UNFCCC. The group has completed an analysis of existing National Adaptation Plans in […] ...
November 2023
GEO Week 2023 & Ministerial Summit
Climate. Biodiversity. Air quality. The planet has a lot to say about the things that each and every one of us depend on. But can you hear what it’s saying? There is more data than ever before on our changing Earth. The problem is that many people can’t get hold of it, and when they […] ...
October 2023
6th GEO Blue Planet Symposium
GEO Blue Planet held its 6th Symposium from October 31st– November 2nd 2023 in Seoul, Korea. These symposiums are designed to increase regional linkages, promoting linkages between stakeholders and the observing community and gathering community feedback on the focus of GEO Blue Planet activities. Themed Digital Solutions for Sustainable Oceans, the GEO Blue Planet […] ...
Remote sensing of marine litter workshop 2023
ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands ...
EuroGEO Workshop 2023
EuroGEO: linking national, European, and global perspectives EuroGEO brings together and coordinates activities in Europe that contribute to the initiatives of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). GEO is at a crossroad with defining its post-25 strategy (currently under public consultation) which is planned to be adopted in November 2023 at the GEO ministerial summit […] ...
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