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
Update: The call for nominations is open now until July 15, 2022. The GEO Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) Initiative announces the GEO SDG Awards Programme 2022 to recognize productivity, innovation, novelty and exemplary efforts in the use of Earth observations to
Update: The Call for Nominations for the E04SDG Board are now closed. The board selections will be announced in May 2022. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) initiative is seeking nominations of
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 third annual
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015, with the aim of monitoring progress, informing policies, and ensuring accountability. Earth observations (EO) can support several targets and indicators in the UN SDG framework by providing
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The deadline for nominations has been extended to July 16, 2021. The call for nominations is now closed. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a universal set of priorities to use as a blueprint of action for people, the planet,
The use of Earth Observations (EO) represents an opportunity to obtain reliable, timely and continuous information, which, integrated with geospatial information and official statistics in the national information system, may allow direct support for the monitoring and measurement of Sustainable
Partnerships between Earth Observation and Statistical Communities for SDGs strongly encouraged at Special Session on SDGs at AOGEO Symposium The first Special Session of the 13th Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO) Symposium, which took place on the 3rd
Today the “Earth Observation Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements” was officially launched at a side event of the United Nations Statistical Commission. The event brought together actors and experts from both the statistical and geospatial communities and situated
