Focus on GMES applications
The GMES briefs provide concise overviews of various GMES applications. Additional briefs will be published, so check back for more to come!
Related links
- Online resources
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GMES/Online_resources - Ship source pollution directive
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/water_protection_management/l24123_en.htm - European climate change programme
http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/eccp/index_en.htm - The European aviation safety policy
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air/safety/safety_en.htm - EU Water Framework Directive
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html - EU Forestry Strategy
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/fore/forestry_strategy_en.htm - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/6036.php - Soil Thematic Strategy
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/three_en.htm - European Energy 2020 initiative
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/strategies/2010/2020_en.htm - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
http://www.unccd.int/ - EU Arctic policy
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/sea_basins/arctic_ocean/index_en.htm - European air quality framework directive
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/other/l28031a_en.htm - EU marine strategy framework directive
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/marine/directive_en.htm - EU community mechanism for civil protection
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/policies/disaster_response/mechanism_en.htm - Thematic strategy on the urban environment
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/thematic_strategy.htm - Integrated maritime surveillance
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/integrated_maritime_surveillance/index_en.htm - UN programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
http://www.un-redd.org/AboutUNREDDProgramme/tabid/583/Default.aspx




