Essential Variables workflows for resource efficiency and environmental management
GEOEssential is a project addressing the need for trusted sources of data and information to monitor the progresses made on environmental conditions towards policy targets. It aims at demonstrating the feasibility of Essential Variables, by creating cross-thematic workflows to evaluate, predict and monitor natural resources to inform the Sustainable Development Goals, via Earth Observations. Existing structures and platforms will be analysed in order to identify substantial gaps and synergies for addressing the needs of environmental policy in agriculture, soil, water, biodiversity, energy, light and raw materials. Solutions for improvements will be provided in cooperation with GEO and Copernicus programmes.
The GEOEssential project is addressing Strand 2 of the Horizon 2020 – ERA-Planet project (Resource efficiency and environmental management) but it is also connected to the three other Strands through a common data infrastructure. It is carried out by a consortium of 14 participants from 7 countries, coordinated by the University of Geneva. The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is mainly involved in a work package dealing with the development of workflows from Essential Variables to indicators in the domain of biodiversity and ecosystem services. More specifically, the Museum is leading a task on strategies for supporting biodiversity policy needs, with particular attention to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which provides the framework for the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Cooperation Partner
GEOEssential is carried out by a consortium of 14 participants from 7 countries. Click here for the full list of project partners.