UNOOSA 2024 Space4Youth Essay Competition

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The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), in collaboration with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), launched the fifth edition of the Space4Youth Essay Competition! The Competition targets students and young professionals with the aim to highlight governance practices and experiences on the sustainable use of outer space to address the needs of the present in a manner that protects the interests of future generations.

University of Glasgow Research: Satellite Analysis of Rivers Could Provide Improved Flood Warnings

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have pioneered a method for monitoring river flows using satellite analysis, offering an advanced early warning system for flood risk. Current methods rely on expensive and challenging-to-install stream gauges, limiting coverage, especially in remote areas. The Glasgow researchers utilized video footage from a Chinese satellite to measure river discharge during a February 2022 flood along a 12-mile section of Australia's Darling River.

Introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) for Remote Sensing Analysis

This is event is available for participation on an ongoing basis

Google Earth Engine (GEE) is an example of a cloud-based image service that combines an extensive archive of satellite imagery, historical and current, with application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow analysis to be performed on this imagery without having to move it to the user’s desktop.

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The AgroInformatics Team from the Digitalization and Informatics Division (CSI) of the FAO is launching a new series of interactive trainings, on “Introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) for remote sensing analysis”.

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The course is dedicated to beginner users that want to understand how to write scripts in Google Earth Engine
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A minimum understanding of remote sensing principles is recommended, familiarity with scripting languages is a plus.

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01/18/2024, 12:00am - 05/02/2024, 12:00am
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World Economic Forum Published The Global Risks Report 2024

The Global Risks Report explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict. As cooperation comes under pressure, weakened economies and societies may only require the smallest shock to edge past the tipping point of resilience.  

IIRS Outreach Programme on "Geodata Processing using Python"

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About the Course

Today large amount of satellite imagery and geospatial data collected from different sources is available at free of cost. Satellite imagery combined with power of Geographic information System can be a great tool for supporting environmental management, disasters, global climate change, natural resources, wildlife, land cover and many other applications.

Processing this vast amount of data in time and space efficient manner and deriving useful information and knowledge from data is one of the most challenging aspect of geospatial technology.

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The candidates who want to participate in the course should be a student of final year undergraduate course or postgraduate course (any year). Technical/Scientific Staff of Central/State Government/Faculty/researchers at university/institutions are also eligible to apply for this course. Applications of participants have to be duly sponsored by university/institute and forwarded through coordinators from respective centres.
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01/15/2024, 12:00am - 01/19/2024, 12:00am
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Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS)

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

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Copernicus: Highlights of 2023 - "A Year of Earth Observation Milestones"

In 2023, Copernicus celebrated its 25th anniversary with events across Europe. The year marked significant achievements, including the integration of nine EU startups, the launch of the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) for enhanced data accessibility, and the establishment of four Copernicus Thematic Hubs focusing on health, coastal areas, energy, and the Arctic. 

UNCCD launched Global Drought Snapshot report - Drought data shows “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has released a report titled 'Global Drought Snapshot' at the COP28 climate talks in the UAE. The report highlights the severity of human-induced droughts, describing it as an unprecedented planetary emergency. Droughts, often unnoticed and silent, are identified as a hazard that claims numerous lives, causes substantial economic losses, and impacts various sectors of societies.

UN/Austria World Space Forum 2023

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Global warming, loss of biodiversity, food insecurity, pollution - the situation regarding the health of our planet is as serious as it is complex. Major global shocks have shown our vulnerability and set back the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The global community noticed that our collective problem-solving mechanisms do not match the pace or scale of the challenges we face. Today's complex, interconnected, and rapidly changing world requires a more effective multilateral system and strong inclusion of effective innovative tools.

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12/12/2023, 12:00am - 12/14/2023, 12:00am
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Vienna

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of Austria (BMK)

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria (BMEIA)

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