The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) launched on 15 May 2023 the flagship Words into Action guide on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS).
UCLan researchers will add their expertise to the efforts already being undertaken by the global network of RSOs, as well as highlight and promote the work of UN-SPIDER to organizations based in the United Kingdom.
As part of its efforts to provide advisory support to national disaster management agencies and other stakeholders in Africa, UN-SPIDER is carrying out an Institutional Strengthening Mission to South Africa from 8 to 12 May 2023.
UN-SPIDER, the National Disaster Management Centre of South Africa (NDMC), and the Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) of the University of Bonn organized a 3-day interinstitutional workshop in Pretoria, from 9 to 11 May 2023.
UN-SPIDER in collaboration with the DLR, GLOFAS, and ZFL conducted an international training workshop on space-based technologies for flood management. The workshop was held at the UN Bonn Campus on 20-22 February 2023.