Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) State-of-play. Espen Volden European Commission GMES Bureau

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1 Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) State-of-play Espen Volden European Commission GMES Bureau

2 GMES in a nutshell Earth observation is a powerful advanced technology which through space and ground based capacities can monitor the Earth's environment and security threats and provide timely and reliable information GMES is an EU-led initiative for an autonomous and operational European Earth observation capacity GMES aims at providing relevant information to policy-makers and other users, particularly in relation to environment and security A flagship of the European Space Policy Builds on existing capacities

3 Recent milestones 2006 A phased implementation approach for GMES 3rd Council orientations; Graz Dialogue Background 2007 GMES Architecture ESP Council Resolution; Munich Roadmap; Lisbon Process 2008 GMES Governance Kourou orientations; ESP Council Resolution; Communication; Competitiveness Council Conclusions GMES Space Component EC/ESA Agreement; ESA CMIN 08 Consultation GMES Advisory Council (GAC) Service implementation groups (scientific and technical advice) In-situ working group High-level GMES Space Component Coordination Group Industry workshops

4 Main messages of the 2008 GMES Communication and Council Conclusions An architecture that puts users at the forefront Public investment with impact on growth and jobs A European initiative open to international cooperation Financing approach Cost assessment EU Programme with modular approach Governance approach Partnership Coordination Defining the scope of the EU added value: towards an EU programme Technical implementation entrusted to existing European entities (ESA, EU agencies, EUMETSAT) Interim governance arrangements

5 GMES Architecture (1/2) OBSERVATION INFRASTRUCTURE Space Infrastructure In Situ Infrastructure GMES SERVICES GMES Services Security Atmosphere Emergency Marine Land Users DOWNSTREAM SECTOR Value multipliers Downstream Services

6 GMES consists of 3 components GMES Architecture (2/2) Space Component relies on: Existing or planned European space infrastructure Development of space infrastructure co-financed by the EU and ESA (Sentinels) In-Situ Component relies on: facilities, instruments and services at national, regional and intergovernmental levels inside and outside the EU Service component Forecasting and mapping services: marine, atmosphere, land, emergency Priorities to develop: contribution of GMES to security and climate change monitoring

7 Political Coordination Governance (1/2) European Commission + Partners Board, Programme Committee Security Board and User Forum Technical Implementation Space Component Coordination and procurement for the EU ESA Development of satellites ESA Operations ESA (ad interim) EUMETSAT Access to data from other satellites ESA In-situ Coordination EEA User interface Coordination of service requirements Commission EU agencies Services Service delivery Integrated network of centres for marine and atmosphere Shared methodology and pan- European integration for Land, Emergency and Security

8 Governance (2/2) The partnership concept: a large number of players will contribute to the implementation of GMES EU contribution through a dedicated EU programme Political coordination European Commission assisted by a Partners Board, Programme Committee, Security Board and a User Forum Technical implementation Space Component coordination, development and procurement for and on behalf of the EU: ESA Sentinel Operations: ESA (ad interim) and EUMETSAT In-situ and Service Components: EEA and other EU agencies

9 Public investment for growth GMES is implemented through public investment GMES has a positive impact on economy, growth, jobs and innovation Free and open data policy: key success factor Security of Information

10 International cooperation Imperative to fulfil the European need for information at global level and to develop a cost efficient system GMES partners should ensure a coordinated approach for an international cooperation strategy building on existing cooperation schemes Group on Earth Observations (GEO) process ensure access to observation data not controlled by Europe define the European contribution to this international endeavour

11 Financing Public financing for GMES with a modular approach Three stages: demonstration stage (R&D funding) pre-operational stage (mixed R&D and operational funding) operational stage (operational funding)

12 FP7 Space: % distribution at a glance Space-based applications at the service of European society (GMES) (85% of budget, i.e. 1.2 billion) About 30% for services development: EC About 10% for data procurement (space-based and in-situ): ESA + EEA About 45% foreseen for developing space infrastructure: ESA Strengthening Space Foundations (15% of budget, i.e. 0.2 billion)

13 MEUR When and how will FP7 Space funding be made available? Draft split EC Calls and ESA Delegation Agreement EC Call for proposals Data Access Grant ESA Delegation Services, SSF R&D ~ 670M M 50 0 Space data 710 M Space Infrastructure

14 Financial context and beyond ,,, 2020 R&D operational

15 GMES Preparatory Actions GMES preparatory actions prepare the ground for an EU programme complementary to FP7 budget focus on services and user interface 2008 preparatory action: LinkER supports development of user interface in the field of emergency response budget 3M over 3 years Kick-off: 27-Jan preparatory action approved Focus on GMES services similar budget probable publication in first semester 2009

16 Policy and Institutional Issues: Next steps The Commission will make a legislative proposal for the initial operations of GMES and for an EU Earth observation programme The GMES financing needs will be subject to an analysis led by the EU The Commission will propose interim governance arrangements Additional work data policy international cooperation competitiveness and innovation

17 GMES Services Three Service areas based on Earth systems: Marine Monitoring: sea state & ecosystem characteristics over global ocean & European regional seas Atmospheric Monitoring: atmospheric composition for air quality (European) and climate forcing (global), ozone monitoring (global) and solar energies Land Monitoring: initially European land cover & urban spots Further, horizontal components: Emergency Response Security Climate Change

