Reece Williams leads the Earth Science Review Board at NASA Lifelines and coordinates their communication across platforms. He is a consultant at DevGlobal, where he delivers solutions across agriculture, geospatial, and event management sectors. Alongside Lifelines, Reece has worked extensively
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:
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
The HLPF in 2024, without prejudice to the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Sustainable Development Goals, will review in-depth: Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; Goal
