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the Intergovernmental Science-Policy

Platform on Biodiversity and

Ecosystem Services (IPBES) runs

from April 29 through May 4, 2019 in

Paris, France. A Future Earth

delegation is attending. The week-long

meeting will conclude on May 6 with

the release of the first Global

Assessment Report on Biodiversity

and Ecosystem Services since 2005,

including contributions from experts in

the Future Earth community. Follow

#IPBES7 @IPBES and @FutureEarth

on Twitter for live updates. Webcasts

of the week’s events are also available

on the IPBES website. Live and

recorded webcasts >>

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Kickstart of the First Science

for Earth System Targets

Workshop

Kickstart of the First Science for Earth

System Targets Workshop The first

Science Earth System Targets

Workshop was held in Montreal,

Canada, from 28-29 March 2019. The

workshop, titled “Building science-

based targets for Canadian

ecosystems leveraging digital tools”,

convened 16 Canadian

representatives from industry,

government, and systems science. It

was an explorative meeting to discuss

what is currently happening in Canada

and globally. We acknowledge the

support of the Natural Sciences and

Engineering Research Council of

Canada (NSERC) in helping Future

Earth organize this event.

Google Earth Engine:

Planetary scale analysis for

societal benefit

Following the Science for Earth

Targets workshop, the Montreal Hub

launched its “Dialogues on

Sustainability in the Digital Age” series

with an inaugural talk given by Noel

Gorelick, Chief Extraterrestrial

Observer at Google. Noel presented

Google Earth Engine, a data analysis

and visualization platform that allows

users to measure, monitor, and map

the environment at a planetary scale,

and discussed how this platform can

be used for societal benefit. Click here

to read our blog post about Noel’s talk

and watch the recording >>

 

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Kickstart of the First Science

for Earth System Targets

Workshop

Kickstart of the First Science for Earth

System Targets Workshop The first

Science Earth System Targets

Workshop was held in Montreal,

Canada, from 28-29 March 2019. The

workshop, titled “Building science-

based targets for Canadian

ecosystems leveraging digital tools”,

convened 16 Canadian

representatives from industry,

government, and systems science. It

was an explorative meeting to discuss

what is currently happening in Canada

and globally. We acknowledge the

support of the Natural Sciences and

Engineering Research Council of

Canada (NSERC) in helping Future

Earth organize this event.