18 Land Monitoring Core Service

19 Land Monitoring Service LMCS addresses a wide range of resources and policies at EU and international level (e.g. soils, water, agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, transport etc.) Very diverse user communities with various requirements Common key requirements: improve data access and reference data Will offer a portfolio of data and products with different levels of elaboration (from preprocessed images to elaborated information)

20 Thematic products at European or Global level Portfolio of LMCS Multipurpose products pre-processed space data (eg orthorectified images, image mosaic, cloud mask, daily/weekly image composites ) basic reference data access improvement and European products Bio-geophysical parameters to support GCOS-GTOS/ECVs A set of Land Use/Land Cover and Land Cover Change products at various scales (Global land cover, EU continental land cover, national or covering areas of interest) and various time resolution: dynamic products (daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonally), periodic products (every 1-5 years) various layers: generic land cover or thematic LU/LC&LCC (forest, agriculture )

21 Starting with Main information over Europe 3-5 yearly updates of core land cover / land use data with minimum mapping units of 1-5 ha, improved on Corine basis Land cover / land use data of 500 functional urban areas ( 100,000 inh.), minimum mapping units 0.1 ha Annual low resolution updates Land Monitoring Service Then extension Example: Prague (GSE Urban Services, 2004) Four level legend from MOLAND SPOT-5 data (2.5m) Scale 1:10,000 Addition of a global component Thematic services: agriculture, forest, soils, water resources

22 Continental Component: Wall-to wall Pan-EU (38 countries) mapping, Corine 2006 is the Land FTS precursor. Objective: improve spatial resolution and timely delivery. Move to 5 ha MMU for Land cover changes based on HR images (20-30 m) Two HR classes: Soil Sealing and Forest mapping LMCS Scope - Fast Track part - Local component: Focus on Urban Atlas Land cover / Land use mapping of 300 functional urban areas ( 100,000 inh.) Based on VHR images ( 2.5m) minimum mapping units 0.1 ha

23 CORINE 44 CLASSES - 25 HA

24 Continental component Forest Area Map 5 ha MMU

25 Continental component Soil sealing 1 ha MMU Lille

26 Urban Atlas Lille

27 2004 GMES Land - Integration steps ESA GMES Service Elements GSE Operations Implementation Consolidation National Integrated Projects EC -FP -6 CoastWatch GMES Urban Services GMES SAGE geoland GMES Forest Monitoring / GSE FM GMFS Core Services Land Monitoring GSE Land Information GMFS GlobCover, GlobCarbon Services Boss4GMES FTS/CLC2006 /EEA FP7 Geoland-2 Urban Atlas FP7 DS, CC Other service activities GMES Forest - REDD GMFS ESA Climate Change Programme OTHER operational activities, incl. PAs & GiO For example Operational: national land monitoring (e.g. ES, UK, SE, FI, HU) R&D: DE (DECOVER), FR, AT

28 Initial scope of service: rapid mapping Emergency Response Full service addresses entire emergency cycle

29 Rationale Subsidiary Civil protection national authorities will ask European intervention whenever a task cannot be performed more effectively at national level Global reach Able to support Europe s action worldwide, in particular in case of extensive to catastrophic events and for humanitarian aid purposes Flexible Level of complexity and type of services complementary to the national level of competence

30 1st priority: Rapid mapping on demand in case of humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and man-made emergency situations within & outside Europe Reference maps available within 6 hours over crisis area Damage assessment maps available within 24 hours & daily updated Situation maps and forecasts of evolution of situations within a few days-weeks after crisis Users: all actors involved in the crisis management. Emergency Response

31 Destroyed building as «pancake» Collapsed ground floor Before After Field picture

32 Emergency Response service 2nd priority: extension of the service towards crisis-prevention and post-crisis management part of the cycle: hazard and risk analysis, forecasting and early warnings. -> Interface with preparedness & alert systems (e.g. meteorological / hydrological / seismic / existing EWS) as input for anticipation of activation Includes: landslide mapping & monitoring + seismic monitoring MID AND LONGER-TERM UPGRADES SHORT-TERM UPGRADES MID AND LONGER- TERM UPGRADES

33 Emergency Response precursor projects GMES/Kopernikus in pre-operational phase - precursor projects have some activities on risk assessment and EWS even if not the first priority: PREVIEW (FP6) portfolio of specific services on Floods, Landslides, Volcanoes, Earthquake monitoring and windstorm risk and forecast general services: asset mappings, disaster intensity assessment and damage rapid mapping MED 2007 exercise -> simulation exercise on tsunamis SCHEMA (FP6) assessment of the vulnerability to tsunami. Test areas: Mediterranean coast, Atlantic Ocean and Black sea work connected to UNESCO IOC ESA GSE projects (RISK-EOS, RESPOND, TERRAFIRMA) SAFER (FP7) started January 2009, continuity of previous ones, validation of pre-operational service LinkER (Preparatory Action 2008) -> implementation of interfaces with users specific environment, setting up National/European focal points

34 Thank you for your attention For further information: EU Policy and Institutional Issues, and Services: Services: ESA GMES Space Component Programme: