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Satellite based environm ental m onitoring: The future standard tool or just a fad Envirom is 2 0 0 6 Tom sk Herbert Haubold Federal Environm ent Agency Austria 17.07.2006| Folie 1

W hat this talk is about 1 . GMES in theory 2 . GMES in reality 3 . GMES for users 17.07.2006| Folie 2

The need for environm ental data Decision m aking in environm ental policy l W ell inform ed through high quality data l W ell defined data collection process l Environm ent Agencies and other organisations l collect and interpret data on national and l regional levels report to regional, national and supranational l bodies, e.g. EEA Data Policy applied Benefits Process 17.07.2006| Folie 3

I ntroducing rem ote sensing Space com m unity: several attem pts to l establish satellites as data source currently: GMES: Global Monitoring for Environm ent l and Security GEO: Group on Earth Observation l GEOSS: Global Earth Observation System l of System s 17.07.2006| Folie 4

GMES European Program m e: EC and ESA l Som e 2 .5 Billion € budget l One of tw o flag- ships of European Space l Program m e other is Galileo ( positioning) l High level political process l Project w ork – put to action l GSE: Service Elem ents program m e by ESA l FP6 / 7 : Research Fram ew ork Program m e by EC l Aim : establish operational and sustainable l services to provide policy relevant data products 17.07.2006| Folie 5

GEO and GEOSS GEO: som e 5 0 countries l Aim : establish GEOSS l interlinking existing Earth Observation System s l no budget l except for secretariat l am bitious w ork program m e l volontary contributions l GMES is European contribution to l GEO/ GEOSS 17.07.2006| Folie 6

The GMES Political Fram e GMES Action Plan 2 0 0 4 – 2 0 0 8 l ... response to data needs of public authorities... l ... dialogue am ongst stakeholders... l European Space Policy – prelim inary Elem ents l ... identifying and bringing together user needs ( ...) l ... aggregating the political w ill in support of these ... l Orientations from the second Space Council l ... benefits of using broadly supported European l solutions ... W hite Paper – Space l ... continuous dialogue betw een providers and users... l ... federate user requirem ents at the European level... l ESA: GMES is a reality 17.07.2006| Folie 7

ESA: GMES is a reality ESA: 3 6 0 users participate – num ber increases l Conclusion: GMES is a reality – only continuity l needs to be established 17.07.2006| Folie 8

I s it? ESA: 3 6 0 users participate – num ber increases l Conclusion: GMES is a reality – only continuity l needs to be established The shear num ber of users is m eaningless l Service Appraisals l enthusiasm l condem nation l detailed answ ers l good, good, good l specialist know ledge and experience l lacking com petence l adequate technical infrastructure available l technically unable to use products l taking project serious l reluctant reaction or none at all l 17.07.2006| Folie 9

I s it? ESA: 3 6 0 users participate – num ber increases l Conclusion: GMES is a reality – only continuity l needs to be established The shear num ber of users is m eaningless l Service Appraisals l enthusiasm l condem nation l w ide detailed answ ers l Spectrum good, good, good l of different specialist know ledge and experience l lacking com petence l Reactions adequate technical infrastructure available l technically unable to use products l taking project serious l reluctant reaction or none at all l 17.07.2006| Folie 10

Differenciating instead of counting users Degree of involvem ent ( how serious they take it) l How they evaluate data products ( beyond good or l bad, suitability for day-to-day- w ork) thoroughly understand individual backgrounds l User driven projects 17.07.2006| Folie 11

User driven projects counting project partners l representative listing l GEMS: 2 2 Org., 1 user l MERSEA: 3 9 Org., 2 users l RI SK-EOS: 1 5 Org., 3 users l I CEMON: 2 4 Org., 4 users l ROSES: 2 8 Org., 1 0 users l PROMOTE: 3 4 Org., 1 3 users l GeoLand: 5 8 Org., 2 0 users l group w ith 6 % Budget driving force? l 17.07.2006| Folie 12

