JRC Information day

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The future of GMES and the role of the JRC
Alan Belward, Francesco Pignatelli Global
Environment Monitoring Unit European Commission
DG JRC
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GMES overview

• By 2008, to establish an autonomous European
  Capacity to monitor the Earth to support
  management of the global environment and foster
  global security and provide reliable and timely
  information related to environmental and security
  issues to support policy makers needs
• Fulfills European Space Policy to make Space a
  tool to serve the policies of the Union, its
  Member States and its citizens
• European Space Policy Preliminary Elements
  COM(2005)208 final
• An EU initiative, where ESA implements the space
  component and the Commission identifies and
  develops services
• GMES Communication - COM(2005)565 final

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GMES why a Community approach?

• There is clear EU added value
• Coherent monitoring of EU and MS policies
• Europe-wide compatible products for further use
  at all levels Geospatial interoperability
  (INSPIRE)
• Data sharing (e.g. satellite images) by several
  applications (and several regions)

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GMES components
Space observing systems
Solutions
Public Policy
Data integration information management
User orientedservice delivery
Needs
Local/regional authorities Governments,
EU International Organisations Regulatory
Bodies Industry General Public
In-situ observing systems
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GMES implementation

• 2001 2003 initial period resulted in
  2004-2008 Action Plan
• System definition
• 2004 2008 putting the components together
• Users/providers dialogue service development
  space component procurement in-situ upgrading
  data policy funding some 230 M from EC (6th
  FP) and ESA (GSE)
• 2008 onwards operational phase
• Services the space component expanding in-situ
  networks

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Coordinated EC ESA GMES Service Implementation
Status and Planning of Major Contract Actions
Marine Coastal Environment
Polar Environment
Land Cover
Air Quality Climate Change
Risk Management
Security
Food Security
Humanitarian Aid Development
Future services
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GMES Operational dimension Services

• The fast-track approach
• Choice of pilot services based on existing and
  mature capacities and structures, on user uptake
  and on conditions for long-term sustainability
• The first three candidate pilot services (fast
  track) submitted to the GMES Advisory Council in
  June 2005

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GMES Fast-Track Services

• Land Monitoring Provide core land cover data for
  policy areas such as water, biodiversity,
  agriculture, urban
• Marine Core Services National / European
  policies International conventions on the
  marine environment/state of the oceans marine
  resources exploitation, transport and offshore
  operations, hazards and pollutions, coastal
  management, seasonal climate prediction
• Rapid Mapping in Support to Crisis Management
  (INSCRIT) Enhance European capacity to respond
  to crises and emergencies associated with natural
  and man made disasters (e.g. floods, fires,
  earthquakes, landslides, tsunami, industrial
  accidents)

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An addition to the land fast track service

• Europe increasingly needs to be permanently
  informed on the conditions and status of natural
  resources worldwide
• land is a prime resource - and increasingly
  scarce
• land use determines access to food, water, forest
  products, ecosystem services, infrastructure
• Resources can be a cause of conflict
• Millennium Assessment report (2005) indicates
  that today 60 of the world ecosystems are
  loosing their capacity to provide good and
  services

Developing a knowledge base on global use of
natural resources is part of the precautionary
approach to global stewardship
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addressing the G of GMES
Environmental refugees
AFRICA 795 million people in 2000 Growth rate of
over 2.8 / yr fastest in the world
Increasing Urbanisation Increasing timber
demands Agricultural expansion Increasing grazing
pressure Increasing water use
5 million
4 million
7 million
(Sources Environmental refugees Norman Myers,
13th Economic Forum, May 2005 http//www.osce.org/
documents/eea/2005/05/14488_en.pdf, Population
UN http//www.un.org/esa/population/publications/l
ongrange2/WorldPop2300final.pdf)
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GMES current Institutional dimension

• Users involvement (e.g. EEA, user DGs at EC,
  industry, workshop, diffusion, branding)
• GMES Advisory Council
• EC and ESA joint programme
• Integration into EU space policy
• Establishment of GMES Bureau in DG ENTR - June
  2006
• International dimension European Contribution
  to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems

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GMES the Space component

ENTR
E U P O L I C Y
ENV
AGRI
EC ProjectsFP-JRC
PROPOSAL
EU National Missions
ESA GMES
RELEX
GMES Service Requirements
Gap analysis
INFSO
Eumetsat Missions
ESAGMES Projects
REGIO
ESTAT
Current ESA Missions
Space Observation Requirements
JRC
MSGMES Projects
Non-EU Missions
EUSC
EUMS Users
POLICIES ? USERS ? SERVICES ? REQUIREMENTS ? GAP
ANALYSIS ? SOLUTIONS
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GMES requirements drive the space component
GMES-1 the gap-fillerServices
Global land
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GMES Next steps

• Fast track services implementation with
  consolidation of requirements (Implementation
  Groups)
• Further developments of pre-operational services
  through ESA (GSE) and EC programmes (FP6) and
  FP7, together with ESAs programme
• Operation of the GMES Bureau (June 2006)
• Setting up a GMES Governance/Management Structure
  (on-going discussions at EC level and with
  Member States)
• Providing continuity of key EU space missions
  (national missions, Sentinel development through
  ESA)

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The JRC mission is to provide scientific and
technical support to other Commission services
Turning data from Earth Observing satellites into
quantitative information serving EU Policies
DGs ENTR, ENV, REGIO, AGRI, DEV, AIDCO, RELEX,
etc... Delegations FAO, UNEP IGBP, GEO, GCOS,
GTOS General Public
Space Agencies Networks in Partner Countries Eur
opean Research Networks
Joint Research Centre
Agriculture, Fisheries European
Environment Global Climate Change Civil
Protection Civil Security Development Humanitaria
n Aid
Modelling, algorithm development, Cal/val
benchmarking
Research Applications Development
Supply
Support
Demand
Data
Information
Knowledge
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JRCs contribution to GMES

• Through FP6 and FP7 direct actions in support
  to a range of Community policies requiring GMES
  related information, e.g. in the areas of
• Natural Resources
• Agriculture
• Environment
• Development andHumanitarian Aid
• Global Change
• Civil Protection
• Security

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The JRC contribution to GMES

• The JRC has been a catalyst in the GMES process
  since its inception
• Participation in the overall GMES progress and
  evolution
• GPO/GAC meetings and Workshops/Fora involvement
• GMES Reports and Communications definition
• Fast-Track Services implementation
• Support to the GMES Bureau
• Technical development of fast track/demo of
  future pilot services
• EU Policies Requirements/User Needs assessment
  and update
• Contribute to drafting of high level mission
  document
• Collaboration with ESA
• Specifications for the future space missions in
  support to GMES
• Securing long-term access to space data

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Useful Web addresses

• Cordis FP6
• http//www.cordis.lu/fr/home.html
• http//fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/calls.cfm
• GMES
• http//www.gmes.info
• Space
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/space
• ESA
• http//earth.esa.int/gmes/
• JRC
• http//www.jrc.cec.eu.int/