5SQ Profile: Monika Kuffer Where do you currently reside? Munich, Germany – a city with high quality of life in close proximity to the Alps. What organization do you work with and what is your title? I am a Professor
5SQ Profile: Monika Kuffer
16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity: 21 Oct – 1 Nov
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992 and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover all aspects of biological diversity:
7th UN-GGIM High Level Forum: 8-10 October
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), in collaboration with the Government of México through Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) will convene the Seventh High-level Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management
5SQ Profile: Corena Pincham
5SQ Profile: Corena Pincham Where did you grow up at? Cleveland, Ohio – It was a privilege growing up along Lake Erie, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world! My family’s home is settled within the regional parks
UN General Assembly Science Summit 2024: 10-27 September
The 10th annual Science Summit will take place at the 79th United Nations General Assembly from September 10-27 as an opportunity to showcase science collaboration for the Sustainable Development Goals. This series of events happening virtually and in New York
NASA ARSET Invasive Species Monitoring with Remote Sensing Training: 14-28 August
Invasive species costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars a year and can cause declines in ecosystem health. NASA data can be used to identify the impacts of invasive species including the extent, potential distribution, and impacts to affected ecosystems.
Leveraging Earth Observations to Achieve SDG 15: The Case of Costa Rica
Rafael Monge is a Costa Rican economist from the University of Costa Rica and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. He has dedicated over a decade to shaping environmental policy at Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and
14th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): 5-9 August
The UN-GGIM Committee provides a forum for coordination and dialogue with and among Member States and relevant international organizations on enhanced cooperation in the field of global geospatial information management for the achievement of its operations focused on the Sustainable
Call for Abstracts: AGU 2024 Session on EO-based Analytics and Assessments for SDGs
We invite you to submit an abstract to this Global Environmental Change session at the 2024 American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting! Co-convened by Executive Director Corena Pincham, this session will highlight remote sensing Earth observations and modeling systems that address
ARSET Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data Training: 23 Jul – 1 Aug
The United Nations has documented that drought frequency and duration have increased globally since 2000. According to this report 2.3 billion people around the world are currently facing water stress. Although droughts only represent 15% of natural disasters, they killed
