The GEO EO4SDG Initiative will hold its third Annual Meeting on the margins of the Ninth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM9) on August 5, 2019 at the UN Headquarters in New
Updates from the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly
More than 3000 participants representing member states, United Nations Agencies, local government authorities and non-state actors including civil society, youth and women group, the private sector and the academia attended the first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya,
GEO SDG Awards: Nominations Deadline Extended to July 15
There is still time to submit nominations for the GEO SDG Awards Program to help recognize innovation in the use of Earth observations to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The deadline is extended to July 15, 2019. Award
Announcing GEO SDG Awards Program To Recognize Innovation
GEO launches Awards Programme to recognize innovation for the SDGs and individual excellence in Earth observation.
Panel on Earth Observations for SDG – Living Planet Symposium 2019
The Panel on “Earth Observations for SDG Indicators” will take place on May 15, 2019 as part of the ESA Living Planet Symposium. The session will include senior representatives from key organizations (Space Agencies, UN agencies, National Statistical Offices, Development
50th Session of the UN Statistical Commission
The UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) will hold its 50th session on March 5-8 with a focus on ‘Better data, better lives’. The UNSC brings together Chief Statisticians from UN Member States, and is the highest decision-making body for international statistical
Copernicus for SDG (Cop4SDGs)
The Agenda 2030 provides a framework to make life on our planet better and more sustainable for our future generations. It consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), divided into 169 targets and approximately 232 indicators which relate to all
CEOS SDG Awareness Webinar
The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy and the CEOS Ad Hoc Team on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) held an SDG Awareness Webinar on December 19, 2018.
EO4SDG Side Meeting at GEO-XV
On October 29, EO4SDG held a side meeting featuring representatives from GEO member countries and participating organizations, national governments, the United Nations, civil society, international initiatives and research organizations, and academia, as part of the GEO Week 2018 in Kyoto,
EO4SDG Session at UN World Data Forum
The second UN World Data Forum will be hosted by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority of the United Arab Emirates from 22 to 24 October 2018 in Dubai. On October 23, EO4SDG will host a session on Earth Observation Applications