GEO & GEO Blue Planet Archives - EU4OceanObs https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio_category/geo-blue-planet/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:51:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/favicon-66x66.png GEO & GEO Blue Planet Archives - EU4OceanObs https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio_category/geo-blue-planet/ 32 32 Integrated Marine Litter Monitoring to inform action – UN Ocean Conference 2022 side event https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/integrated-marine-litter-monitoring-to-inform-action-un-ocean-conference-2022-side-event/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:48:35 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=4647 The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Blue Planet Initiative* together with the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the Atlantic International Research (AIR) Centre and UNEP Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML) organised an event on 29 June 2022 in Cascais, Portugal to promote international action on monitoring marine litter for decision-making. The full-day event, [...]

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]]> GEO Week 2021: Developing cooperation across GEO Activities to address marine hazards in Africa, Nov 2021 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/geo-week-2021-side-event-developing-cooperation-across-geo-activities-to-address-marine-hazards-in-africa-nov-2021/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:34:31 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=4055 GEO’s Blue Planet Initiative, which serves as its ocean and coastal arm, hosted an official side event during GEO Week 2021 on developing cooperation across GEO activities to address marine hazards in Africa. The side event discussed the role of Earth Observations in monitoring, preparing for, and recovering from marine hazards. It also looked at how [...]

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]]> One Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS) for a Clean Ocean, Nov 2021 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/one-integrated-marine-debris-observing-system-imdos-for-a-clean-ocean/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:25:26 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=4052 Official Satellite Activity of the UN Ocean Decade 3rd Laboratory - A Clean Ocean 17 - 19 November 2021 Attended by 197 participants from 46 countries, the event consisted of a series of three live online sessions in English and French. 26 excellent speakers and panellists from 18 different countries world-wide came together to share their knowledge and discuss the growing threat and multidimensional problem of marine debris to marine [...]

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]]> Challenges and opportunities in addressing the spread of Sargassum across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, June 2021 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/challenges-and-opportunities-in-addressing-the-spread-of-sargassum-across-the-tropical-atlantic-ocean/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:37:37 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=3232 Hosted by the GEO Blue Planet EU coordination, supported EU4OceanObs, in collaboration with other partners, the side event presented and discussed the challenges, solutions, and opportunities behind the spread of Sargassum across the Tropical Atlantic. For more information, click here.

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]]> All-Atlantic 2021 Side Event : Marine Debris in the Atlantic Ocean, June 2021 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/all-atlantic-2021-side-event-marine-debris-in-the-atlantic-ocean/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:29:44 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=3230 The event served to catalyse linkages, actions and coordination of stakeholders and scientists addressing the challenges of marine litter in countries across the Atlantic Ocean. Hosted by Dr Audrey Hasson, the GEO Blue Planet EU coordinator, supported by EU4OceanObs, this was an official side event at the All-Atlantic 2021 Conference, which took place from 2 – 4 [...]

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]]> Announcement of EU4OceanObs during the GEO Week 2020 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/geo-week-2020/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:35:54 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1726 Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General European Commission Research and Innovation and European Co-Chair of GEO: GEO Week 2020 Video Statement from the European Commission, including the announcement the EU4OceanObs, the EC’s Foreign Policy Instrument Action in support of ocean observations, implemented by Mercator Ocean International.

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]]> Pierre Bahurel, Director General of Mercator Ocean international: GEO Week 2020 Video Statement https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/portfolio-items/pierre-bahurel-director-general-of-mercator-ocean-international-geo-week-2020-video-statement/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:31:15 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1724 During his statement, Pierre Bahurel, the Director General of Mercator Ocean International (MOi) made the case for the growing importance of the ocean in the new global economy and for Earth observation as its greatest asset. MOi was named a GEO participating organisation in 2019, and with the launch of EU4OceanObs in November 2020, MOi [...]

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