Dear readers,
We're glad to share with you the October 2019 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates.
Below the updates, you'll also find an events calendar with upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars organized by the community.
Enjoy the read!
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- 19/10/2019
The 2019 rainy season in the Far North region of Cameroon has caused the Logone river to overflow and flood the Zina (Logone-et-Chari department), Maga and Kai-Kai districts (Mayo Dany) in the country's Far North region. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs… Read more
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News from the community
- 20/10/2019
The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Working Group on Data and the International Science Council’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) have released a report on the next generation of disaster management systems. As disasters and the number affected by them increase due to climate change,… Read more
- 14/10/2019
Release earlier this year at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019, the Africa Earthquake Model paints a complete picture of earthquake risk to the continent in terms of damage to buildings and direct human and economic losses. The model lays out the African portion of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation global maps released in December 2018.
… Read moreCountry/Region mentioned: - 02/10/2019
On 19 September, Bing announced that the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda are the first African countries to have an open buildings dataset. As a result of a joint venture between Bing Maps, Microsoft Philanthropies and Humanitarian OpenStreetMaps (HOTOSM), 18 million building footprints have been established, of which 7 million in Uganda and 11 million in the United Republic… Read more
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Title | Organized by | City | Country | Date |
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UN/Austria Symposium 2024 Climate action: transforming space-based technology projects into sustainable services that support policy-making | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Austria |
Graz | Austria | 07/17/2024 to 07/18/2024 |
Advanced Webinar: Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data | 07/23/2024 to 08/01/2024 | |||
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 | |
EO for Africa Symposium 2024 | Rome | Italy | 09/23/2024 to 09/26/2024 | |
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 |
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) 2024 Hybrid Annual Conference | The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Vasundhara Emergency Management Foundation (VEMF) |
Pune | India | 11/26/2024 to 11/29/2024 |
IASI Conference 2024 | Nancy | France | 12/02/2024 to 12/06/2024 |