Excerpt: “Earth observations (EO) inform national and local plans for, and responses to, some of the greatest challenges and opportunities of our time—climate change, extreme weather and fire events, food and water security, disaster response, environmental justice and equity, and space weather, among others. Civil EO capabilities are crucial for better understanding, monitoring, and adapting to climate and environmental change; using technological advances; accelerating private sector innovation and investments; and nurturing cross-sectoral and international ally and partner capabilities. The nation’s civil Earth Observations Enterprise (EOE) —federal agencies; state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments; academia; private industries, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropies; federal and national laboratories; enabling infrastructure; and end users of EO data—represents public and private sector endeavors to produce information, provide services, generate solutions, and expand social and economic benefits to every American, every day. Engagement with a diversity of stakeholders from across the EOE is key in understanding user needs to inform EO planning and actions.” (footnotes omitted)
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