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UNEP Mandate
To keep the world environmental situation under review
Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)
“Providing scientific information for decision making”
Veronica Grasso, Ph.D.
United Nations Environment Programme
WHY?
Vision: Everyone in the world should have access to
information about what is happening to his/her
environment
Mission: Providing scientific information for decision making
Goal: Empower people with engaging environmental
information
Through GEAS, UNEP will become Information Broker
of scientifically credible data and information to public and
decision makers;
HOW?
Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)
Sources
GEAS
Output
Near-Real Time
Information on
Environmental
Hazards (air
pollution, Lake’s
water level, etc.)
Component 1
Near-Real Time
Environmental
Hazards Alerts
Scientific Research
Earth Observation
Systems
Scientific News
Component 2
Change Analysis
Environmental
Hotspots Alerts
Users
UNEP and
partners
National
Environment
Ministries
International
Agencies
Local knowledge
Component 3
Environmental
Science Alerts
Scientific Findings
Feedback
Civil Society
HOW?
Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)
GEAS Component 1
Near-Real Time Environmental
Hazards Alerts
Sources
Earth
Observation
Systems and
models
Ground
Information
Local
Knowledge
Analysis
Output/
Communication
Web Service
with Real-time
Screening
Integration
Maps:
Google Map,
Google Earth
Synthesis
Packaging
Early Warning
Alert:
E-mail, SMS.
HOW?
Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)
GEAS Component 2
Environmental
Hotspots Alerts
Sources
Analysis
Output/
Communication
Earth
Observation
Systems and
models
Screening
Environmental
Change case
studies
Ground
Information
Local
Knowledge
Integration
Synthesis
Packaging
Google Earth
Visualization
1973 and 2003 Iguazu, South America.
HOW?
Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS)
GEAS Component 3
Environmental
Science Alerts
Sources
Scientific
Research
Findings
Analysis
Output/
Communication
Screening
Integration
Synthesis
Packaging
Science digest
notes
Malaria Early Warning for
Sub Saharan Africa
Recently, a group of scientists
from the Center for MediumRange Weather Forecasts in
Reading, UK, developed a
method for predicting malaria
impact several months in
advance.
Malaria represents the most
important parasitic infection in
people causing more than 1
million deaths each year,
mostly in Sub-Saharan …….
Unfortunately
more
often
malaria treatments are not
easily accessible and effective
in Africa, especially to ones
References
Palmer
T.
N.,
Alessandri
A.,
Andersen U., …
HOW?
Outreach and User Engagement
..Harnessing the power of new technologies
• Use of standard format alerts: compatible with all information
systems, warning systems, media, and most importantly, with new
technologies such as web services.
• A partnership with Google and the news media is being explored
• Ongoing discussions to include GEAS in the GEO web portal
• GEAS could become a content provider for GEONETCast
HOW?
Outreach and User Engagement
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GEAS – Near Real Time Component: Demo
Date: 1 August 2007
Time:
Latitude: 38
Longitude: -77
Air Quality for United States
Link for additional information.
Date: 1 August 2007
Time:
Latitude: -14
Longitude: 51
Fires detected in Brazil.
Link for additional information.
Date: 1 August 2007
Time:
Latitude: -1.4
Longitude: 29
Lake Victoria water level monitoring.
Date: 1 August 2007
Link for additional information.
Time:
Latitude: -30.28
Longitude: 22.58
Fires detected in South Africa.
Link for additional information.
GEAS live Demo
GEAS – Hotspots Component: Google Earth Demo