Earth Information Day 2020

Climate Dialogues,

Subsidiary Body events

30 Nov. 2020

09:00h - 21:00h

Virtual event

Science

UNFCCC

English

Climate Dialogues,

Subsidiary Body events

Earth Information Day 2020

30 Nov. 2020

09:00h - 21:00h

Virtual event

Science

UNFCCC

English

The Earth Information Day is a valuable opportunity for exchanging information on the state of the global climate system and developments in systematic observation (FCCC/SBSTA/2019/2 para. 58). Data, services and information on the state of the global climate system are vital for informing decision making on adaptation and mitigation.

Earth Information Day 2020 provided an update on the state of the global climate in 2020, and its observation, and discussed recent advances in Earth observation technology and data processing to support decision making.

The themes and topics are guided by Parties’ submissions, and in consideration of the mandates and the wider context of ongoing work under the UNFCCC. The dialogue addressed two themes:

Updates on the state of the global climate system and its observation (including imprints of Covid-19)
Recent advances in Earth observation technology and data processing to support decision making

Programme

The Earth information day 2020 poster session and dialogue recordings available in box under "event recordings."

Presentations, posters with audio also listed below, along with visual storytelling summary.

08:30-10:00	Poster Q&A Between registered participants and poster contributors
10:00-12:30	Earth Information Day - Dialogue session	Chair: SBSTA Chair
10:00-11:20	Updates on the state of the global climate and its observation
10:00	Opening remarks	SBSTA Chair
10:05	Climate change drivers, indicators and impacts	John Kennedy, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
10:15	The Earth’s Energy Imbalance:Where does the energy go?	Karina von Schuckmann, Mercator Ocean
10:25	Closing the global carbon cycle and closing the emissions gap	Pierre Friedlingstein, GCP and Anne Olhoff, UNEP
10:35	Covid-19 imprints on the short- and long-lived chemical species in the troposphere	Prabir K. Patra, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
10:45	10 New Insights in Climate Science	Erik Pihl, Future Earth
10:50	The Status of the Global Climate Observing System: Plans and Progress	Anthony Rea, GCOS / WMO
11:05	Questions and Discussion
11:20-12:30	Recent advances in Earth observation technology and data processing to support decision making
11:20	Short presentations and discussion – Mitigation Recent Advances in Earth Observation Technology An Integrated System approach as contribution to the Enhanced Transparency Framework WMO Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) Translating Scientific Advances into Mitigation Services Assisting developing countries in improving national forest information and reporting	David Crisp, CEOS; Richard Engelen, Copernicus; Phil DeCola, IG3IS; María José Sanz Sánchez, GFOI
11:50	Short presentations and discussion – Adaptation Climate services for adaptation Global Agricultural Monitoring Coastal and Ocean Observations for Climate Adaptation	Mariane Diop Kane, GFCS; Catherine Nakalembe, GEOGLAM; Louis Celliers, GEO Blue Planet
12:25	Closing remarks	SBSTA Chair
17:00-18:00	Poster Q&A Between registered participants and poster contributors

