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Did you miss GEO AquaWatch’s Igor Ogashawara’s (IGB-Berlin) participation in the GEO Week Panel: Youth Track: Water and Youth – Engaging the next generation in science and policy   (Tuesday 1 Nov, 11:00-12:30).  He also introduced our new GEO AquaWatch Early Career Society to the audience.  We hope it will serve as a welcome community for anyone who self-identifies as an Early Career professional in water quality.

You can check out the Video here (note advance to the 24.00 minute mark for this panel).

(reproduced from the GEO Week website)

Water is at the core of sustainable development. Access to sufficient quantity and quality of water is fundamental for human well-being, socio-economic development, the preservation of healthy ecosystems and to moderate climate change.

This session will focus on how the work of GEO, through its Members States, Participating Organizations and Work Programme activities converges with youth initiatives around water issues. This session will cover scientific, and policy related efforts taken by key actors to involve young people in activities linked to water.

Water is a key foundation for achieving Sustainable Development Goals 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and 14 (life below water). Moreover, as water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation also affect the ecosystems’ resiliency, food production, industry, nutrition and human well-being worldwide, water is also related to SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequality), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 15 (Life on Land), and SDG 17 (Partnerships to achieve the Goal).

Chair: Albert DeGarmo (USA – NOAA)

• WMO : Igor Chernov Youth engagement through the WMO Hydro Hub
• AquaWatch: Igor Ogashawara igor.ogashawara@igb-berlin.de
• Colombia: – Oscar Daniel Beltrán Rodríguez – IDEAM (GEO contact in Colombia)
• Stockholm Environment Institute + DRR WG + Water Youth Network: Nhilce Esquivel
• Blue Planet: TBC with Blue Planet Early career oceanographers group.
• OpenStreetMap Uganda: Maria Gorret Nabuwemboli

IWA is pleased to invite you to the upcoming IWA webinar: Science to Policy: from Earth Observation to legislationThe webinar will take place on Friday 18 November 2022 at 14:00 GMT (15:00 CET | 08:00 EDT ). Register now DescriptionThis webinar is organised by the Earth Observation (EO) for Water Management Community of Practice, a subgroup of the IWA Digital Water Programme. The digital transformation of the water sector is well underway and making great strides in the topic of smart water management. However, there are still niche areas in digitalisation which need to be spotlighted. Within the Earth Observation (EO) community, practitioners have noticed the general hesitancy of policymakers to include the application of EO services in water resources and quality management. With an abundance of sound research and reliable predictions being made, the translation of EO science into policy can and should be embraced more. In this webinar, participants will have the opportunity to hear from experts on sectoral views of the science-to-policy interface, successful integration stories, and more. Learning Objectives Following this session, participants will be able to: Identify the main barriers hindering the translation of science into policy Understand the basics of the science to policy interface Identify factors of successful science to policy translation cases Panelists Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa Research Manager: Water Resources Quality, Water Research Commission, South Africa Mark Matthews Founder & CEO, CyanoLakes Australia Alexandra Bell Research Associate at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany Torsten Bondo Business Development Manager, DHI, Denmark Kind Regards, IWA Learn team International Water Association

Looking for a job in machine learning for water quality? Check out these three remote sensing job openings suitable for recent M.S. or Ph.D. recipients at Global Science and Technology supporting NOAA in the College:

1. https://gst.applicantpool.com/jobs/871128.html – Ocean Surface Winds Support Scientist
2. https://gst.applicantpool.com/jobs/877163.html – Radar Altimetry Scientist
3. https://gst.applicantpool.com/jobs/865618.html – Statistical Methods and Water Quality Remote Sensing (focus is on the statistical methods including machine learning)

Do you self-identify as an Early Career Professional in water quality?  Then join our new Early Career Society (ECS).  Everyone who self-identifies as an early career water quality scientist is welcome to join – regardless of age.  We hope to discuss potential activities to undertake for both professional development and advancement of GEO AquaWatch.  There are opportunities to become a leader of the ECS too!

Express you interest to join the Early Career Society by emailing mbneely@geoaquawatch.org; Subject: JOIN ECS

 

The International Water Resources Association (IWRA), in partnership with UNESCO-IHP, is organising the upcoming UNESCO-IWRA Online Conference on “Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment” (17-19 January 2023) – https://iwraonlineconference.org.

The deadline for the call for abstracts has been extended to October 21st, 2022. Please find more information in the message below and here: https://iwraonlineconference.org/call-for-abstracts.