Each year, the RFSD serves as the region’s official input to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the UN’s main platform for global follow-up on the 2030 Agenda. The report from the 2025 RFSD will document regional progress, challenges,
ARSET Application of Earth Observations for Assessing Waterborne Disease Risk Training: 25-27 March
Waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio are caused by contaminated drinking water and poor sanitation. Inadequate management of urban, industrial, and agricultural wastewater worsens water quality in water bodies, introducing chemicals and exacerbating growth of
56th Session of the UN Statistical Commission: 4-7 March
The 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) will be held in New York from 4-7 March 2025. The UN Statistical Commission is the highest decision-making body for international statistical activities and is responsible for setting statistical standards
NASA ARSET QGIS Spectral Indices for Land and Acquatic Applications: 27 Feb
This 1.5hr online training session on February 27 will provide an overview of spectral indices for land and aquatic applications as they are calculated with a QGIS platform. Specifically, this training will begin with an introduction to the Normalized Difference
ESA BioSpace25: 10-14 February
BIOSPACE25 is the first international conference exclusively dedicated to the application of Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) across the various dimensions of biodiversity, and addressing the use of Earth Observations in all realms, from terrestrial, freshwater, coastal to marine ecosystems. The BIOSPACE25 conference aims to present
2025 American Meterological Society Annual Meeting: January 12-16
The AMS 2025 Annual Meeting will be held in New Orleans, Lousiana this month to hold symposia based upon the theme “Towards a Thriving Planet: Charting the Course Across Scales”. The 105th annual meeting will be an opportunity for researchers,
AGU 2024: 9-13 December
The 2024 American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting is taking place in Washington, D.C. for thousands across the geosciences to gather and present on innovative, impactful research & policy efforts. Themed What’s Next for Science, this hybrid conference will allow scientists,
5th World Data Forum: 12-15 November
The United Nations World Data Forum, UNWDF 2024 is the most important event of the international data and statistics community. Held every two years in different countries, it convenes experts in data and statistics from governments, civil society, private sector,
UN-Habitat 12th World Urban Forum: 4-8 November
The World Urban Forum (WUF) was established in 2001 by the United Nations to address one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. Convened by
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:
