On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, EO4SDG participated in a high-level side event on Data and Technology to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: Tackling Global Threats and Ensuring a Better Future for Us All, co-organized by the governments of Kenya, Colombia, Ghana and
The EO4SDG Initiative, in collaboration with the GEO Secretariat and CEOS, developed a primer on Sustainable Development Goal 2, End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
The EO4SDG Initiative will hold a group meeting on October 27, 2017, upon completion of the GEO Week 2017. The Group meeting will focus primarily on: key achievements, activities, and lessons during 2016-2017; review of items and findings from Side Event
This training is a side meeting during the Geo Week 2017 and aims to address how NASA satellite observations can be used to address UN Sustainable Development Goals related to water quality, specifically Goal 6. The training will provide an overview of
On 23-27 October 2017, the Group on Earth Observations community will come together at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. for GEO Week 2017. The Plenary is preceded by Side Events organized through the GEO
The GEO secretariat, in collaboration with the EO4SDG co-chairs and secretariat, published an article in the Geo-Spatial Information Science on the value and contributions of Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals.
A central part of GEO’s Mission is to build the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). GEOSS is a set of coordinated, independent Earth observation, information and processing systems that interact and provide access to diverse information for a
During this training event, held at the 2017 United Nations High Level Political Forum, participants learned about the challenges countries face in addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and about several unique methods being developed and piloted to enable use of
The 2017 SIT Technical Workshop took place in Frascati, Italy during 11-14 September, 2017. The Strategic Implementation Team (SIT) Technical Workshop was intended to review CEOS progress against the CEOS 2017-2019 Work Plan, to prepare topics for CEOS 2017 Plenary,
Learning how to apply satellite data to estimate total forest area and forest change: A June 2017 NASA webinar enabled participants to learn how satellite data can be applied to address Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerning forestation. The webinar demonstrated
