News and Events

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 technology providers, experts in remote sensing, satellite navigation and satellite communication experts, disaster risk specialists, policy makers, disaster responders and academia. In doing so, UN-SPIDER regularly compiles and makes available news and events from these different communities.

Flood inundation map developed using Sentinel-1 satellite data, as part of the rapid mapping response under the SERVIR-HKH Initiative at ICIMOD. Map: Kabir Uddin/ICIMOD.
ICIMOD maps floods during South Asian monsoon
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Les Cayes, southern Haiti, 5 October 2016 after Hurricane Matthew has struck the area. Image: Jethro J. Sérémé / American Red Cross / IFRC.
IFRC says humanitarian need could double without urgent action on climate change
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FSSCat. Image: UPC.
New ESA satellite uses AI to make data delivery more efficient
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Participants at the UN-SPIDER Beijing conference. , Head of the UN-SPIDER Beijing office, Shirish Ravan, addresses the audience. , Participants at the UN-SPIDER Beijing conference. , Participants at the UN-SPIDER Beijing conference. ,
UN-SPIDER Beijing conference explores role of space technologies in disaster…
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Participant during the training.
UN-SPIDER co-organizes International Charter training in Beijing
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International training at the Regional Centre for Space Science Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (RCSSTEAP) based at Beihang University, Beijing.
Beijing international training programme focuses on use of space-based…
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UN-SPIDER mission team at the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI). , UN-SPIDER mission team presents on GIS and remote sensing for disaster managment to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Commission.
UN-SPIDER strengthens use of space data for drought early warning in Ethiopia
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Dengue fever forecasting system makes use of Earth observation data
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A photo of Mt. Etna erupting on 30 October 2002, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Image: NASA Earth Observatory/Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center.
German research team uses satellites and AI technology to monitor volcanoes
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This map shows the ground motion during the six months following the earthquake that struck the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi on 28 September 2018, and was obtained by processing Copernicus Sentinel-1 images acquired between October 2018 and April 2019. Image: ESA/contains Copernicus Sentinel data (2018–19), processed by Planetek Rheticus Service.
European Space Agency and Asian Development Bank help Indonesia with rebuilding…
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