Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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URL: https://earthobservations.org/
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Founded
2005-02-16 Brussels Belgium
History
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Provide a comprehensive view of the planet's well-being, so as to monitor and safeguard its health.
Events
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Participating organizations:
- E-XE1341 - African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD);
- E-XE3506 - African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E);
- E-XE9638 - African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (AFRIGIST);
- E-XE2429 - AGRHYMET Regional Centre;
- D-XD5659 - Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO);
- F-XF7133 - Commission des forêts d'Afrique centrale (COMIFAC);
- F-XF2858 - Central American Integration System;
- E-XE2032 - Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE);
- E-XJ3857 - Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Black Sea Commission);
- T-XT9211 - Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity convention);
- E-XJ7741 - Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS);
- E-XE4022 - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF);
- F-XF2419 - European Environment Agency (EEA);
- E-XD7305 - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- E-XE4478 - European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- F-XF4928 - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF);
- F-XF1615 - Global Climate Observing System (GCOS);
- F-XF2537 - Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS);
- F-XF3429 - Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS);
- E-XE1118 - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
- E-XE2467 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD);
- B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO);
- F-XN5321 - Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS);
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- E-XE0071 - Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD);
- E-XE2678 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre for North African States;
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- T-XT9461 - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);
- E-XK2002 - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR);
- E-XJ7585 - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA);
- E-XE1852 - Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean;
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- F-XF6841 - The World Bank Group;
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Partner of: E-XJ7860 - United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM). Links with: E-XU2109 - Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO); E-XM4304 - Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS); F-XM6002 - Global Terrestrial Network - Hydrology (GTN-H) F-XF2091 - Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology (ISNET); E-XE3281 - Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Participating organizations:
- D-XD3536 - African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE);
- G-XM6837 - African Climate Change Research Centre (ACCREC);
- G-XM6838 - Afriterra Foundation;
- F-XM6272 - Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN);
- E-XF0542 - Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC);
- F-XM5334 - Belmont Forum;
- E-XE0319 - Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA);
- E-XE1457 - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS);
- E-XE0323 - Committee on Space Research (COSPAR);
- C-XF1397 - Conservation International (CI);
- G-XM1268 - Creative Commons (CC);
- G-XM6839 - Earthmind;
- D-XM1690 - EIS-AFRICA;
- E-XE2728 - EUREC;
- F-XD2644 - Eurisy;
- F-XF6505 - EuroGeographics;
- D-XD6924 - EuroGeoSurveys;
- D-XD7393 - European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC);
- D-XD7186 - European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL);
- E-XM6843 - European Plate Observing System (EPOS);
- F-XM1126 - European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL);
- F-XJ6881 - Future Earth;
- F-XJ7139 - Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM Foundation);
- J-XM6844 - Global Flood Partnership (GFP);
- F-XM4437 - Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN);
- F-XJ4897 - GÉANT Association;
- E-XE3965 - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education;
- F-XF1848 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE);
- E-XM5202 - Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS);
- E-XM5938 - Interbalkan Environment Center (i-BEC);
- B-XB1291 - International Association of Geodesy (IAG);
- C-XC1381 - International Astronautical Federation (IAF);
- B-XB1447 - International Cartographic Association (ICA);
- G-XM0164 - International Centre on Research El Niño;
- C-XN7601 - International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE);
- E-XE1296 - International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks (FDSN);
- D-XC4518 - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
- E-XE2163 - International Institute of Space Law (IISL);
- F-XF0930 - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD);
- F-XN8691 - International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER);
- E-XE3836 - International Ozone Commission (IO3C);
- D-XM2094 - International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE);
- B-XB2496 - International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS);
- A-XA2722 - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG);
- A-XA2723 - International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS);
- E-XE0387 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI);
- F-XE1185 - World Data System (WDS);
- E-XJ3664 - UN-GGO: Geospatial Societies (UN-GGIM GS);
- G-XN9702 - Marine Technology Society (MTS);
- F-XF7099 - Mountain Research Initiative (MRI);
- F-XM0471 - Network of European Meteorological Services (EUMETNET);
- F-XF4297 - Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC);
- E-XE4164 - Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO);
- C-XJ6804 - Research Data Alliance (RDA);
- G-XM0336 - Secure World Foundation (SWF);
- F-XM6847 - Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON);
- E-XM1096 - United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS);
- F-XF9983 - World Climate Research Programme (WCRP);
- B-XC3870 - World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA);
- C-XJ0775 - World Ocean Council (WOC);
- E-XE1495 - World Resources Institute (WRI).
Participates in: F-XJ9505 - International Working Group on Satellite-Based Emergency Mapping (IWG-SEM). Observers include: E-XK1089 - START International (START); E-XE1593 - General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). Member of: F-XF7154 - Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF); F-XM4975 - Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (Data4SDGS). In cooperation with technical committees of: D-XD0631 - Comité européen de normalisation (CEN). Links with: E-XJ2094 - Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP); G-XK1479 - Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC); J-XM6004 - International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN).
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
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XM0470
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