Source: Asian Disaster Reduction Center

The Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) of the University of Bonn in Germany (German Regional Support Office of UN-SPIDER) is organizing an online training on 16 December 2022. It aims to provide an overview of Copernicus tools and data in the context of floods and droughts. With the help of the tools and platforms presented during this training, participants will be able to make use of earth observation data in the context of floods and droughts without the need of extensive background knowledge.

Excerpt from article by Giriraj Amarnath, IWMI

In recent years, Paraguay has experienced severe floods, droughts and forest fires which impacted communities and their livelihoods. The Paraguayan Space Agency (AEP), established in 2014, supported the National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) in disaster response efforts through the generation of relevant space-based information and as project manager in two activations of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters.

The Regional Support Offices Meeting 2022 was conducted and organised by UN-SPIDER at the premises of the VIC in Vienna, from 14-16 November 2022. It was the first in-person meeting since the start of the COVID pandemic.  

This is an excerpt from a press release from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published on 7 November 2022. Find the full press release here.