Energy and Mineral Resources Management SBA Introduction André Obregón GEO Secretariat 08 Nov 2016 St. Petersburg

Societal Benefit Areas

Sustainable Development Goals

GEO Initiative on SDGs Targets 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix  7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency 

Key Objectives of the SBA GEO will advocate the value of Earth observations, engage communities and deliver data and information in support of Energy and Mineral Resources Management by enhancing the discovery, development and sustainable production and use of mineral and renewable energy resources; in order : to facilitate substantial increases in the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, through usable, actionable information on resource assessment, monitoring and forecasting of intermittent energy sources, including solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, geo-thermal power and biomass. to facilitate the sustainable management of geo-resources and to address the environmental, societal and unequal economic impacts of their exploitation GEO Work Programme Symposium 2016 - Breakout Group Outcome -

GEO Work Programme GEO-VENER EO for Mineral Resources African Geochemical Baselines

DAB Discovery and … Access Broker Private Sector Partners Japan USA Canada South Africa Australia Brazil Germany Russia Chile France Italy more than 100 Public Providers… Satellites Cryosphere Energy Disasters Health Biodiversity International Providers Regional & National Providers Environment Climate/Weather Ocean Geology/Soil Spain New Zealand Norway Water Switzerland China GEO Website GEOSS Portal DAB Discovery and Access Broker Private Sector Partners …

GEO Work Programme Symposium 2016 - Breakout Group Outcome - Recommendations on data, information and knowledge within the GEO Portal Lot of assets already available and discoverable within the GEO Portal, the web-service-energy.org community portal (harvested regularly) Need for organizing of resources within the GEOSS Portal Global datasets for mineral activities (One-Geology, ASTER global datasets, extension of EuroGeoSurveys databases, …) GEO Work Programme Symposium 2016 - Breakout Group Outcome -

How to organize the SBA community? Continue structuration and engagement of existing Renewable Energy and Mineral Community (difficulty: diffuse aspects of minerals across SDGs) Use of Essential Variables and Gap analysis identification for engaging and structuring communities Issues that are not addressed in other fora, can be used for structuration and engagement GEO Work Programme Symposium 2016 - Breakout Group Outcome -

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