Pakistan and Kuwait to Collaborate in Disaster Mitigation and Utilizing Satellite Technology

The Ambassador of Kuwait to Pakistan recently met with the Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to discuss potential strategies for participative investment in pre-disaster planning and management.

66th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS): 2023

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The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) was set up by the General Assembly in 1959 to govern the exploration and use of space for the benefit of all humanity: for peace, security and development. The Committee was tasked with reviewing international cooperation in peaceful uses of outer space, studying space-related activities that could be undertaken by the United Nations, encouraging space research programmes, and studying legal problems arising from the exploration of outer space.

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Ghana's pledge of a new National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment

Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is undertaking a new National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment in collaboration with the University of Hawaii's Pacific Disaster Center (PDC). This new assessment responds to the initiative of further developing Ghana's risk reduction capacity concerning multiple hazards.

WMO publishes State of the Global Climate report for 2022

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has launched its "State of the Global Climate 2022" annual report on April 21, 2023. The report focuses on key climate indicators, such as greenhouse gases, sea level rise, temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea ice and glaciers, and highlights the impacts of climate change and exteme weather. 

Anticipatory Action in 2022: A Global Overview

The Anticipation Hub has published this week the "Anticipatory Action in 2022: A Global Overview" annual report that captures for the first time the scale of anticipatory action worldwide. The report discusses how the scope of anticipatory action expanded in 2022, in terms of hazards, triggers in place, and anticipatory actions implemented. It also shows how 35 countries implemented anticipatory actions in 2022 and are ready to act ahead of forecast hazards.

Webinar on Remote Sensing for Flood Risk and Hazard Management

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The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) is organizing a continuation of the EO&GEO Series with the online webinar "Remote Sensing for Flood Risk and Hazard Management", taking place online on May 11. In this webinar, three internationally recognized experts will present some of the great developments in the areas of hydrology and flood management, discussing recent advances in topography, flood modeling, discharge measurements, and flood disaster mapping.<

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Singapore Technologies Engineering Launches Satellite to Monitor Natural Disasters and Climate Change

ST Engineering has launched its first polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) satellite, TeLEOS-2, in partnership with Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency. The satellite is capable of capturing high-resolution day and night images under all-weather conditions, with full polarimetry for a wider range of satellite data applications, offering enhanced and wider coverage of major shipping routes and disaster-prone regions. TeLEOS-2 weighs 750kg and was successfully launched at 4.50 pm Singapore time from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, India.

AI4Copernicus 2023: Earth Observation & Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Climate Change Challenges

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The Copernicus Relays of Luxembourg and Belgium have the pleasure of inviting you to the 3rd edition of the AI4Copernicus event, focussing on “Earth Observation & Artificial Intelligence solutions for climate change challenges”, which will take place on May 25 onsite (Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg) and online.

The event will touch upon several topics, such as: 

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Space Cooperation: Copernicus Capacity Support Action Programme for the Philippines

The first space cooperation agreement taking place in South-East Asia, the Copernicus Capacity Support Action Programme for the Philippines (CopPhil), launched this week, on 24 April 2023. The contribution agreement was signed by the European Commission and the European Space Agency, with the aim to build a natio