1. GEO Plenary XIV Side event
Session 5
SDG 14 Life Below Water
Moderator: Argyro Kavvada, USA / NASA - BAH
Contributors
Jason Jabbour, U.N. Environment Programme
Adrian Strauch, GEO Wetlands
George Zalidis, inter-Balkan Environment Center
William Young / Luis Alberto Andres, World Bank
Temilola Fatoyinbo, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2. EO4SDG SDG 14 Panel Jai Rampersad, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Christoph Aubrecht, ESA & World Bank
Michael Ott, IOC
Frank Muller-Karger, USF & MBON
Max Kaplan, NOAA
Paul DiGiacomo, Blue Planet
Moderator: William Sonntag, GEO
Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 14 – Life Below Water
Goal 15 – Life On Land
Moderator: William Sonntag, GEO
Contributors
Sabato Caesar, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Christoph Aubrecht, European Space Agency / World Bank
Michael Ott, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Frank Muller-Karger, University of South Florida, Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
Max Kaplan, Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Sofie Seeyave/Paul DiGiacomo, Blue Planet
EO4SDG

3. Ten Questions to Consider
Based on your experience, what should others do? What should they avoid doing?
What challenges did you face that you did not anticipate? What surprised you the most?
What technical, programmatic, or administrative issues did you face? What was easier than expected? What was more difficult than expected?
What aspects of your activities would be the most easy to replicate?
What are the pros/cons of your approach? What did you learn?
What is next? What are your next steps?
What challenges do you face now? What obstacles need to be overcome?
What is success for your organization? How will you know if you’re successful?
What information would you like to have that you don’t have now?
How could the GEO community support and help you?
Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 14 – Life Below Water
Goal 15 – Life On Land

4. Earth Observations in Service
of Global Development
GEO-XIV Side Event