UN-SPIDER has released a new Recommended Practice that improves flood mapping by integrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched its flagship Biomass satellite on 29 April 2025 at 06:15 local time (11:15 CEST) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega-C ...

Spacecraft orbiting Earth play a vital role in monitoring climate change, enabling global communication and navigation, and advancing scientific research. However, many of these orbits are becoming ...

Across the globe, natural hazards have triggered widespread death and destruction, with the human and economic impact of disasters continuing to rise. Despite ongoing advancements in disaster risk ...

From 20th to 24th October, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the African Union Commission (AUC), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Republic of ...

A new report from the United Nations, titled "Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters", urges countries to adopt a forensic approach to studying disasters in order to ...

In a new multi-agency report, United in Science, coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) underscores in its contribution ...

EO College announced the launch of a new online course: Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation. This course is now available to the public, completely free of charge. The EO College is ...

Senegal has taken a significant step in its journey towards technological sovereignty with the successful launch of its first satellite, Gaindesat-1A. The earth observation nanosatellite was launched ...

The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has released its latest report titled "2023 Disasters in Numbers: A Significant Year of Disaster Impact", shedding light on the ...

UN-SPIDER launched a new publication: “Space-based Technologies for Early Warning Systems” during its currently ongoing conference. You can access the pdf version ...

For six years in Northern Africa and two years in Europe, persistent droughts have caused critical impacts such as water shortages and decreased vegetation growth. In the midst of winter, the ongoing ...