How can CEOS go forward? Gilberto Camara(INPE) 2010 CEOS Chair 1 23 rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 November 2009

A Vision for CEOS The 23 rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 November Working Groups (WGISS, WGEdu, WGCV) Constellations and Data Democracy Task Forces CEOS Community Space Agencies and Decision-Making GEO, Scientific Community, Society

Forty years ago, in 1969, our space program reached the moon. photo: NASA

Where will we be in 2050? photo: Yan Aarhus Bertrand

"We went to explore the Moon, and in fact discovered the Earth." Eugene Cernan photo: NASA

“Climate change is not only about climate. It will change everything and will define a new human society”

“Scientists have models for estimating the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere when a given plot of land is razed. This information can now be extracted fairly accurately from satellite images. Access to information will be critical. A few satellites can cover the entire globe, but there needs to be a system in place to ensure their images are readily available to everyone who needs them. Brazil has set an important precedent by making its Earth- observation data available, and the rest of the world should follow suit.” Only 18 months ago…

1 million images ( ) Open access data policy: a qualified success 1 million images (Jan-Aug-2009) GMES Data will be open access (Sep 2009) CBERS image of Manaus LANDSAT image of Guiné-Bissau Sentinel-2

Open access data polices will enable the Global Earth Observation System of Systems to succeed

The Forest Carbon Tracking task should lead to a Global Forest Information System LBA tower in Amazonia (source: INPE) CEOS should have ambitious tasks

What about water-related tasks in CEOS? photo: Yan Aarhus Bertrand

23/4/2007CEOS Constellation, Florianopolis12 Ocean surface topography constellation The constellations are working and should be maintained

We know earth observation data is essential for the planet… images: NASA-INPE

… but data democracy needs to reach the masses photo: Yan Aarhus Bertrand

“It is in our power to eradicate poverty by 2050; it is in our power to eradicate disease by 2050; but it is also in our power to destroy ourselves by 2050.” photo: Yan Aarhus Bertrand

CEOS has the power to change how our space agencies are viewed by society photo: G Camara