G8 Authorises Plan to Implement US-Led Global Earth Observation System of System Posted on Wednesday, July 12 @ 23:32:37 MSD
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he Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations and developing countries authorize plan to implement the Global Earth Observation System of Systems to thwart pollution and global warming: G8 gives nod to U.S.-led project
World leaders have endorsed the Global Earth Observation System of Systems in a plan to thwart pollution and global warming. See World Resource Review (WRR) for U.S. final proposals.
The Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations and developing countries authorize the endorsement to implement GEOSS, according to the G8's "Plan of Action: Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development.”
G8 leaders pose for a family photo at the end of the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, July 8, 2005. (L-R) U.S. President George W. Bush, French President Jacques Chirac, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. REUTERS/Richard Lewis/H.M. Photo by Reuters (Handout)
“In particular, [the G8 will] work to strengthen the existing climate institutions in Africa, through the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), with a view to developing fully operational regional climate centres in Africa,” the plan states.
GEOSS, a 10-year endeavor, has teamed almost 60 countries to implement a worldwide environmental monitoring system that would include a tsunami-detection network. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher is one of four international co-chairs of the organization leading the effort. The endorsement demonstrates the continued political will necessary to make GEOSS a reality.
"This is the fruit of G8. Maintaining the strong support of the G8 is a tremendous boost for GEOSS," Sinyan Shen said. "From understanding climate change and managing our energy resources to easing hunger and slowing the spread of infectious disease, the world has embraced the benefits of GEOSS,” Lautenbacher said.
