Are you a European or Canadian provider of Earth Observation services? Please dedicate 5-7 mins of your time to provide input to a new survey aimed at gaining baseline understanding of EO trends in development finance. Your contribution would be much appreciated! Find out more in the full announcement and access the survey.
Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) represents an effective risk management option, able to complement more traditional Disaster Risk Reduction measures by offering a lean way to unlock resources for a fast and prompt reaction when a disaster occurs. This is particularly important when sovereign risk is considered in countries where the magnitude of flood events often …
Since early 2019 a group of EO information suppliers, coordinated by ESA, have been participating at the EO Clinic, an EO support service in response to quick turnaround requests by key development banks and agencies. Environmental data are combined with the requesters’ own datasets to help decision making within running development projects. A few examples …
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a data driven agenda, containing a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, supported by 231 indicators. Data is at the core of the 2030 Agenda. Its success depends on the availability of high quality, timely and universally accessible data. Satellite observations have the ability …
Satellite Earth Observation (EO) provides a wide range of different types of environmental information that are global, comprehensive, accurate, repeatable and timely, and that are key to the effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Development Assistance activities. Furthermore, the extraordinary circumstances and unprecedented impact that COVID-19 is having on all of our living and …
According to the World Economic Forum the production of agriculture commodities including palm oil, soy, beef, timber, cocoa and rubber are accounting for the majority of deforestation world-wide. This ‘deforestation trajectory’ is directly associated with a growing carbon footprint of basic food staples therefore a wide range of new programmes and agribusinesses commitments emerge to …
Chișinău is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova and the country’s main industrial and commercial centre and transportation hub. While still being the least urbanised European country with over 55% of the population residing in rural areas (as of 2014), particularly Chișinău is expected to be faced with a strong inflow …
The European Space Agency’s Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) Climate Resilience Cluster is holding a webinar to demonstrate the potential for Earth Observation to contribute to climate resilient development objectives. The webinar “How can EO data support climate resilient development?” will take place twice on the 11th June 2019: 10-11 am CEST / 3-4 …
The demand The frequency and impact of disasters continues to rise, calling for effective disaster risk management and innovative risk financing solutions. Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) can increase the ability of national and local governments, homeowners, businesses, agricultural producers, and low-income populations to respond more quickly and resiliently to disasters by strengthening public financial management …
The EO4SD-Urban project is restarting its webinar series on satellite-derived geospatial information for urban development. The webinars are part of the capacity building offered to our project partners (development bank staff, technical staff from participating cities, etc.). The free webinars introduce the latest methodologies and examples of satellite Earth Observation (EO) data supporting urban development. …
