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GEO and the other GEO:
UNEP-Live at the science/policy interface:a Progressing Tale of Discovery
and Practical Convergence
Mick Wilson, Division of Early Warning and AssessmentUnited Nations Environment Programme
Attempting to integrate broker technology into UNEP-Live
Goals are numerous but primarily to expand semantic space to incorporate concepts of environmental treaties (MEAs) alongside environmental and science data.
Spanning data and knowledge
UNEP participating in GEOSS AIP-5
Why?
United Nations Environment Programme (1972)UN General Assembly resolution 2997
“...to keep under review the world environmental situation in order to ensure that emerging environmental problems of wide international significance receive appropriate and adequate consideration by Governments...”
United Nations Environment Programme (1972)
“...to keep under review the world environmental situation...”
UNEP's flagship product
Our GEO – Global Environment Outlook
GEO-5 emphasis on appraisal of policies that help countries reach internationally-agreed goals
1997
2000
2003
By design UNEP GEO is: Consultative – wide range of stakeholders Participatory - all regions Integrative – multi-sectoral
High-level text negotiated duringinter-governmental/ multi- stakeholder meetings
Hundreds of topic specialistscontribute (some Government nominated)
UNEP GEO is unique, as much a political process as a scientific analysis
UNEP at the science/policy interface
Science Community
Policy Community
Provide alerts and early warnings
Supply
Conduct policy-relevantresearch and review of information
Communicateassessment findings
Assess information responding to identified needs
Analysis of policy needs for scientific information
Formulate the questions to request relevant scientificinformation
Demand
UNEP-Live to be UNEP's platform for supporting all future environmental assessments (not just GEO)
Prototype at www.uneplive.org
Evidence-basedMore timely informationMore accessibleMore effective with greater impact
Topic Questions:
How to increase discoverability of UNEP assessment products in scientific contexts?
How to enrich UNEP assessment products with scientific context?
How to contribute to improving the scientific basis of UNEP assessment products?
UNEP-Live by design must operate at the science/policy interface must span many communities of practice both within sciences and in social and political domains must be inclusive and therefore technologically agnostic
Brokerage services offer a means to addressing these goals in practice
Eye-on-Earth provided my opportunity for discovering this possibility
About Eye on Earth:
Partnership between UNEP and Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD)
Addresses the crucial importance of environmental and societal information to decision making
Not the EEA platform nor any other infrastructure
Summit in 2011 spawned 8 Special Initiatives inc. “Eye on Global Network of Networks” (GNoN)
fragmented, silo-based discovery not integrating all UNEP assets not utilizing partners' contextual resources
Current UNEP-Live prototype limited by
Using involvement in AIP-5 to attempt to correct these AIP-5 activity also part contributes to EoE GNoN Global Network of Networks
Eye on Earth working groupbrought together participants from
GNoN
… and they begat....
Eye on Earth working groupbrought together participants from
GNoN
… and they begat....
NOT just data and engineering,but also institutional, information, knowledge, skills etc.
The Broker
AIP-5
...and GNON proponents were enthused by...
The GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) develops and deploys new process and infrastructure components for the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) and the broader GEOSS architecture.
About AIP-5
The Milestones for UNEP in AIP-5
Demonstrate 'joined up' discovery acrossdiverse UNEP information sources
Demonstrate 'joined up' contextual discovery across UNEP and GEOSS assets
Demonstrate enhanced searches – semantic expansion and multi-lingual discovery
Integrate broker into UNEP-Live prototype Demonstrate integration of UNEP-ish
semantics/ontologies - InforMEA
A vision (hallucination?) for end 2012
CITES, the treaty CITES, the conference of parties (COP)
The decisions of the CITES COP
Data relevant to decisions do exist!!WDPA
CITESred list
GEOBON sources
Earth Observation
GIS
ObservationMeasurement
Models
Science stuff
Monitoring
Assessment
Earth Observation Community
Earth Observation
GIS
ObservationMeasurement
Models
Treaty
Policy
LegislationSocietal impacts
Motivation
RegulationCompliance
Science stuff
Monitoring
Incentive
Assessment
Earth Observation Community
Treat/ Law/ Policy Community
Earth Observation
GIS
ObservationMeasurement
Models
Treaty
Policy
LegislationSocietal impacts
Motivation
RegulationCompliance
Science stuff
Monitoring
Incentive
Assessment
– two communities with common ground .....
