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EuroGEO Workshop 2024

Lillian Diarra — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Coordinate, Combine, Cooperate EuroGEO is the regional coordination mechanism that aims to consolidate and coordinate activities throughout Europe that contribute to GEO (Group on Earth Observations) initiatives. Since EuroGEO’s inception, the European landscape has significantly changed. Firstly, at EU level, with the implementation of the EU Space Programme, which provides the necessary infrastructure, data, and technological [...]

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Ocean Observation and Prediction for Coastal Sustainability in Africa

Lillian Diarra — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:09:35 +0000

From 4 to 7 March 2024, GEO Blue Planet held a workshop on “Ocean Observation and Prediction for Coastal Sustainability in Africa” at the United Nations Office in Nairobi. Organised in collaboration with UNEP, the workshop was supported by the EU4OceanObs project with funding from the European Union. The four day workshop brought together [...]

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Ocean Decade 2024 Satellite Events

Lillian Diarra — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

EU4OceanObs is supporting two satellite events in the framework of the Ocean Decade Conference 2024 in Barcelona. 8 April 2024 | 3:30 - 7:00 pm Connecting the world around Ocean prediction: A vision for the Decade and beyond Co-organised by the Ocean Prediction Decade Collaborative Centre and GEO Blue Planet, with funding from EU4OceanObs, this [...]

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Ocean Observation and Prediction for Coastal Sustainability in Africa

Lillian Diarra — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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 [...]

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GEO Blue Planet 6th Symposium

Lillian Diarra — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The 6th GEO Blue Planet Symposium to be held in Seoul, Korea from 31 October 31 – 2 November 2023 in Seoul, Korea. These GEO Blue Planet 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. [...]

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Accra, Ghana welcomes GEO Blue Planet’s 5th Symposium

Lillian Diarra — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:18:09 +0000

Accra, Ghana, 24 October 2022 – Ghana becomes the focus of the global marine and coastal community this week as it hosts the 5th GEO Blue Planet Symposium. Themed “Local Action in support of global traction”, this flagship event is being held for the first time on the African continent and aims to improve [...]

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GEO Blue Planet Symposium 2022

Lillian Diarra — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This year's Sdymposium is specifically geared towards improving GEO Blue Planet’s engagement with African nations in an effort to expand the Earth observation community of practice, strengthen local capacity and provide access to resources, tools and services.

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Developing cooperation across GEO Activities to address marine hazards in Africa

Lillian Diarra — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000

An official side event of GEO Week 2021 Given that approximately 25% of Africa’s population live within 100 km of the coast, marine hazards pose increasing threats at local and regional levels. These include eutrophication, coastal flooding, marine pollution, and water-borne diseases - all of which can be exacerbated by climate change. The side event [...]

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One Integrated Marine Debris Observing System

Lillian Diarra — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Official Satellite Activity of the 3rd UN Ocean Decade "a Clean Ocean" Laboratory

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GEO Week 2021

Lillian Diarra — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The GEO Week 2021 will be held from 23 to 26 November in a virtual format and will include the GEO-17 Plenary, anchor and side events, and a virtual exhibition. The major milestone events linked to global policy agendas in 2021, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP26, the Convention on Biological [...]

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