Two representatives of UN-SPIDER attended the second Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom2) related to the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), scheduled to take place in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. PrepCom2 took place on 17 and 18 November in Geneva and served to approve the Conference programme of work and develop the draft post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
During the first preparatory session in Geneva on 14 and 15 July 2014, participants had already agreed on a draft agenda and proposed rules of procedure for adoption regarding the WCDRR. Participants of the PrepCom sessions include representatives of Member States, intergovernmental organizations, UN system entities, NGOs, subnational governments and private sector entities. Since not all agenda items could be discussed and decided upon, a third Preparatory Committee will most likely be held.
UN-SPIDER has attended both PrepComs in order to raise awareness on the importance of satellite-based information for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction and to liaise with partners, including GEO, CEOS, UNITAR-UNOSAT and others, in preparation for a joint side-event during WCDRR and follow-up actions. Additionally, UN-SPIDER and its partners aim to incorporate the use of Earth observations data and products in several of the indicators that have already been proposed in the monitoring framework.
Source: UN SPIDER Updates November 2014
More information from and about UN SPIDER can be found in the November 2014 edition of the UN-SPIDER Updates.
Click here to read or download the Updates on the Knowledge Portal
In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER attended Second PrepCom for WCDRR
- UN-SPIDER participates in Group on Earth Observations Plenary held in Geneva
- Viet Nam: UN-SPIDER Workshop on geospatial information concluded
- Sri Lanka: UN-SPIDER workshop on Earth Observations and Floods
- UN-SPIDER participates in IWG-SEM autumn meeting
- UN-SPIDER participates in UN/China/APSCO Workshop on Space Law
- New UN-SPIDER Newsletter available
- UN-SPIDER efforts en route to Sendai
- UN-SPIDER and the UNESCO-IOC TRATE Project
Data application of the month
News from our Regional Support Offices
News from our Community
- Australia: Satellite imagery project to identify and track algae blooms
- Bangladesh: E-Library on Disaster Management
- ESA: Five years of soil moisture and ocean salinity mission
- Airbus Defence and Space adds DMCii data to its portfolio
- Japan: ASNARO Earth Observation satellite launched
- China plans to launch about 70 remote sensing satellites
- Missing Maps Project: Mapping the most vulnerable places in the world
- Ethiopian Mapping Agency re-established with a more holistic mandate
- World Humanitarian Summit 2016 to tackle humanitarian needs
- Franco-Haitian convention on satellite-based environmental monitoring signed
Upcoming events
- 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan: UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
- 12-16 October 2015, Pyeongchang, Korea: 6th International Wildland Fire Conference
Two representatives of UN-SPIDER attended the second Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom2) related to the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), scheduled to take place in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. PrepCom2 took place on 17 and 18 November in Geneva and served to approve the Conference programme of work and develop the draft post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
During the first preparatory session in Geneva on 14 and 15 July 2014, participants had already agreed on a draft agenda and proposed rules of procedure for adoption regarding the WCDRR. Participants of the PrepCom sessions include representatives of Member States, intergovernmental organizations, UN system entities, NGOs, subnational governments and private sector entities. Since not all agenda items could be discussed and decided upon, a third Preparatory Committee will most likely be held.
UN-SPIDER has attended both PrepComs in order to raise awareness on the importance of satellite-based information for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction and to liaise with partners, including GEO, CEOS, UNITAR-UNOSAT and others, in preparation for a joint side-event during WCDRR and follow-up actions. Additionally, UN-SPIDER and its partners aim to incorporate the use of Earth observations data and products in several of the indicators that have already been proposed in the monitoring framework.
Source: UN SPIDER Updates November 2014
More information from and about UN SPIDER can be found in the November 2014 edition of the UN-SPIDER Updates.
Click here to read or download the Updates on the Knowledge Portal
In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER attended Second PrepCom for WCDRR
- UN-SPIDER participates in Group on Earth Observations Plenary held in Geneva
- Viet Nam: UN-SPIDER Workshop on geospatial information concluded
- Sri Lanka: UN-SPIDER workshop on Earth Observations and Floods
- UN-SPIDER participates in IWG-SEM autumn meeting
- UN-SPIDER participates in UN/China/APSCO Workshop on Space Law
- New UN-SPIDER Newsletter available
- UN-SPIDER efforts en route to Sendai
- UN-SPIDER and the UNESCO-IOC TRATE Project
Data application of the month
News from our Regional Support Offices
News from our Community
- Australia: Satellite imagery project to identify and track algae blooms
- Bangladesh: E-Library on Disaster Management
- ESA: Five years of soil moisture and ocean salinity mission
- Airbus Defence and Space adds DMCii data to its portfolio
- Japan: ASNARO Earth Observation satellite launched
- China plans to launch about 70 remote sensing satellites
- Missing Maps Project: Mapping the most vulnerable places in the world
- Ethiopian Mapping Agency re-established with a more holistic mandate
- World Humanitarian Summit 2016 to tackle humanitarian needs
- Franco-Haitian convention on satellite-based environmental monitoring signed
Upcoming events