Description：
Climate change is rapidly transforming the world’s cold regions, intensifying ecosystem vulnerability and exerting profound impacts on societal operations and community governance.
Digital science—encompassing Earth system science, environmental science, Earth observations, artificial intelligence, big data, and policy data governance—offers new transformative pathways for environmental monitoring and provides comprehensive information services and solutions to support sustainable development and operations in cold regions.
This side event was jointly organized by the GEO Cold Regions Initiative (GEOCRI) and the Digital Belt and Road (DBAR) HiMAC Working Group on High Mountain and Polar Cold Regions, with the aim of exploring ways to advance the intelligence and capabilities of Earth observation systems.The meeting brought together over ten experts and scholars from organizations including the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Taihe Institute, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Canon Institute for Global Studies (Japan), and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
During the event, invited experts delivered thematic presentations on topics such as:
The discussions also focused on how GEOCRI can play a stronger role within the GEO Post-2025 Programme, contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Areospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
15:30-15:38
Post 2025 GEO Strategy & Call for Proposals
Amos T. Kabo-Bah, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana/Co-Chair to GEO Programme Board
15:38-15:46
The huge need for science knowledge about the changing Arctic and the current obstacles for enhancing
international cooperation
YANG Jian, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), China
15:46-15:54
Trends in Artificial Intelligence in Earth Observation
Thorsten Jelinek, Taihe Institute, German
15:54-16:02 Question
16:02-16:10
The decarbonized energy system in cold regions relevant to observed and projected climate c
DUAN Fengjun, The Canon Institute for Global Studies, Japan
16:10-16:18
Enhancing assessment of direct and indirect exposure of settlement-transportation systems to mass movements in Norway by intergraph representation learning
Andrea Marinoni, the Arctic University of Norway, Norway
16:18:16:26
Evolutions of Japanese Polar Research activities and enhancement of data science
Hiroyuki Enomoto, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
16:26-16:34
Science Gaps in Arctic
Hanna K. Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
16:34-16:42
Frameworks for observations of cryospheric change in China & application for Arctic settings
Tonghua Wu, Ren Li, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
16:42-16:50
Question
17:00-17:08
MOST-ESA Dragon Programme - Theme 5
Massimo Menenti, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
17:08-17:16
Overview and Outcomes of the HiMAC2023
LI Lanhai, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
17:16-17:24
Interdisciplinary Discussions on Arctic Sustainable Development Goals and Pan-Arctic International
Cooperation
XU Qingchao, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
17:24-17:32
Question
17:32-17:40
Introduction to the GEOCRI WP
Yubao Qiu, International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, China
Massimo Menenti, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
17:40-17:48
Next Meeting / Any other business
For more information and participations, please contact:
Ms. Lijuan Shi
Email: shilj@aircas.ac.cn
Mr. Zhengxin Jiang
Email: jiangzhengxin22@mails.ucas.ac.cn