Section I. IntroductionChapter 1. Post-2015 global policy frameworks: review and current statusby Argyro Kavvada, Douglas Cripe, Lawrence Friedl, others* 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development* Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction* Paris Climate AgreementChapter 2. Lessons from the Montreal Protocolby Argyro Kavvada and Douglas CrippeSection II. Evidence-based examples of successful Earth-observation based methods, tools, and technologies in support of climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and the SDGsChapter 3. Piloting the use of satellite-based Earth observations for monitoring water-related ecosystems.by colleagues from UN Environment, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), EcoPotentialChapter 4. Mapping the Human Planet: integrating settlement, infrastructure, and population data to support sustainable development, climate, and disaster data needs.by Robert Chen (Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University), Alex De Sherbinin (Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University) et al.Chapter 5. Integrating remote sensing and population statistics for Goal 11, Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.by colleagues from the National Statistics Office (DANE), Colombia, Aditya Agrawal, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), other (i.e., colleagues from UN Habitat)Chapter 6. An interactive Risk Detection Tool to aid decision-making in global mangrove restoration.by David Lagomasino (NASA), Lola Fatoyinbo (NASA), Lisa Goldberg, otherChapter 7. GEO-Wetlands Portal: A community portal providing data, information and knowledge to the global wetland community tailored to the specific needs of users and policy requirements.by Mark Paganini (European Space Agency) and Adrian Strauch (University of Bonn)Chapter 8: The Australian Geoscience Data Cubeby Stuart Minchin (Geoscience Australia)Chapter 9. Analysis-ready data and the SDGs: the African Open Data Cube initiativeby Brian Killough (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites), Aditya Agrawal (Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data), Alex Held (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia), Philip Thigo (Office of the Vice President, Kenya)Chapter 10. SDG 14, Life Below Water, implementation techniques for SIS in the Caribbeanby Hans-Peter Plag (Old Dominion University) et al.Section III. Group on Earth Observations in Support of Policy InitiativesChapter 11: GEO BON (GEO Biodiversity Observation Network)by Henrique Pereira (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv/Germany)), Mike Gill (Polar Knowledge, Canada), Laetitia Navarro (iDiv/Germany)Chapter 12: GEOGLAM (GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative)by Ian Jarvis (GEO Secretariat)Chapter 13: GFOI (Global Forest Observation Initiative)by Tom Harvey (Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO))Chapter 14: GOS4M (Global Observation System for Mercury)by Nicola PirroneChapter 15: EO4SDG (Earth Observation in Service of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development)by Argyro Kavvada (NASA-BAH), Lawrence Friedl (NASA), Chu Ishida (JAXA), Eduardo De La Torre (INEGI), William Sonntag (GEO Secretariat)Chapter 16: GEO-DARMA (GEO Data Access for Risk Management)by Ivan Petiteville (European Space Agency (ESA))Chapter 17: GEO Carbon and Greenhouse-Gas Initiativeby Antonio Bombelli (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation/Italy), Jost Lavric (Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS))Section IV ConclusionsChapter 18: Sustained Earth Observations for Implementation of Global Frameworks: Conclusions and Recommendationsby Argyro Kavvada, Douglas Cripe, Lawrence Friedl et al.
Argyro Kavvada, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USADouglas Cripe, Group on Earth Observations, SwitzerlandLawrence Friedl, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US