Earth Observation Community
Treat/ Law/ Policy Community
science
policy
Earth Observation
GIS
ObservationMeasurement
Models
Treaty
Policy
LegislationSocietal impacts
Motivation
RegulationCompliance
Science stuff
Monitoring
Incentive
Assessment
but different vocabularies
Earth Observation Community
Treat/ Law/ Policy Community
– two communities with common ground
Vocabularies, semantics and ontologies
GEMET, GEO/GEOSS, INSPIRE etc. InforMEA, FAOLEX etc.
describe describe
Earth Observation
GIS
ObservationMeasurement
Models
Treaty
Policy
LegislationSocietal impacts
Motivation
RegulationCompliance
Science stuff
Monitoring
Incentive
Assessment
Vocabularies, semantics and ontologies
GEMET, GEO/GEOSS, INSPIRE etc. InforMEA, FAOLEX etc.
←brokerage service now on trial→In conjunction with GEO/GEOSS and CSIRO
but different vocabularies which possibly can be made to work together
Treat/ Law/ Policy Community
– two communities with common ground
Earth Observation Community
Earth Observation
GIS
ObservationMeasurement
Models
Treaty
Policy
LegislationSocietal impacts
Motivation
RegulationCompliance
Science stuff
Monitoring
Incentive
Assessment
Vocabularies, semantics and ontologies
GEMET, GEO/GEOSS, INSPIRE etc. InforMEA, FAOLEX etc.
←brokerage service now on trial→In conjunction with GEO/GEOSS and CSIRO
but different vocabularies which possibly can be made to work together
Treat/ Law/ Policy Community
– two communities with common ground
Earth Observation Community
Data Knowledge
Biodiversity as case study
Links to GEOSS SBA
Links to GFW 2.0
Aichi goals
Needs future capacity for regeneration
InforMEA database of Environmental Treaties (MEAs)
InforMEA database of Environmental Treaties (MEAs)'knows' all about decisions, compliance etc. ….
… but nothing about the data that underpin and validate those decisions
GEOSS Portal also 'knows' something about data associated with Environmental Treaties (MEAs)
...and the SBAs know even more....
… but nothing about where those data might have been applied to underpin and validate MEA decisions
InforMEA pilot Vocabulary Service
The Milestones for UNEP in AIP-5
Demonstrate 'joined up' discovery acrossdiverse UNEP information sources
Demonstrate 'joined up' contextual discovery across UNEP and GEOSS assets
Demonstrate enhanced searches – semantic expansion and multi-lingual discovery
Integrate broker into UNEP-Live prototype Demonstrate integration of UNEP-ish
semantics/ontologies - InforMEA
Next Steps:
Detach GI-portal client and have UNEP-Live interrogate broker directly a la GEO geoportal
Get the InforMEA vocabulary service stabilized
Establish more vocab/ ontology services e.g. environmental law, geopolitical entities, assessment methodologies, analytical methods for water quality etc.
Develop and deploy UNEP broker profiles i.e. climate change, ecosystem services etc.
Significant progress4 goals
Some progress40 goals
Further deterioration8 goals
Little or no progress24 goals
Insufficient data / too soon to assess
14 goals
GEO-5 appraised 90 international environmental goals and objectives
• Access to food• Climate change• Corals• Desertification and drought• Ecosystem services• Extinction risk of species• Extreme events• Fish stocks• Groundwater depletion• Indoor air pollution• Invasive alien species• Marine pollution• Natural habitats• Species harvested for food and medicine• Sustainably managed production areas• Traditional knowledge• Wetlands
Summary—areas with the least progress
What is not measured is not managed!
Specific, measurable targets appear to increase chances of success in meeting goals
They can also spur efforts to address data gaps