User driven projects counting project partners l representative listing l GEMS: 2 2 Org., 1 user l MERSEA: 3 9 Org., 2 users l RI SK-EOS: 1 5 Org., 3 users l large overall num ber of I CEMON: 2 4 Org., 4 users l users, but not enough ROSES: 2 8 Org., 1 0 users l users per project to PROMOTE: 3 4 Org., 1 3 users l enable transform ation GeoLand: 5 8 Org., 2 0 users l of project to sustainable group w ith 6 % Budget driving force? l service 17.07.2006| Folie 13

Planning w ithout the future custom er Claim user driven approach – w hich does not exist l Roll out plans ignore tim e spans needed by users l three ( four) Fast Track Services l supposed to be sustainable in 2 0 0 8 l large I nvestm ents ( Sentinels – generation of l Satellites) true m arket potential unknow n l currently services as projects l user/ provider integration show s large differences l ( excellent to unprofessional) current m arket penetration of GMES products l infered from involved user organisations l penetration w ithin organisations ignored l Selling GMES: PW C 17.07.2006| Folie 14

Selling GMES Price W aterhouse Coopers GMES Benefit Analysis l presents benefits of utilisation of environm ental l data in a reverse reasoning, this is used to justify l rem ote sensing how ever a priori restricted to such data that can l be produced using rem ote sensing ignores other data sources that could bring about l sim ilar benefits GMES Data Policy applied Benefits Process 17.07.2006| Folie 15

Benefits and data sources from user perspective, reasoning the other w ay l round: in situ Benefits Data Policy applied rem ote sensing Process PW C neglects potential benefits of im proved in situ l m ethods: stations, netw orks, surveys costs are ignored: each m arket is an exchange l process, therefore, costs to benefits ratio is critical 17.07.2006| Folie 16

Overselling GMES PW C study im plies that GMES w ill directly produce l benefits e.g., “GMES could reduce the rate of global l deforestation by 1 5 -2 0 % through the regulation and verification of m easures to curb deforestation” how ever: deforestation is not the result of a lack of l data, but of lacking “m easures” contains m isleading statem ents l e.g., “defining optim um levels of em ission l reductions and their allocation to key sectors” how ever: em ission by sectors cannot be m easured l using rem ote sensing, greenhouse gases not operational Understanding GMES 17.07.2006| Folie 17

Understanding GMES overw helm ing am ount of papers l no unbiased inform ation sources l industry lobbying shapes process l technology driven rather than user driven l 17.07.2006| Folie 18

Understanding GMES overw helm ing am ount of papers l no unbiased inform ation sources l industry lobbying shapes process l technology driven rather than user driven l users feel like outsiders in process 17.07.2006| Folie 19

The m ajor obstacle for im provem ent: The fragm ented GMES user com m unity Many ongoing and past GMES projects l data providers, value adders, researchers, users l collaborate Segm entary approach l topics: forests, spatial planning, air, ocean… l political level: European, national, regional l reflects com plex environm ental m onitoring practices l All these projects are led by data providers l Several have sm all user federations l isolated from each other l Results for users: l im possible to jointly articulate our perspectives l not m uch of a lobby ( other than industry) l overall process rem ains supply driven l 17.07.2006| Folie 20

The GNU approach ( 1 ) GMES Netw ork of Users new ly founded l project led and run by users l first independent platform of users – i.e. l independent of industry focal point and m outhpiece of user perspectives l considering long-term socio- econom ic l developm ent of Europe Structuring and defragm enting the user l com m unity horizontal integration of user segm ents l stand in for national and regional users l Added value for existing projects by l transfer of experiences and practices 17.07.2006| Folie 21

The GNU approach ( 2 ) Harm onised, yet differentiated user requirem ents l cross-linking the various docum ents l synergies, gaps, overlaps of previous GMES-projects l potential of data products for day-to- day w ork l prioritising the data products regarding their l European Dim ension System atic dialogue w ith stakeholders l users, providers, policy l not all groups at the sam e tim e – inefficient l stakeholder-constellations: get- togethers in a l m ade up w ay – purposeful Links w ith pertinent netw orks l EI ONET, GEO User I nterface Com m ittee, EPA- l Netw ork, etc. 17.07.2006| Folie 22