Community Impact emphasises GEO’s commitment to “Earth Intelligence for All” by embedding equity and inclusion across its activities and Thematic Focus Areas. This involves delivering actionable information to historically marginalised countries, regions and communities, while ensuring diverse representation, including Indigenous Peoples and Youth.

GEO supports the co-development of Earth observation-based solutions, integrating Indigenous Knowledge to ensure more inclusive and effective outcomes.

Levelling the Playing Field

Through activities such as GEO Indigenous Alliance, GEO Youth Community of Practice, GEO-Women, GEOVALUE, and GEO Capacity Building in the Balkans, Black Sea, Middle East, Africa, and Pacific Asia Regions, GEO champions:

Open access to data and insights for underserved communities.
Representation of diverse voices, including Indigenous Peoples and youth.
Collaborative development of solutions that incorporate Indigenous Knowledge.
Embedding accessibility and best practices across all initiatives.

Key GEO Activities

GEO Capacity Building in the Balkans, Black Sea, Middle East, Africa, and Pacific Asia Regions

GEO-CRADLEEnabling Mechanism

Strengthens Earth observation capacities across the region.

GEO Indigenous Alliance

GEO-IAEnabling Mechanism

GEO-IA contributes to a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable approach to Earth observation initiatives that benefit Indigenous communities, the scientific community, and global efforts to harmoniously coexist with our planet.

GEO Youth Community of Practice

GEO-YOUTHEnabling Mechanism

An step toward realizing the massive untapped potential for GEO and GEO Youth to mutually benefit from critical, deliberate engagement with one another.

Linking and Connecting Women in Earth Observation and Earth Intelligence

GEO-WOMENEnabling Mechanism

Fostering collaboration and strengthening the networks of women’s participation in marginalized communities within these fields is essential for building a collaborative, accessible Earth data ecosystem

Understanding the Impacts and Value of Earth Observations

GEOVALUEEnabling Mechanism

An international community focused on the value and socioeconomic impacts of geospatial information for decision-making

Supporting Global Priorities

This work supports:

SDG 5 (Gender Equality):

Promoting inclusion in scientific and technical fields.

SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities):

Ensuring equal access to EO resources and opportunities for all communities, especially in underserved regions.

Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework:

Supporting equitable practices in biodiversity conservation and restoration efforts.

Sendai Framework:

Ensuring inclusive disaster risk reduction and management strategies that involve vulnerable communities.

Looking Ahead

In the coming years, GEO will:

Scale up initiatives to engage underrepresented groups, including youth and women, in Earth Intelligence activities.
Emphasise the integration of traditional and Indigenous knowledge with Earth Intelligence technologies for more inclusive and effective solutions.
Foster global collaboration and equitable data-sharing mechanisms that ensure all communities benefit from advancements in Earth Intelligence.
Establish monitoring frameworks to measure progress on accessibility in GEO’s programmes and activities.