What are successful examples of policy interventions that have contributed to addressing environmental and socio-economic root-causes of sand and dust storms? What are key policy areas and interventions that have not yet been harnessed for mitigating sand and dust storms? 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including Multilateral Environmental Agreements What are concrete new technologies and innovations (social, cultural and business innovation) that can be used for mitigation purposes? Artificial Intelligence - Nanomaterials Sensor web arrays What are existing technologies and innovations that can be adapted to support sand and dust storm mitigation? Earth observation - Open data, citizen science and local observations - Traditional knowledge - Operational practices for combatting desertification
Policy options, technology innovation and resource mobilisation Addressing the root causes of sand and dust storms through sustainable development Balancing Big Data and Small Data for Science Society and Policy
Q2 Addressing sand and dust storms through the Sustainable Development Goals requires integration across science, policy and governance, monitoring and reporting and public engagement
Agenda 2030 Knowledge Management Fully integrated and complex Focus on fundamental drivers of change Managing trade-offs and synergies Sound knowledge Statistics and indicators Effective governance Integrated policies and actions
Synergies between Global Statistical Framework for 2030 Agenda & Multilateral Environment Agreements Synergies
Water accounts: transparency and open access Robust statistics & indicators Ecosystem accounts Services & Natural capital accounts
Land Degradation, Desertification and Drought Since 2016, insufficient rainfall and ongoing serious drought has led to crop failure, loss of livestock and food insecurity. At least 192,000 people have been displaced since November 2016. By 2020, between 75 and 250 million Africans are likely to be exposed to increased water stress Sand and Dust Storms Climate change is an important factor in the loss of productive land, livestock and dwellings. The Mediterranean region is particularly at risk from the Sahara, which contains 75% of the global natural source of sand Sea level rise Nearly 940 million people or 11% of global population are projected to live in low-lying coastal areas by 2030. On current trends, Egypt is especially vulnerable 6.1m people and 4,100 sq km of productive land could be lost by 2050 Infrastructure and land grabbing From 1980-99,10 million people worldwide were displaced each year by infrastructure projects Source UNEP Frontiers 2017
Integrated policy
What are concrete new technologies and innovations (social, cultural and business innovation) that can be used for mitigation purposes? Artificial Intelligence Nanomaterials Sensor web arrays
Artificial intelligence Anticipating sand and dust storm events and extent
Combining Big and Small Data Opening And Connecting Efforts to Transform Actions and Interventions Knowledge Workers Managers Environmental Professionals Policy Makers Citizens Creating A Vast Network...... Of Collective Environmental Knowledge
Combining Big Data and Small Data Artificial intelligence KM Platform
Sustainable Development Interface Ontology Classes from environmental (green), chemical (blue), gazetteer (yellow), and community (purple) ontologies, other classes created as needed (grey). Both instance-level (e.g. objects present in the real world) and class-level (e.g. an urban biome with common properties). Data, documents, or other informational entities (pale yellow hexagons) can be linked into this web for semantically-aware mobilisation Ontologies
Nanomaterials
Can be used for - Compliance - Pollution Management Plans - Civic Awareness - Source Apportionment Sensor web arrays
Slide Credit: Professor Rod Jones Pilot network in Nairobi
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy PM1 PM 2.5 PM 10 NO2 SO2
Sample Site: Kibera Girls Soccer Academy
What are existing technologies and innovations that can be adapted to support sand and dust storm mitigation? Earth observation Open data, citizen science and local observations Traditional knowledge Operational practices for combatting desertification
Copernicus and other space missions 2030 Agenda Global Statistical Framework Earth observation Mapping changes in areas at risk
Monitoring Environmental Change Open Data Biodiversity Mineral Mining Deforestation Forests and Ozone (EoE) Coastal Pollutin Ocean Health Index Currents Micro Climate Change Historic Drought Coastal Erosion
Responding to Natural Disasters Open Data Firestorm Fire Simulation Sand and Dust storms Tsunami Forecast, Earthquake Damage Assessment Flooding Hurricane Damage Assessment Situational Awareness (COP) Quake Tracking
Citizen Science
Traditional knowledge Responding to environmental change
Managing Natural Resources Operational Practices Forest Inventory Forest Disease Forest Health Coastal Ecosystems Maritime Protection (EoE) Water management France Carbon Accounting Geologic Exploration Groundwater Ecosystem Habitat Wildlife Habitat Oil and Gas
Geospatial Infrastructure Operational Practices... Realizing SDI
Planning for the Future Operational Practices Economic Development Urban Design Land Use and Noise Villages and Conservation Land Use Growth Housing Solar Potential Conservation Capital Improvements