Unlocking the global benefits of Earth Observation to address the SDG 6 in situ water quality monitoring gap

• Autores: Wilson, Harriet; Raasakka, Nina; Spyrakos, Evangelos; Millar, David; Neely, Merrie Beth; Salyani, Anham; Pawar, Shubham; Chernov, Igor; de Lespérance Ague, S. Karen; Aguilar Vega, Ximena; Akinsemolu, Adenike; Baltodano Martinez, Analy; Cillero Castro, Carmen; Del Valle, Michelle; Fadlelseed, Mohamed; Ferral, Anabella; Hassen, Jemal Mohammed; Jiang, Dalin; Mubambi, Tracey Kudzanai; La Fuente, Sofia; Lateef, Lukumon Olaitan; Lobo, Felipe de L.; Marty, Jerome; Nkwasa, Albert; Obuya, Julia Akinyi; Ogashawara, Igor; Reusen, Ils; Rogers, Ashley; Schmidt, Susanne I.; Sharma, Kabindra; Simis, Stefan G. H.; Wang, Shenglei; Warner, Stuart; Tyler, Andrew
• Año de publicación: 2025
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: SDGs 2030; REMOTE SENSING; EARTH OBSERVATION; WATER QUALITY
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires innovative and often disruptive approaches to address critical gaps in global water quality monitoring. The most recent SDG Indicator 6.3.2 (Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality) progress report highlights a critical water quality in situ data gap, with an urgent need for countries to strengthen their monitoring capacity and commence state water quality assessments and trend analysis. Earth Observation (EO) technologies hold immense potential to close that gap for SDG Indicator 6.3.2. However, limited awareness, lack of skills and resource inequalities are some of the barriers which hinder widespread adoption of EO. We present insights from a unique workshop held at the University of Stirling in 2024, which convened diverse participants from academia, industry, NGOs, and international agencies and across disciplines, geographies, and sectors. Through creative and collective thinking approaches, they developed four actionable concepts: (1) Space Buzz: a media campaign to raise awareness of EO value; (2) centralised EO access hubs to empower users and improve equality; (3) scalable education strategies for capacity building; and (4) an Intergovernmental Panel for Water Quality to enhance global coordination. Each concept derived from a synoptic creative process, demonstrating the uniqueness of thinking within the teams. To unlock the potential of EO for global water quality monitoring, we invite EO networks, funders, water resource managers and individuals to champion these concepts, and incorporate them into funding calls and proposals.
Fil: Wilson, Harriet. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Raasakka, Nina. United Nations Environment Programme; Kenia
Fil: Spyrakos, Evangelos. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Millar, David. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Neely, Merrie Beth. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Salyani, Anham. United Nations Environment Programme; Kenia
Fil: Pawar, Shubham. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Chernov, Igor. University Of Geneva (ug);
Fil: de Lespérance Ague, S. Karen. University of Abomey-Calav; Benín
Fil: Aguilar Vega, Ximena. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Akinsemolu, Adenike. The Green Institute; Nigeria
Fil: Baltodano Martinez, Analy. Vrije Unviversiteit Brussel; Bélgica
Fil: Cillero Castro, Carmen. Environmental Engineering S.L. R&D Department; España. Estonian University of Life Sciences; Estonia
Fil: Del Valle, Michelle. FinSat Inc.; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fadlelseed, Mohamed. Sudan Youth Parliament for Water; Sudán
Fil: Ferral, Anabella. Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales. Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales "Mario Gulich"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Hassen, Jemal Mohammed. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research; Etiopía
Fil: Jiang, Dalin. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Mubambi, Tracey Kudzanai. Environmental Management Agency; Zimbabue
Fil: La Fuente, Sofia. Vrije Unviversiteit Brussel; Bélgica
Fil: Lateef, Lukumon Olaitan. Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Portugal
Fil: Lobo, Felipe de L.. Universidade Federal de Pelotas; Brasil
Fil: Marty, Jerome. 8International Association for Great Lakes Research; Estados Unidos
Fil: Nkwasa, Albert. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; Austria. Ministry of Water and Environment; Uganda
Fil: Obuya, Julia Akinyi. Bowling Green State University; Estados Unidos. Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute; Kenia
Fil: Ogashawara, Igor. Leibniz - Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Alemania
Fil: Reusen, Ils. Research Unit Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Processes, Flemish Institute for Technological Research; Bélgica
Fil: Rogers, Ashley. University of Stirling; Reino Unido
Fil: Schmidt, Susanne I.. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH; Alemania
Fil: Sharma, Kabindra. Sikkim University; India
Fil: Simis, Stefan G. H.. Earth Observation Science and Applications, Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Reino Unido
Fil: Wang, Shenglei. International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals; China
Fil: Warner, Stuart. United Nations Environment Programme; Kenia
Fil: Tyler, Andrew. Universidad de Stirling; Reino Unido