The ESA EO4SD Disaster Risk Reduction project aims to promote the adoption of Earth Observation-based products and services mainstreamed into the working processes of IFIs funded projects that seek to prevent or mitigate the adverse impacts of natural disasters in developing countries. Earth Observation applied to disasters is evolving quickly and has proven to be …
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 …
Decision-makers, planners and scientists can easily find in the Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform (U-TEP) resources, including multi-source data and visualisation/analytics tools, that help them creating and maintaining sustainable urban environments in major cities but also in smaller, rural areas. One of the recent add-ons to the rich database is the World Settlement Footprint 2015 (WSF-2015), …
The European Space Agency EO4SD Climate Resilience cluster aims to demonstrate the potential for Earth Observation data to support climate resilient decision making at regional and national scales. Drawing on the project’s collaboration with IFIs, the webinar will showcase real-life use cases of EO-based data for climate resilience, discuss the associated opportunities, and provide a short …
The European Space Agency EO4SD Climate Resilience cluster aims to demonstrate the potential for Earth Observation data to support climate resilient decision making at regional and national scales. Drawing on the project’s collaboration with IFIs, the webinar will showcase real-life use cases of EO-based data for climate resilience, discuss the associated opportunities, and provide a …
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 …
One day before the One Planet Summit in Nairobi: Africa’s Pledge, stakeholders from international finance institutions (IFIs) and their client states are invited to a workshop focused on demonstrating the value of EO data to climate-resilient development. Objectives of the event are: providing valuable insights into how IFIs and their client states can use Earth observation data …
Following the fruitful first series of trainings organised last year in different cities and countries of the globe, the Agriculture Cluster is conducting the second edition of local workshops starting in Ethiopia in February. The five-day training event is focusing on the practical implementation of the knowledge and insights gained during the 2018 edition. It is an excellent occasion …
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. …
