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ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 22 August. Image: ESA
Aeolus launched and produces its first data for improving weather forecasting for disaster management
Flooding in Japan during July 2018 captured by PlanetScope. Image courtesy of Planet Labs, Inc CC-NC-BY
Planet joins International Charter “Space and Major Disasters” as approved data contributor
UN-SPIDER and SENACYT conduct seminar during CONVERCIENCIA 2018
Integrated Geospatial Information Framework report published in July 2018
New UN report on geospatial data for decision-making
Dry soil
Spaced-based drought indicators and dry spell in Germany
Typhoon Bebinca captured by NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite as it approaches Viet Nam on 14 Aug. Image:NASA/NOAA Worldview
UNOOSA requests activation of International Charter for Typhoon Bebinca in Viet Nam
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activation for floods in Venezuela and India
Sustainable use of groundwater during the dry season is crucial for paddy farming in Saptari, Nepal. Image: ICIMOD
ICIMOD report highlights use of space data in monitoring drought and forest fires
Floods in Haiti in 2014. Image:UN Photo / Logan Abassi
ESA promotes satellites to reduce impact of disasters in developing countries
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 "DAICHI-2" (ALOS-2). Image: JAXA
JAXA produces Collection of Good Practice in Disaster Emergency Observation
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activation for earthquake in Indonesia
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth Observation Programme, looking at the Earth and its environment. It offers information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in situ (non-space) data. Image: Copernicus
African Union signs Cooperation Arrangement with EU Copernicus programme
An image of Tropical Storm Toraji over Japan taken by the Suomi NPP satellite on 2 September 2013. Image: NASA/CC BY 2.0
Japan to launch new satellite-based system for disaster prediction
Wildfires in Greece near Kineta captured by the Sentinel 2 satellite on 23 July. Image: Copernicus.
Space-based applications driving fire early warning and monitoring systems
Archive image of seasonal flooding in South-East Asia in 2002. Image: NASA.
UNOOSA and UNITAR-UNOSAT request activation of International Charter for floods in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Cover of the 2018 UN E-Government Survey. Image: UN.
E-Governance plays critical role in advancing the field of disaster management
Remnants of Lake Chad, February 2015. Image: Peter Prokosch/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
UN Environment and Google partnership to facilitate access to environmental information
On 14 December 2017, ESA, acting on behalf of the European Commission, signed Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (DIAS) contracts with four industrial consortia. DIAS will give unlimited, free and complete access to Copernicus data and information. Image: ESA.
Atos activates new Earth observation platform Mundi to consolidate disaster preparedness
European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska announcing the launch of Copernicus DIAS on 20 June 2018 in Baveno, Italy. Image: Copernicus
Copernicus launches DIAS services during 20th anniversary celebrations
An aerial view of flooding in Pakistan in 2010. Image Australian Government/CC BY 2.0
Pakistan launches Earth observation satellite to monitor disasters
Global Precipitation Measurement visualization of heavy rain in Japan, 2 – 9 July 2018. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
International Charter activated for major flooding disaster in Japan
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