In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER supports UNESCO-IOC workshop on coastal hazard assessment
- UN-SPIDER and partners conclude EAS and ASEAN workshops
- UN-SPIDER supports International Workshop on Supporting Future Earth with Global Geo-information
- #whyspacematters: UNOOSA and NASA social media contest
- Upcoming International Workshop and Training with the participation of UN-SPIDER
- Step by step procedures for the “R” software included in UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
Data Application of the Month
News from our Regional Support Offices
- RCMRD: Stakeholder Workshop on the Use of MODIS Data for Early Warning
- ICIMOD: New app to improve disaster relief
- CONAE and NASA Aquarius mission stops operating
- SUPARCO: Monitoring floods of Punjab rivers from space
News from our Community
- IASON project concluded: Earth observation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions
- ISDR Asia partnership meeting to implement Sendai Framework
- Enhancing surface deformation mapping through Sentinel-1A
- Detailed global climate change estimates released by NASA
- Geospatial information system for disaster management in Pacific Island countries
- New research for satellite-based earthquake prediction
- New tools to enhance storm prediction in the Gulf of Mexico
- Agreement between Australia and Europe on Earth Observation research
- UK Environment Agency to make LiDAR data freely available
- India shares concept note for SAARC satellite
- ESA’s Sentinel 2A successfully launched and set in orbit
- IAG launches the Global Risk Map
- Deimos-2 satellite´s first anniversary
- International Charter activated once in June 2015
Upcoming events
- 6-10 July 2015, Budapest, Hungary: Making Information Talk and Technologies Work
- 13-17 July 2015, Budapest, Hungary: Innovations in Disaster Risk Management
- 1-4 September 2015, Cape Town, South Africa: United Nations/South Africa Symposium on Basic Space Technology "Small Satellite Missions for Scientific and Technological Advancement"
- Apply now! 14-16 September 2015, Beijing, China: United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management - “A consolidating role in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030”
