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Author: Utsav Maden, Knowledge Management and Communication Officer, ICIMOD

The United Nations Workshop on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction was organized jointly by the Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-SPIDER) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in close cooperation with the Ministry of Emergency Management of People's Republic of China, Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO), Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Thailand, and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

This is an excerpt from a press release from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published on 12 January 2023. Find the full press release here.

The past eight years were the warmest on record globally, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat, according to six leading international temperature datasets consolidated by the World Meteorological Organization.

This is an excerpt from an article by NASA Earth Science, Applied Sciences.

Floods are among the most deadly and destructive disasters worldwide, and climate change has only increased their severity. To make matters worse, many smaller communities lack the tools they need to detect and respond to floods, leaving them vulnerable to the full force of their impacts.

The Egyptian Society for Environmental Change, Matrouh University, Delta State University together with UN-SPIDER organised a workshop on "Combating Disaster and Climate Change in Arid Regions Using Space-based and Geospatial Technologies".