Earth Observation and Big Data for improved financial resilience

How to produce the right, meaningful and timely information when it comes addressing financial risks? Can satellite tech help us keep track of global supply chains?

This webinar will discuss opportunities and challenges related to earth observation and big data in the context of disaster risk financing, decision-support, anticipatory action, sector-specific loss assessment and loss transmission channels. Solutions, such as systemic risk modeling or convergence of evidence methods, will be discussed with a focus on isolated risks (e.g. flood risk) and compound risks (e.g. COVID19 vs. extreme climate).

It is the first of a webinar series jointly organized by the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice, together with the European Space Agency’s Center for Earth Observation (ESRIN).

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	OPENING REMARKS Caroline Freund Global Director, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice, WBG		OPENING REMARKS Stephen Coulson Head of Sustainable Initiatives Office, European Space Agency (ESA)
	PANEL MODERATOR Nicola Ranger Visiting Business Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford		PANELIST Clara Ivanescu GIS Specialist, Geospatial Operational Support Team, WBG
	PANELIST Driss El Hadani Director, the Royal Centre for Remote Sensing in Morocco		PANELIST Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum
	PANELIST Flavia De Luca Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol		PANELIST Matthew Foote Senior Director, Climate & Resilience Hub, Willis Tower Watson
	CLOSING REMARKS Antoine Bavandi Senior Financial Sector Specialist, WBG		CLOSING REMARKS Christoph Aubrecht Program Coordinator, Global Development Assistance, ESA