In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UNOOSA presents WCDRR efforts to COPUOS STSC
- Call for expressions of interest: UN-SPIDER capacity building programme in USA
- General Assembly resolution recognizes work of UN-SPIDER
- UNOOSA contributes to CEOS/ESA publication on Earth observation for disaster risk reduction
- UNOOSA and DigitalGlobe sign agreement to collaborate on satellite imagery
- UNOOSA module in e-tutorial for WCDRR
Data application of the month
News from our Regional Support Offices
- 6th meeting of UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices concluded
- UN-SPIDER welcomes new Regional Support Office in Sri Lanka
- International Charter: Project Manager Training in Vienna
- EMERCOM strengthens ties with International Civil Defence Organisation
- IWMI: Low-cost weather stations to help Sri Lanka prepare for floods
News from our Community
- COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee meets for its 52nd session
- Systematic observation for Climate Change Adaptation: Joint GCOS-IPCC-UNFCCC workshop
- ALOS-2/CIRC data is now open to the public
- COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee meets for its 52nd session
- Esri launches open data website
- Online database for storm surge preparedness
- Survey: Possible EU actions in relation to global coordination of Earth observations
- Russia and China to cooperate regarding satellite navigation
- Rwandan senate votes on first ever disaster management bill
- Germany to launch microsatellite to detect forest fires
- DigitalGlobe: End of QuickBird mission
- United Nations University and German Aerospace Center strengthen collaboration
- European Data Relay System services for Copernicus
- International Charter activated four times for floods in February
- WMO ranks 2014 the hottest year on record
Upcoming events
- 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan: UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
- WCDRR Working Session: Early Warning
- WCDRR Working Session: Earth Observation and High Technology to Reduce Risks
- WCDRR Public Forum: Enhancing Disaster Resilience by Fusion of Simulation, Sensing and Geospatial Information
- Apply now: United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation on 26-28 May 2015, Bonn, Germany
