The Eye on Earth Alliance, comprised of the World Resources Institute, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the United Nations Environmental Program, the Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations, the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative and the Environmental Agency of Abu Dhabi will sign a governance agreement in the coming months, Devex has learned.
Not much will be known about the details of the arrangement until an official announcement in December, but the agreement will move EoE — born out of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development — toward establishing a multilateral secretariat for convening organizations, funding and tools related to the promotion of environmental protection and conservation through the use of data.
“It’s something we’ve been talking about among ourselves for a while — it will elevate EoE’s work and help build an environmental community around the use of data,” Janet Ranganathan, vice president for science and research at WRI told Devex on the sidelines of the EoE Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “This will also encourage organizations and governments to join the alliance.”
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
