Digital Ecosystem for Earth
Group on Earth Observations
Session 184
A Digital Ecosystem for Earth brings together openly available Earth science data with the ongoing digital revolution to drive a transformation towards global sustainability, environmental stewardship, and human well-being. Public, private and civil society actors must take deliberate action and collaborate to build a global digital ecosystem for the planet. A digital ecosystem that mobilizes hardware, software and digital infrastructures together with data analytics to generate dynamic, real-time insights can power decision making and help achieve collective sustainability. A Digital Ecosystem for Earth builds on ongoing work by the United Nations Environment Programme and scores of collaborators including grassroots organizations, international organizations, academics, and the private sector (read the Medium article here).
In the context of the recent announcement from the United Nations' Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, this session will take place as a roundtable discussion where panellists are given the opportunity to answer questions and have a debate about what is needed to fully realize the vision and build a Digital Ecosystem for the Planet.
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
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C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
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