Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 Contents Who is GEO? What is GEOSS? What is GEO Added-Value? GEO & Energy Management

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 GEO is an Intergovernmental Group –65 Nations –European Commission –43 Participating Organizations With a Single Objective: GEOSS –To establish a global, coordinated, comprehensive and sustained system of Earth observation systems

GEOSS Components

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 GEO Added Value What is different about GEO? - Global - Cross-cutting - High-level & Political

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 GLOBAL (Rotating) Members of the GEO Executive Committee: –South Africa, Morocco –USA, Brazil, Honduras –Russia –China, Japan, Thailand –EC, Germany, Italy

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 CROSS-CUTTING 9 Societal Benefit Areas 1. Disasters… 2. Health… 3. Energy 4. Climate 5. Water 6. Weather 7. Ecosystems 8. Agriculture 9. Biodiversity

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 HIGH-LEVEL GEO provides: High-level Framework for Optimized International Cooperation

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 GEO helps: Define Common Objectives for Int’ Community - GEO Work Plans Channel individual efforts - Work Plan implementation, however with Members & Organisations own resources Advocate for - Resources (human & financial) - Collaboration (at organisation, government or agency-level) Enhance Visibility - GEO label

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 Some Clear Energy Objectives for GEO (cf. 10-yr Reference Document) - Develop the use of EOs - Facilitate access to data & products - Identify user requirements for EOs - Encourage development of DSS - Optimize exploitation of future capabilities GEO & Energy

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 But to be achieved by what means? - GEO Work Plans (2006, , …) - Strategic 5-10 year Plan - Workshops - Community of Practice Activities - Other?

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 Purpose of this Meeting - Update GEO objectives & priorities (Agenda Item II) - Redefine means to reach objectives (Work Plan tasks, Strategic Plan, Workshops, … cf. Agenda Items IV, V, VI) - Strengthen international cooperation (Community of Practice, … cf. All Agenda Items) So that GEO Energy activities can truly have an impact and benefit both Society – and our daily work…

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 Related Questions - Missing Stakeholders in GEO Process? - Developing vs Developed Countries Priorities? - Renewable vs non-Renewable Energy? - What Connections with Community of Practice?

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International Policy Background 21st Century New Energy Security Paradigm? - Growing influence from non-OECD countries e.g. China, India, Brazil, South Africa

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21st Century New Energy Security Paradigm? (cont’) - Potential for terrorism on supply systems - Climate change (Kyoto) & pollution regulations - Growing integration of energy industry (a break in the supply chain can reverberate throughout the system)

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 1st Integrated Energy Crisis of 21 st Century 2005 hurricanes in Gulf of Mexico damaged critical physical connections between offshore platforms, pipelines, oil tankers, refineries, storage, distribution systems, …

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International Policy Background G8 Plan of Action 2006 Global Energy Security - Diversify energy mix - Ensure physical security of critical infrastructure - Reduce energy poverty - Address climate change & sustainable development Consistent Plan of Action for IEA What about European Commission’s views?

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 International Policy Background Mechanisms influencing National Policies and Investments - REEP Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Program - REN21 Renewable Energy Policy Network for 21 st Century - MEDREP Mediterranean Renewable Energy Partnership - RPS US “Renewable Portfolio Standards”

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Background to Discussion Item V (Strategic 5-10 yr Plan) According to GEOSS Energy 2-year Target 26, the energy community should: Produce “a strategic 5-10 year plan for exploitation of the benefits of the new generation of operational observing systems - both space-based and in situ - which comes on- stream in this decade.

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 The plan should include efforts on: (i) operationalizing existing research capabilities to meet the needs of the energy industry; (ii) research and development in advanced end- to end modelling and forecasting techniques (such as ensemble-based methods) covering both environmental and energy processes, and with an emphasis on issues of risk assessment;

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 (iii) the improvement of information networks by linking existing systems and making them inter- operable; (iv) continue efforts to raise awareness of, facilitate access to, and operationalize improved methodologies for exploitation of GEOSS data and information products for the industry”.

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Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 Proposals for Energy : Renewable Energy Develop the use of Earth observation in the management of uncertainties related to fluctuations and intermittency of renewable energy sources. 2: Environmental Impact Monitoring Set up an Earth observation platform for the monitoring and prediction of environmental impact from energy resource extraction, transportation and/or exploitation. 3: Energy Policy Planning Encourage the use of Earth observation for informed energy-policy planning in developing countries.

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GEO Organization GEO Plenary Executive Committee Scientific, Technical & Management Team GEO Secretariat Standing Committees Capacity Building Architecture & Data Science & Technology User Interface

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Why a Cross-cutting Approach? Societal benefit areas are interdependent (e.g., Weather-Disasters Climate-Agriculture-Health Water-Energy)

Energy Expert Meeting Aug 06 Techniques (eg. Ensemble Forecasting) and parameters (eg. Altimetry) are relevant to a number of Societal Benefit Areas