H.E. Karis President of Estonia Calls for Greater International Cooperation on Big Data for Decision Making

H.E. Karis President of Estonia underlined that climate resilience relies on accessible data, pointing to the Data for the Environment Alliance (DEAL), initiated by the Government of Estonia supported by the SPBF, through which over 30 countries are collaborating to create and share environmental data.

As the world marks 50 years of environmental multilateralism, there is an urgent need to chart a more sustainable path to meet environmental targets. For we are not on a path to meet any. Changing the current trajectory requires more robust science-based decision making, stronger accountability, greater transparency, and inclusion.

Because ‘we cannot manage what we cannot measure’, it is essential to create better access to reliable, real-time data on the state of the planet to help articulate more clearly the impact of human actions and drive science-based decision-making by Government, industry and society at large.

The Data for the Environment Alliance (DEAL) is a Member-State led global cooperation initiative initiated by the Government of Estonia and partner representing 34 countries. It is facilitated and supported by the UNEP Science-Policy-Business Forum (SPBF). Read more