Earth Information Day 2023

03 Dec. 2023

10:00h - 17:00h

GST/UTC+4

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Science

UNFCCC

English

Earth Information Day 2023

03 Dec. 2023

10:00h - 17:00h

Credit: Flickr 2023

GST/UTC+4

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Science

UNFCCC

English

Credit: Flickr 2023

Earth Information Day 2023 provided a dialogue for exchanging information on the state of the global climate system and developments in systematic observation (FCCC/SBSTA/2019/2 para. 58)

It comprised a plenary session with an opening segment and three panel sections, as well as a World Café (WC) session.

The choice of topics for these two events were guided by submissions received from Parties and non-Party stakeholders (NPS) and reflected systematic observation objectives, as well as the wider context of ongoing work under the UNFCCC.

Please view the webcast of the Opening Segment and Panel Sessions here

Read the Earth Information Day 2023 Information Note
Read the agenda for the session here.
Read the informal summary report here.

Earth Information Day 2023, Sunday, 3 December 2023
1. Plenary session: 10:00 to 13:00 in Plenary Al Ghafat
2. World Café session: 15:00 to 17:00 in Meeting Room 36

Credit: UNFCCC

Plenary session: 10:00 to 13:00 in Plenary Al Ghafat

Opening

Harry Vreuls, Chair of the SBSTA – moderate session and makes welcoming remarks
Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)
Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
Dr Johan Stander, Director of Services Department, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Tahanyat Satti, GIS Analyst at Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, YOUNGO representative
Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Director at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Panel Session

Panel 1: Updates on the state of the climate and the global climate observing system

Highlights from the WMO State of the Global Climate Report	John Kennedy, WMO, Lead Author	Link to Presentation
Improving the Global Observing System for Climate	Thelma Krug, Chair of Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)	Link to Presentation
Systematic Observations Financing Facility Ambition – Progress – Looking ahead	Markus Repnik, Director of the systematic observation financing facility (SOFF).	Link to Presentation

Panel 2: Observations for mitigation

The Global Greenhouse Gas Watch – a WMO Congress initiative in support of Climate Change Mitigation	Lars Peter Riishojgaard, WMO	Link to Presentation
Improving the greenhouse gas data coverage in the tropics, the high latitudes and aloft	Sarah Kapnick, NOAA Chief Scientist	Link to Presentation
The view from above – status and plans for space-based GHG observations	Susanne Mecklenburg, Head of ESA's Climate Office (ESA) on behalf of CEOS-CGMS WGClimate	Link to Presentation
Strengthening climate mitigation through co-design of ocean observations	Anya Waite, Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)	Link to Presentation

Panel 3: Observations for climate risks and resilience

Value of Earth observations to support risk assessment and resilience	Yana Gevorgyan, Secretariat Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)	Link to Presentation
Early Warning For All and The Maldives	Thibyan Ibrahim, Assistant Director, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives	Link to Presentation
Ecosystem monitoring and interlinkages between adaptation and disaster risk reduction	Angela Andrade, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	Link to Presentation
Observation and forecasting for coastal resilience in Indonesia	Dwikorita Karnawati, Director of Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, Indonesia	Link to Presentation
Earth Observation based operational services for Africa	Lisa-Maria Rebelo, Lead Scientist, Digital Earth Africa	Link to Presentation

World Café

Moderators: Elizabeth Bush and Patricia Achieng Nying'uro - Research and Systematic Observations co-facilitators

Preliminary key elements of the World Cafe Tables as provided by notetakers

Table	World Café topic	Expert	Facilitator
1	The role of national delegates to support building the global observing system for climate	Carlos Fuller, Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations Florence Rabier, Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)	Markus Repnik, Director of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) WMO
2	Why we need a truly global observing system	Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Director - Global Greenhouse Gas Watch	Karen St Germain, Earth Science Division Director, NASA
3	Global climate indicators – from the global observing system to knowledge transfer at the science-policy nexus – what can we further do?	Karina von Schuckmann - oceanographer at Mercator Ocean International	Thelma Krug, Chair of GCOS Steering Committee
4	Role of observations in support of national reporting	Jean-Noel Thepaut, Director of Copernicus Services at ECMWF	Paul Palmer, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Director of the Centre for Exoplanet Science
5	What are the information needs for the 2^nd Global Stocktake (GST2)?	Frank Martin Seifert, Earth Observation Programme - Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, ESA	Joanna Post, Head, Ocean Observations and Services Section UNESCO-IOC
6	Public-private sector partnerships in GHG observations	Aaron Addison, Executive Director, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC)	Eric Siegel, chief innovation officer of the Ocean Frontier Initiative
7	Understanding Tipping points and observation needs	Toste Tanhua, Chemical oceanographer, Head of Research, at GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel	Stefan Ruchti, Director, Climate Negotiations and Arctic, ICCI
8	Cryosphere, mountains, and adaptation	Izabella Koziell, Deputy Director General at Int. Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Annie Dade, Head of communications, Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)	Carolina Adler, Executive Director of Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and GEO Mountains
9	Building observations and understanding of ocean acidification and deoxygenation	Lisa Levin, Professor of biological oceanography and marine ecology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Steve Widdicombe, Director of Science at Plymouth Marine Laboratory
10	Observations for disaster risk reduction	Anna Pirani, Senior Research Associate, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC)	Kate Calvin, NASA's Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor & co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Bureau's Seventh Assessment Report Cycle
11	Indigenous knowledge and data	Oumou Dicko, Indigenous Knowledge Holder	Pasang Dolma Sherpa, executive director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development (CIPRED)
12	Community engagement in contributing to systematic observation (ACE/Youth)	Anne Molin – Secretary General, Hack for Earth	N/A