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Cover of the IFRC World Disasters Report 2020. Image: Indian Red Cross Society.
19 Nov 2020
World Disasters Report 2020 highlights role of smart financing and space-based information in humanitarian response
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16) captured this image of Eta around on November 3. Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
16 Nov 2020
UN-SPIDER supports disaster response efforts to Hurricane Eta in Central America
GMES and Africa logo.
11 Nov 2020
GMES & Africa launches online learning platform
Screenshot of the Living Textbook tool.
25 Oct 2020
EO4GEO project releases Body of Knowledge for Earth observation and geographic information
UN-SPIDER online training strengthens flood mapping capacity in Nigeria
24 Oct 2020
UN-SPIDER online training strengthens flood mapping capacity in Nigeria
International Charter Space and Major Disasters marks 20th anniversary
21 Oct 2020
International Charter Space and Major Disasters marks 20th anniversary
UNOOSA and Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the Pacific launch online course on Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management
13 Oct 2020
UNOOSA and Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the Pacific launch online course on Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management
UNOOSA and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev agree to establish UN-SPIDER RSO in Israel
12 Oct 2020
UNOOSA and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev agree to establish UN-SPIDER RSO in Israel
On 20 May 2020, the Copernicus Sentinel Mission captured this image of Cyclone Amphan making landfall over Bangladesh. Image: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
2 Oct 2020
Registrations open for virtual United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
WSF2015 subset including India and vast part of Eastern and South Eastern Asia. Credit: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
30 Sep 2020
New free map product shows settlement structure with 10m resolution

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