1. UPDATE: EARTH OBSERVATION Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Earth Observation Constituents Briefing April 15, 2004

2. 2 AGENDA CONSTITUENT BRIEFING Opening Remarks Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans at Atmosphere Setting the National Stage Dr. Kathie Olsen, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science & Technology Policy Earth Observations & EPA Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, EPA International & National Activities Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans at Atmosphere

3. 3 EARTH OBSERVATION SUMMIT I Washington, D.C. July 31, 2003 34 Nations 20 International Organizations

4. 4 BENEFITS OF OBSERVATIONS Natural Disaster Mitigation Environment & Human Health Sustainable Development (Energy) Climate Change Impacts Water Resource Management Weather Information & Prediction Coastal Ecosystem Management Inland Ecosystem Management Sustainable Development (Agriculture) Biodiversity

5. 5 NATIONAL STAGE CONSTITUENT BRIEFING Dr. Kathie Olsen, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science & Technology Policy

6. 6 EPA & EARTH OBSERVATION CONSTITUENT BRIEFING Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, EPA

7. 7 ROAD AHEAD INTERNATIONAL Earth Observation Summit 1 established Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Has met 3 times since Summit 47 Countries + EC and 26 International Organizations GEO-4, Tokyo, Japan Finalize draft Communiqué and Framework Document Submit documents to Ministers at Summit II for Approval

8. 8 ROAD AHEAD INTERNATIONAL GEO-3 established Implementation Plan Task Team (IPTT) IPTT will draft 10-year Implementation Plan Annotated outline presented in Tokyo IPPT is comprised of one representative nominated by each GEO Co-Chair European Commission, David Williams of EUMETSAT Japan, Toshio Koike of Tokyo University South Africa, Robert Scholes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) United States, Ivan DeLoatch of USGS

9. 9 ROAD AHEAD NATIONAL Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations (IWGEO) Developing US Comments to international process Developing US 10-year implementation plan Continuing to engage academic, industry, and non-profit partners to guarantee plan comprehensive and useful  April and June workshops are being planned to coordinate expert input and comment  Industry alliance has been formed Planning anniversary of Washington Summit event and roll-out of the last draft of10- year Implementation Plan for broad community review and comment Continue education/outreach on the global initiative

10. 10 ROAD AHEAD NATIONAL The U.S. 10-year Implementation Plan (focuses on societal benefits) Reduce loss of life and property from disasters Protect and monitor ocean resources Understand climate, and assess and mitigate climate change impacts Support sustainable agriculture and combat land degradation Understand the effect of environmental factors on human health and promote well-being Develop capacity to make ecological forecasts Protect and monitor water resources US plan will have flexibility to incorporate additional societal benefit areas Will work to integrate these benefit areas with the international plan.

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12. 12 MORE INFORMATION http://earthobservations.org

13. 13 GEO MEMBERS (47+EC) AlgeriaGabon NetherlandsUnited Kingdom ArgentinaGermany New Zealand United States AustraliaGreeceNigeriaUzbekistan BelgiumIndonesiaNorway BelizeIndiaPortugal BrazilIranRepublic of Congo CameroonIreland Republic of Korea CanadaIsrael Russian Federation ChinaItaly South Africa CyprusJapanSpain DenmarkKazakhstanSudan EgyptMexicoSweden European Commission MoroccoSwitzerland FinlandMozambiqueThailand France NepalUkraine

14. 14 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS Association for the Development of Environmental Information (ADIE) Central American Commission for the Environment and Development (SICA/CCAD) Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) European Environmental Agency (EEA) European Space Agency (ESA) European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership (IGOS-P)

15. 15 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (contd.) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commissions (IOC) International Association of Geodesy (IAG) International Council for Science (ICSU) International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research (IGFA) International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Network of European Meteorological Services/Composite Observing System (EUMETNET/EUCOS) Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) World Bank (IBRD) World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)