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Crops in Kenya. Image: RCMRD.
SERVIR programme in Kenya provides EO data to help financial aid reach farmers more efficiently
Earth from Space. Image: ESA.
ESA picks next Earth Explorer mission: Harmony
Swiss Re and ICEYE logos with flood extent analytics visualisation in the background. Image: ICEYE.
Swiss Re and ICEYE join efforts to improve flood modelling and support disaster management globally
Arctic Northwest Russia. Image: ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO).
ESA and OHB Sweden sign contract for prototype satellite to gather Arctic weather data
Space4Youth Competition Winners 2019 and 2020. Image: UNOOSA.
Space4Youth Competition 2021 launched
Agricultural drought in Ethiopia. Image: WFP/Stephanie Savariaud
ASIS tool by FAO helps monitor agricultural droughts and manage their risks at country level using EO data
Sign warning of volcanic activity in Ecuador. Image: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
Multi-risk information system initiated under the coordination of DLR to continue disaster risk management support in South America
Typhoon Vamco on November 11, a few hours before making landfall on the Philippines. Image: NASA.
UNOOSA and UNDRR conduct conference on space-based technologies for disaster risk reduction
Screenshot of the SMAP tool in action. Image: NASA
NASA integrates soil moisture data into Disasters Mapping Portal
GloFAS forecast for parts of Central America on 3 November.
Global web-based systems support flood early warning
Cover of the IFRC World Disasters Report 2020. Image: Indian Red Cross Society.
World Disasters Report 2020 highlights role of smart financing and space-based information in humanitarian response
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16) captured this image of Eta around on November 3. Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
UN-SPIDER supports disaster response efforts to Hurricane Eta in Central America
GMES and Africa logo.
GMES & Africa launches online learning platform
Screenshot of the Living Textbook tool.
EO4GEO project releases Body of Knowledge for Earth observation and geographic information
UN-SPIDER online training strengthens flood mapping capacity in Nigeria
International Charter Space and Major Disasters marks 20th anniversary
UNOOSA and Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the Pacific launch online course on Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management
UNOOSA and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev agree to establish UN-SPIDER RSO in Israel
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.
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).
New free map product shows settlement structure with 10m resolution
Participants at the virtual expert meeting. Image: UNOOSA.
UN-SPIDER conducts virtual expert meeting for Latin America
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