This year's UN Maps Conference was organized with a focus on the UN 2.0 vision, which aims to modernize the United Nations system by integrating cutting-edge skills and a forward-thinking culture to better achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
CRTS, UN-SPIDER, the International Charter, ESA, CNES and SERTIT organize training course in Rabat, Morocco, on space-based information for disaster response efforts.
On 08 May 2024, the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States issued a Watch related to a category 4 severe geomagnetic storm that is impacting the planet as of 10 May 2024. Image courtesy of the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Germany - The Center for Remote Sensing for Land Surfaces (ZFL) – has provided a new practical use case demonstrating the effective utilization of the Copernicus Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS)
The international conference attracted professionals from Africa, Asia and Latin America to take note of advances developed by the space community and other international and regional organizations to improved early warning systems worldwide.