Visual Story-Telling Summary

Earth Information Day Illustration StoryTelling

Posters

Updates on the state of the global climate and its observation
Updates on the state of the global climate
Global
Heat stored in the Earth system: Where does the energy go?	Karina von Schuckmann, Mercator Ocean, on behalf of GCOS	Audio
Observation of Greenhouse gas emissions from Space during COVID-19 pandemic	Hiroshi SUTO, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Audio
Land and atmosphere
Terrestrial satellite data records for essential climate variables – ESA Climate Change Initiative	Emilio Chuvieco, Alcala University	Audio
Atmosphere satellite data records for essential climate variables – ESA Climate Change Initiative	Michel van Roozendael, BIRA	Audio
Ocean
Ocean satellite data records for essential climate variables – ESA Climate Change Initiative	Shubha Sathyendranath, PML	Audio
Monitoring and assessment of ocean acidification by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	Akihiko Murata, Katsunori Kimopy, Masahide Wakita; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	Audio
Cryosphere
Cryosphere satellite data records for essential climate variables – ESA Climate Change Initiative	Thomas Nagler, ENVEO	Audio
Tackling Rapid Warming and Environmental Changes in the Third Pole: from Observation to Climate Information Services	Qingchen Chao, Lijuan Ma, Pengling Wang, National Climate Centre, China Meteorological Administration	Audio PPT
Updates on the state of global climate observation
Status of Global Climate Observations: Update from GCOS	Simon Eggleston, GCOS	Audio
Supporting UNFCCC Objectives Through International Coordination of Long-term Satellite Records	Jeffrey L. Privette, NOAA; Joerg Schulz, EUMETSAT; Alexandra Nunes, Hamtec Consulting Ltd; Albrecht von Bargen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.; Wenying Su, NASA; on behalf of the Joint CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate
VERIFY: Observation-based system for monitoring and verification of greenhouse gas fluxes	Philippe Peylin, LSCE - CNRS, France	Audio
Creating a Global Atmospheric CO2 Inventory to Support the Global Stocktake	David Crisp, JPL/Caltech; Mark Dowell, JRC; Albrecht von Bargen, DLR; on behalf of the Joint CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate GHG Task Team	Audio
Ocean Observing System Report Card 2020	Toste Tanhua and Anya Waite, GOOS
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Global Ocean Observing System	Toste Tanhua and Anya Waite, GOOS
RACE – Earth Observations to understand the environmental impact of changes in patterns of life during the 2020 pandemic	Anca Anghelea, Simonetta Cheli, Yves-Louis Desnos, ESA; Elisabeth Hamdouch, Julien Turpin, EC	Audio
ANDEX – A new South American initiative to develop a regional hydroclimate project in the Andean region	René Darío Garreaud, Peter van Oevelen, GEWEX	Audio

Recent advances in Earth observation technology and data processing to support decision making
GHG monitoring and assessment
Climate data records in action: Use cases of Earth observations aiding decision-making	Wenying Su, NASA; Werner Balogh, WMO; on behalf of the Joint CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate and WMO
The CO2 Human Emissions (CHE) project – moving towards a European capacity to Monitor Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions	Gianpaolo Balsamo, CHE	Audio
Towards an International standard for Urban GHG Monitoring and assessment	Oksana Tarasova, Jocelyn Turnbull, Phil DeCola, IG3IS	Audio
User requirements in the Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System	Oksana Tarasova, Jocelyn Turnbull, Phil DeCola, IG3IS	Audio
Global Forest Observation Initiative: A partnership for tracking forests for climate action	GFOI	Audio
Climate services provision
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S): a data value chain to support climate adaptation	Stijn Vermoote, Chiara Cagnazzo, Andre Obregon & the C3S team, Copernicus Climate Change Service	Audio
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S): from raw observations to users; making sense of the data	Joaquín Muñoz-Sabater, Freja Vamborg, Andre Obregon & the C3S team, Copernicus Climate Change Service	Audio
WMO Methodology for Cataloguing Hazardous Weather, Climate, Water and Space Weather Events	Jim Douris, WMO
Ocean science, data, and services for the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals	Karina von Schuckmann, Mercator Ocean; Elisabeth Holland University of South Pacific, Fiji; Peter Haugan, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen & University of Bergen; & Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Fiji	Audio
Updates on regional and national climate services frameworks and funding	GFCS	Audio
Risk assessment and adaptation
Applications of Integrated Earth Information in achieving SDGs and promoting Ecological Civilization Construction in China	Qingchen Chao, National Climate Centre (NCC), China Meteorological Administration (CMA); Caiying Wei, National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA; Changxing Li, Meteorological Observation Center, CMA; Lijuan Ma and Pengling Wang, NCC, CMA	Audio PPT
Combining Earth observation and policy to put ecosystems at the heart of resilient development in Costa Rica	Rafael Monge Vargas, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica; Becky Chaplin-Kramer, Stanford University	Audio
Monitoring and understanding the ongoing evolution of global mountain systems: Hotspots of snow cover change and other examples	Claudia Notarnicola, Ruth Sonnenschein, James Thornton, Elisa Palazzi, Carolina Adler, GEO Mountains Initiative	Audio
The influence of climate change on global snow cover distribution: Using the DLR Global SnowPack to identify snow cover trends and extreme events	Andreas Dietz, Sebastian Rößler, Claudia Künzer, DLR	Audio
The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems	Delphine Lannuzel, University of Tasmania

Programme

Earth Information Day - Dialogue session

Updates on the state of the global climate and its observation

Recent advances in Earth observation technology and data processing to support decision making

Visual Story-Telling Summary

Posters

Updates on the state of the global climate and its observation

Recent advances in Earth observation technology and data processing to support decision making