IGAC organises its 9th Geomatic Week in Bogota, Colombia
Colombia´s Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute launched (IGAC) its 9th Geomatic Week event bringing together experts, professionals, and students to address the use of geospatial information
DLR and UN-SPIDER join forces to organize a networking session at the ESA LPS
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and UN-SPIDER organized a networking session during the European Space Agency's (ESA) Living Planet Symposium to bring together experts...
7th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Held in Bali
The theme of the Global Platform, “From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed World”, offered lessons from the pandemic and pathways to address the climate emergency.
Third International Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC-III) In Bali Concluded
Nearly 750 participants representing international, regional, national, local organizations, and other stakeholders participated in the 3rd International Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference, which was held in Bali, Indonesia, on 23 and 24 May 2022.
UN-SPIDER Expert Mission to Ghana
UN-SPIDER carried out an Expert Mission to Ghana to meet with staff of the National Disaster Management Organization of Ghana (NADMO)
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On 20 May 2020, the Copernicus Sentinel Mission captured this image of Cyclone Amphan making landfall over Bangladesh. Image: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
Fri Oct 2 2020
Registrations open for virtual United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
WSF2015 subset including India and vast part of Eastern and South Eastern Asia. Credit: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
Wed Sep 30 2020
New free map product shows settlement structure with 10m resolution
Participants at the virtual expert meeting. Image: UNOOSA.
Mon Sep 28 2020
UN-SPIDER conducts virtual expert meeting for Latin America
IWMI staff receiving the GeoSpatial World Excellence Award 2020. Image: IWMI.
Sun Sep 27 2020
IWMI wins award for innovative space-based drought monitoring work
Screenshot of the Earth Map platform.
Fri Sep 18 2020
Google and FAO develop web-based tool to facilitate big data access
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SAOCOM 1B satellite. Image: Manuel Mazzanti/CONAE
Mon Sep 14 2020
CONAE successfully launches SAOCOM 1B satellite
Tropical cyclone Fani over the eastern coast of India on 2 May 2019. Image: NASA.
Thu Aug 20 2020
CRED publishes 2019 disaster statistics
Floods in Bangladesh in 2019. Image: UN Women Asia and the Pacific.
Wed Aug 19 2020
ICIMOD supports disaster management with streamflow prediction and flood mapping
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Thu Aug 13 2020
Aerospace Information Research Institute of China tracks locust swarm dynamics and losses
Areas flooded and damaged following cyclone Idai, northwest of Beira. Image: European Union/Christian Jepsen.
Mon Aug 10 2020
UN-SPIDER and UFSM of Brazil deliver webinar on flood mapping and drought monitoring in Mozambique
Field Work on Ogunpa flood plain Ibadan, Nigeria. Image: GMES.
Mon Aug 10 2020
CSSTE creates data bank for flood events in West Africa
Sentinel 3. Image: ESA.
Fri Jul 31 2020
ESA project focuses on merging satellite data for water management and drought forecasting

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