In the coming decades increasing population will drastically rise the de mand for freshwater. Today, more than 600 million people lack access to saf e drinking water and estimates show that with current practices, the world will face a 40% shortfall between forecast demand and available supply of w ater by 2030. Needs to increase agricultural production will significantly impact water withdrawals and will increase stress on people living in regio ns already suffering from water scarcity. The shortfall will be further exa cerbated by the expected environmental changes associated to global warming and hydro-climatic extremes impacting people and ecosystems especially in most vulnerable regions.
Recent advances in Earth observation (EO) by satellites have improved global observations of several key variables of t he global water cycle. This capacity will significantly expand in the comin g years with the advent of novel mission and sensors (e.g., new Sentinel mi ssions, novel Earth Explorers, new generation of meteorological satellites, new National and international missions, commercial and new-space satellit es and constellations) offering a unique and unprecedented opportunity to a dvance our knowledge of the Earth system, its dynamics and interactions wit h human activities.
This Conference aims at reviewing the latest adva nces in the use of EO technology for scientific questions related to the wa ter cycle and its applications, exploring the potential offered by the comi ng EO as well as the main challenges and opportunities for the coming decad e.
The ultimate target of the event is to contribute to define a scie ntific agenda that may drive future scientific activities of ESA and other space agencies and partners in the coming few years. The Conference is open to EO scientists, water researchers and students, modellers, Earth system and climate scientists, industry, operational agencies, policy makers, repr esentatives of local communities and other stakeholders interested in shari ng their knowledge and experience and in contributing to drive the scientif ic agenda for advancing EO water research and applications.
Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission: 2 October 2020
Find more information here: http://eo4water2020.esa.int
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