Global Monitoring for Environment and Security

1. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Mauro FACCHINI DG ENTR- GMES Bureau NEREUS – 1 December 2010

2. What is GMES? • An independent Earth Observation system for Europe • The largest fleet of satellites and atmosphere/earth-based monitoring instruments in the world • An end user-focusedprogramme of services for environment and security • Joined-up information for policymakers, scientists, businesses and the public • Europe’s response to the global need for environment and climate monitoring

3. EU Added value • Overall “information chain”: from observation to information required by the users • “System of systems“: mutualisation & long term sustainability of capacities & resources • Build on existing capacities in MS • Coordination of user needs at Global, European, National and Regional level

4. Information EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS (space, airborne, in-situ) PUBLIC POLICIES (Environment & Security) Needs (policy driven) Space AgenciesIn-situ Observing systems Scientific CommunityEO Value Adding Industry National Governments and Agencies European Union Institutions InterGovernmental Organisations (IGOs) Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Regional administrations What is the objective? ...to provide information services to policy-makers and other users

5. Some key milestones Initiation of GMES, Baveno ManifestoGothenburg EU Summit “establish by 2008 an operational European capacity for … GMES”Investments by ESA and EC on services GMES becomes ‘flagship’ of the European Space Policy ESA C-MIN in Berlin approves GMES Space Component programmeGMES Bureau creation 1,2 B€ in the period 2007-2013 EC-ESA agreement on GMES signedGMES services presented at Lille Forum Commission proposal for a GMES Programme Regulation Commission Communication on the GMES Space component EP and EU Council adopt the regulation; Launch of first GMES Sentinels 1998 20002001+2005200620082009 2010 2012+

6. Policy makers Public Private, commercial Farming Oil Spill Tracking Air quality Flood Surveillance Climate Change Land Marine Atmosphere Emergency Security Climate Space Infrastructure In Situ Infrastructure & GMES Overall View USERS & & What is their need? Examples provided Information services Sustainable information OBSERVATION

7. GMES Components GMES is an EU led initiative In-situ component – coordinated by EEA • Observations mostly within national responsibility, with coordination at European level • air, sea- and ground-based systems and instruments Space Component – coordinated by ESA • Sentinels - EO missions developed specifically for GMES: • Contributing Missions - EO missions built for purposes other than GMES but offering part of their capacity to GMES (EU/ESA MSs, EUMETSAT, commercial, international)

8. GMES Services Monitoring of Earth systems Land Marine Atmosphere Horizontal applications Security Emergency Climate Change

9. Expected benefits Cat.1(Efficiency Benefits): 2786 M€ Cat.2(European Policy Formulation Benefits): 14582 M€ Cat. 3(Global Action Benefits): 17298 M€ Total benefits (up to 2030): Efficiency Saving Air Quality Marine Flooding Conflict Resolution Humanitarian Aid Seismic Application Forest Fires ‘Other’ risk & Civil Security Appl. Forest Ecosystems (EU) Climate Change – Adaptation Deforestation – Climate Desertification Desertification – Ecosystem 15,000 0 10,000 5,000 Based on PWC study

10. Expected benefits • Short term: support to the implementation of running policies and legislation • Medium Term: support to the definition and formulation of new policies • Longer Term: impacting the formulation and implementation of policies with a global reach

11. Expected benefits • Space technologies and derived services as building block of the innovation plan, which is part of the European strategy against the economic crisis • The implementation of GMES will be ensured by European Companies : • - downstream services companies will benefit from the European investments • - They will have the ability to develop long term strategy thanks to Earth Observation data • - The competencies will be kept and available in Europe

12. Programme evolution R&D R&D Preparatory actions Initial Operations EU Operational programme 2004 2009 2011 2013 2014 2006 2023 2017

13. Implementation of Initial Operations • Financing • Emergency • Land • Take up of Services • Space Component • Governance • GMES Committee • Security Board • User Forum

14. Next programmatic steps • Estimate funding required before and after 2014 • Cost analysis • Prepare GMES Governance, for build-up and operational programme • GMES legislative programme

15. Role of regions • It is highly important to involve the regional dimension in the implementation of GMES services. • This involvement will: • help to identify specific needs that could be similar in different regions and could form the basis for a cross-border and trans-national cooperation, • promote GMES capabilities better in local administrations and thereby foster an increased demand. • • facilitate access to services for regional users • • foster partnerships for downstream service providers

16. Role of regions • Call for proposals was included in FP7-Space Workrprogramme 2010 (negotiations ongoing) • Expected impact from selected projects • improving the knowledge, structuring and awareness of the GMES downstream sector at the regional level. • supporting downstream service providers’ ability to obtain a better market overview, to identify and assess market segments suitable for investment, and to identify potential partners. • providing regional users of GMES services with a facilitated identification of services and service providers with a capacity to respond to their needs. • enhancing the attraction for regional financial support to GMES related activities.

17. Conclusion • GMES is a challenge: it is an ambitious programme with great expectations and involves several partners. • Ambitious activities need time • Moving from Research to operations • Regions role as users and downstream market facilitators

18. For further information please visit EC GMES website : ec.europa.eu/gmes EU Space Research : ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/space/research FP7 services website: gmes.info

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20. Land services • Land services address a broad range of EU policies and users (land use planning, forestry, water, agriculture etc.) • Stepwise approach: • « multi-purpose » productscommon to many users and applications (1st priority): 3 components • Global :Essential Climate Variables (ECVs), biogeophysical parameters in support to Climate Change monitoring • Continental : Pan-EU products (e.g. Pan-EU land cover and land cover change) • Local : zooming on ‘hot spot’ (e.g. urban areas, protected area, coastal areas etc.) • thematic productsat EU or International level (e.g. water quality/quantity models, crop forecasts, environmental indicators etc.)

21. GMES Services Marine • Maritime transport • Ocean resources • Sea temperature • Sea level rise • Oil spill monitoring • …

22. GMES Services ATMOSPHERE • Global & European • Air quality • Climate Forcing, e.g. Aerosols, GHG, ECVs • Ozone • UV monitoring/Solar radiation • =>Support implementation of Directives(Air Quality) & international conventions (Montreal, CLRTAP, Kyoto) • =>Better analysis of national, regional air pollution abatement policies & measures • => Solar Energies: Solar-radiation potential analysis

23. GMES Services Emergency • Natural hazards: • - Floods • - Fires • - Earthquakes • - Tsunamis • Land slides.. • Man-made disasters

24. GMES Services Security • Maritime surveillance • Border control • External actions • Civil security • … • Security service under definition

25. GMES Services Climate Change • Adaptation • Mitigation • Simulation • Enforcement • Tracking • …