Posted on October 2, 2017 by Mariangela
Following the visit to Centre Regional AGRHYMET the EO4SD Water team continued the African user consultations with back-to-back workshops in Djibouti and Lusaka from 20th to 30th of September. In Djibouti, the team met with key stakeholders to the...
Posted on September 20, 2017 by Mariangela
From 12th to 14th of September, the EO4SD on Water resources was gathering more than 20 stakeholders at Centre Regional AGRHYMET in Niamey (Niger). The purpose of the workshop was to review, discuss and approve the Earth...
Posted on September 5, 2017 by Mariangela
In 2016 the ESA’s EO for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) initiative expanded to include dedicated activities in Europe’s eastern neighbourhood. This move brought new perspectives to development cooperation opportunities especially for the ESA’s new member states in terms...
Posted on September 5, 2017 by Mariangela
From 2 to 4 May, 2017 the EO4SD was in Dar es Salaam to present and discuss how Earth Observation can support the Zambezi Watercourse Commissions (ZAMCOM). The meeting was attended by ZAMCOM’s members of the Joint...
Posted on August 13, 2017 by Mariangela
On the theme “Global perspectives for the future of SAWAP”, the city of Accra (Ghana) became the centre of discussion for topics regarding the Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP) in support of the Great Green Wall...
Posted on July 24, 2017 by Mariangela
Challenges to agricultural production and food security in Africa have been widely documented. In order to tackle them, the Global Environment Facility has recently launched a IAP program to foster sustainability and resilience for food security. ESA’s...
Posted on April 24, 2017 by Mariangela
Flood history mapping is one of the products included in the EO4SD-Urban project portfolio. In this framework, multitemporal Sentinel-1 radar imagery has been used for continuously delineating flooded zones in the area of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) between...
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Mariangela
In the late 18th century, when global population did not even reach 1 billion, Robert Thomas Malthus wrote an essay that popularised the idea that the growth of population would eventually outrun the increase in food production...
Posted on April 4, 2017 by Mariangela
Dr. T. Häusler from GAF AG, the Lead for the EO4SD-Urban project presented the European Space Agency (ESA) supported programme at the World Bank Land & Poverty Conference, which took place at Washington DC (USA) on 20-24...
Posted on November 22, 2016 by Mariangela
The WB team implementing the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience delivered a webinar titled “PPCR Learning Series: Session 5 – Climate Resilience & Earth Observation” on 27 September 2016. This focused on how connecting climate services with Earth...