News from the community
- 29/11/2018
The Colombian National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, UNGRD) has recently published the “Colombia Risk Atlas: Revealing Latent Disasters”. The publication strengthens the understanding of disaster risks at the… Read more
- 24/11/2018
The National University of Laos (NUOL) and Deqing Academy of Satellite Applications (DASA) conducted a joint Asia-Oceania GEOSS (AOGEOSS) training workshop on Earth observation data for urban, agriculture and disaster monitoring in the Mekong Basin from 15 to 19 October 2018 at the Faculty of Engineering (FE) of the National University of Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The workshop… Read more
- 23/11/2018
Europe’s newest weather satellite was launched into orbit on 7 November and is set to bring more accurate forecasts than ever.
The rocket was carrying the 4083 kg MetOp-C towards its destination of polar orbit. About 60 minutes after take-off, Soyuz’s upper stage delivered the satellite… Read more
- 22/11/2018
Morocco launched a new satellite on 20 November which aims to assist with a range of tasks including the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance.
Mohammed VI-B, a remote sensing Earth… Read more
- 07/11/2018
China and France launched a new joint Earth observation satellite on 29 October which aims to assist with a range of tasks including global marine monitoring, disaster management, and risk reduction as well as tracking the effects of climate change.
The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was put into orbit via a Long March 2C rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite… Read more
- 05/11/2018
Spanish and Ecuadorian researchers have developed a new methodology to estimate faults and volcanoes that can be activated in a region after an earthquake. The approach consist in evaluating changes of static stress on the surrounding faults and volcanoes and producing maps of potentially activated faults and volcanoes.
The main goal of the study is to achieve an… Read more
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- 23/11/2018
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and the Austrian Red Cross presented the 2018 World Disasters Report at the United Nations in Vienna on 12 November. The report addresses the need… Read more
- 12/11/2018Regional Support Offices involved: Germany Regional Support Office
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), conducted an International Expert Meeting on 12 November at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. “Towards Big (Space) Data in Support of Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response in Africa” aimed at contributing to an… Read more
Title | Organized by | City | Country | Date |
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UN/Costa Rica/PSIPW Sixth conference on the use of space technology for water management | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Government of Costa Rica Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) |
San José | Costa Rica | 05/07/2024 to 05/10/2024 |
5th Training Course on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction | ADPC Academy |
Bankok | Thailand | 05/14/2024 to 05/16/2024 |
3rd International Conference Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 06/12/2024 to 06/13/2024 | |
43rd EARSeL Symposium | European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) |
Manchester | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 06/17/2024 to 06/20/2024 |
67th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) | Vienna | Austria | 06/19/2024 to 06/28/2024 | |
Global Flood Partnership Annual Conference 2024 | Nairobi | Kenya | 07/24/2024 to 07/26/2024 | |
30 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium | Montpellier | France | 09/02/2024 to 09/07/2024 | |
EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2024 | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) |
Würzburg | Germany | 09/30/2024 to 10/04/2024 |
2nd UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami Symposium | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (Indonesian: Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika, abbreviated BMKG) |
Banda Aceh | Indonesia | 11/09/2024 to 11/14/2024 |
IASI Conference 2024 | Nancy | France | 12/02/2024 to 12/06/2024 |