This week, there is the GEO Week 2023 & Ministerial Summit event in Cape Town, South Africa, from 6th November to 10th November.
On Monday, there was a wonderful Opening Ceremony with music by South Africa Youth Choir. There has been interesting flash talks, workshops and showcases related to for example climate, biodiversity and air quality. Today, the GEO Planery sessions have just started, continuing tomorrow and on Friday there will be the Ministerial Summit.
ArcticGEOSS has a booth in GEO Week where several Arctic PASSION services are presented related to permafrost, wildfires, sea ice, air pollution and lake ice. In addition, defining Share Arctic Variables (SAVs) in Arctic PASSION project is told about. Also some Finnish actions such as HarvesterDestinE, TARKKA, Crowdsourcing and Biodiversity monitoring with EO is presented.
At the booth, people from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and SIOS are welcoming you to come and hear more.
