The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 ambitious targets adopted by the United Nations in 2015, aimed at addressing poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation. As of 2023, progress towards achieving these goals has been mixed. While some...
New resources including data sets, tools, case studies, and methodologies in support of Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements, are now available in the Group on Earth Observations Knowledge Hub (GKH). GKH is a central cloud-based digital...
The TerraWatch Space podcast invited Dr. Argyro Kavvada, Executive Director of EO4SDG to discuss how Earth observations support achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. In this episode, host Aravind Ravichandran and Dr. Kavvada discuss her story, her work at NASA,...
Launched in 2019, the GEO SDG Awards, led by the EO4SDG initiative, recognize institutions, organizations, and countries that are applying Earth observations towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We are pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual GEO...
Earth science knowledge enables applications of satellite and other data on topics from sustainable development to climate change to disaster risk reduction – that’s the focus of a new book edited by Argyro Kavvada of the Applied Sciences Program. Titled...
