Mapping and Understanding Earth: Open access to digital geoscientific data and knowledge supports societal needs and UN sustainable goals

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00025798%3A_____%2F24%3A10168846" target="_blank" >RIV/00025798:_____/24:10168846 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103835" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103835</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103835" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jag.2024.103835</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mapping and Understanding Earth: Open access to digital geoscientific data and knowledge supports societal needs and UN sustainable goals

Original language description

Open access to harmonised digital data describing Earth&apos;s surface and subsurface holds immense value for society. This paper highlights the significance of open access to digital geoscience data ranging from the shallow topsoil or seabed to depths of 5 kilometres. Such data play a pivotal role in facilitating endeavours such as renewable geoenergy solutions, resilient urban planning, supply of critical raw materials, assessment and protection of water resources, mitigation of floods and droughts, identification of suitable locations for carbon capture and storage, development of offshore wind farms, disaster risk reduction, and conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity. EuroGeoSurveys, the Geological Surveys of Europe, have worked diligently for over a decade to ensure open access to harmonised digital European geological, earth observation and geoinformation data and knowledge through the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI). EGDI acts as a data and information resource for providing wide-ranging geoscience data and research, as demonstrated in this paper through selected research data and information on four vital natural resources: geoenergy, critical raw materials, water, and soils. Importantly, it incorporates near real-time remote and in-situ monitoring data, thus constituting an invaluable up-to-date database that facilitates informed decision-making, policy implementation, sustainable resource management, the green transition, achieving Sustainable Development Goals, and the envisioned future of digital twins in Earth sciences. EGDI and its thematic map viewer are tailored, continuously enhanced, and developed in collaboration with stakeholders. Its primary objective is to address societal needs by providing data for sustainable, secure, and integrated management of surface and subsurface resources, effectively establishing a geological service for Europe. We argue that no efficient green transition to a net zero society can be implemented without open access to surface and subsurface geoscientific data for all relevant stakeholders.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10505 - Geology

Project

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Continuities

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

ISSN

0303-2434

e-ISSN

1872-826X

Volume of the periodical

130

Issue of the periodical within the volume

103835

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001246404400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85193917432