Water JPI present at GEOGLOWS Annual Business meeting, Reading, UK May 9-11, 2018

The Global Water Sustainability (GEOGLOWS) Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations is supporting the advancement of water sustainability on scales from global to local by making earth observations available for science and application development, and capacity building to support this goal.

With more than 30 participants from government, commercial, and other non-government organizations, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) hosted the GEOGLOWS annual business meeting. The conference brought experts from the earth observation provider and user communities, international and GEO coordination initiatives, technical experts in operational forecasts, space and in-situ monitoring, and decision makers in the water management area.  

The discussions and presentations focused on finding pathways to efficiently manage the GEOGLOWS implementation agenda through establishing new partnerships and engaging new members, refining the path of current activities, and identifying emerging issues related to water sustainability and the role of earth observation in addressing them. The Water JPI was represented by Dominique DARMENDRAIL, Water JPI Coordinator (online), and Katie SMITH, Drought Analyst and Modeller at CEH/NERC, as United Kingdom representative. More information at GEOGLOWS website.