This interactive session will include practical demonstrations of web tools and services that support climate adaptation decision making in multiple sectors with free, accurate and timely space-based and ground-based data, developed by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) initiatives.
Welcome and introduction by GEO Secretariat (Sara Venturini, Climate Coordinator)
Presentations:
- GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM): Demo and crop monitors, how they work and how to get a product map on the spot (Kenneth Mwangi, Climate Monitoring and Early Warning Expert, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre)
- GEO Global Water Sustainability (GEOGloWS): Demo and flood forecasting, how it works and can be accessed on the web in real time (Calvince Akello Wara Thematic Lead – Water and Hydro-Climatic Disasters, SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa, RCMRD)
- Digital Earth Africa: Demos of selected climate action tools, such as wetlands insight tool (Kenneth Mubea, Capacity Development Lead)
- GEO Blue Planet: Demos of dynamic intertidal zone mapping tools in West Africa and other countries (Emily Smail, Executive Director, NOAA Center for Climate and Weather Prediction)
