GEO Plenary XIV Side event Session 5 SDG 14 Life Below Water Moderator: Argyro Kavvada, USA / NASA - BAH Contributors Jason Jabbour, U.N. Environment Programme Adrian Strauch, GEO Wetlands George Zalidis, inter-Balkan Environment Center William Young / Luis Alberto Andres, World Bank Temilola Fatoyinbo, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

EO4SDG SDG 14 Panel Jai Rampersad, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Christoph Aubrecht, ESA & World Bank Michael Ott, IOC Frank Muller-Karger, USF & MBON Max Kaplan, NOAA Paul DiGiacomo, Blue Planet Moderator: William Sonntag, GEO Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities Goal 14 – Life Below Water Goal 15 – Life On Land Moderator: William Sonntag, GEO Contributors Sabato Caesar, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Christoph Aubrecht, European Space Agency / World Bank Michael Ott, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO Frank Muller-Karger, University of South Florida, Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) Max Kaplan, Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sofie Seeyave/Paul DiGiacomo, Blue Planet EO4SDG

Ten Questions to Consider Based on your experience, what should others do? What should they avoid doing? What challenges did you face that you did not anticipate? What surprised you the most? What technical, programmatic, or administrative issues did you face? What was easier than expected? What was more difficult than expected? What aspects of your activities would be the most easy to replicate? What are the pros/cons of your approach? What did you learn? What is next? What are your next steps? What challenges do you face now? What obstacles need to be overcome? What is success for your organization? How will you know if you’re successful? What information would you like to have that you don’t have now? How could the GEO community support and help you? Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities Goal 14 – Life Below Water Goal 15 – Life On Land

Earth Observations in Service of Global Development GEO-XIV Side Event