The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have co-authored a publication which emphasizes the importance of space technologies in ...

Registration is now open for the 4th Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting. This online event will take place on April 2nd and 3rd, 2025, from ...

UN-SPIDER aims to bridge the gap between the various communities involved in using space-based information for disaster risk management and emergency response. These communities include satellite ...

Digital twin technology is increasingly being used to simulate the effects of sea level rise, providing valuable tools for decision-makers in areas such as urban planning, coastal management, and ...

The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is a Cooperative Institute formed through a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), ...

Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is a European Union-led initiative for the implementation of information services dealing with environment and security. GMES is based on ...

Its mission is to ensure the right to health of the inhabitants of Guatemala, exercising the leadership of the health sector through conduction, coordination and regulation of the health services, and ...

The UN-SPIDER Recommended Practice on flood hazard mapping shows how GIS and modelling are used to calculate simulated inundation areas based on land use, soil, elevation, and meteorological data.

A Regional Support Office (RSO) is a regional or national centre of expertise that is set up within an existing entity by a Member State or group of Member States that have put forward an offer to set ...

The Centre National de l'Information Géo-Spatiale (CNIGS) is a public agency in Haiti, within the Ministry of Planning. The mission of the Centre is to generate and disseminate geographic information ...

Who are the users of space technology in disaster risk management and disaster response? What is the context of their daily work? What are their needs and challenges? The Risks and Disasters section ...