This year's UN Maps Conference was organized with a focus on the UN 2.0 vision, which aims to modernize the United Nations system by integrating cutting-edge skills and a forward-thinking culture to better achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A key component of this vision is UN Maps, an innovative platform managed by the UN Global Service Centre (UNGSC) in collaboration with the Office of Information and Communications Technology.

On 21 and 22 May 2024, the Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS) of the Kingdom of Morocco, UN-SPIDER, and the International Charter Space and Major Disasters organized a training course on the use of space-based information in case of disasters. The training course, organized with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA), the National Centre for Space Studies of France (CNES), and SERTIT, targeted more than 30 participants from CRTS and other government agencies and universities of Morocco.  

On 20 May 2022, the Disaster Risk Management Directorate of the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Morocco organized a national workshop on the use of geospatial information in disaster risk management. More than thirty national government agencies, as well as UNOOSA and UN-SPIDER, were invited to the national workshop, which was held in Rabat. The workshop was organized to:

The Global Satellite Operators Association is organizing a webinar "Satellite Lifeline in Crisis: Disaster Preparedness & Recovery" on 23 May 2024.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released a publication titled "Geospatial Applications in Emergency Impact Assessment", shedding light on the critical role of geospatial technologies in assessing and responding to disasters. With global disasters wreaking havoc on communities and economies, especially those reliant on agriculture, the need for effective disaster response has never been more urgent.

Since decades ago, astronomers and astrophysicists have been carrying out research to understand the dynamics of the Sun. The results of this research are allowing those experts in national meteorological offices and other solar/terrestrial observatories to implement the first elements of space weather early warning.