More than 130 experts and participants from over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean, among them high-level representatives of the United Nations and German Astronaut Alexander Gerst, are convening in Bonn for the United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation. The conference will be held from 26 to 28 May 2015 to discuss the importance of satellite-based Earth observation in climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development for the post-2015 period. The event is organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
2015 is a key year at the global level and in the context of the United Nations. Various global summits will shape a post-2015 development agenda through which nations worldwide will jointly embark on new paths to end poverty, promote prosperity and well-being for all, protect the environment, address climate change and reduce disaster risks.
Most notable among the processes launched in 2015 are these three:
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction agreed upon in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan and valid for the period 2015-2030
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A post-Kyoto global agreement on climate change which will be decided upon by world leaders in Paris in December 2015
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be agreed upon in September in New York. They are a new set of targets for economic, social and environmental development which are building on the Millennium Development Goals.
Satellite technologies can be a key in ensuring the successful implementation of these three frameworks. The data that satellites can collect from space provides vital input to decision-making processes as well as to monitoring and evaluation efforts. With such inputs, nations and societies can stay on track in achieving global goals and implement their national plans with regards to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation and sustainable development in its various dimensions, such as hunger, poverty or health.
The United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation aims at bridging the gap between Earth observation experts and decision makers to find Earth observation solutions that match the challenges of governments in societies at risk – with a special focus on disaster risk reduction, climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. The conference will serve as a platform to facilitate the coordination of this open group to help developing countries in their efforts to institutionalize the use of space-based information. … read more
Source: Press release of the United Nations Organizations in Bonn from 26.05.2015
More than 130 experts and participants from over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean, among them high-level representatives of the United Nations and German Astronaut Alexander Gerst, are convening in Bonn for the United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation. The conference will be held from 26 to 28 May 2015 to discuss the importance of satellite-based Earth observation in climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development for the post-2015 period. The event is organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
2015 is a key year at the global level and in the context of the United Nations. Various global summits will shape a post-2015 development agenda through which nations worldwide will jointly embark on new paths to end poverty, promote prosperity and well-being for all, protect the environment, address climate change and reduce disaster risks.
Most notable among the processes launched in 2015 are these three:
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction agreed upon in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan and valid for the period 2015-2030
-
A post-Kyoto global agreement on climate change which will be decided upon by world leaders in Paris in December 2015
-
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be agreed upon in September in New York. They are a new set of targets for economic, social and environmental development which are building on the Millennium Development Goals.
Satellite technologies can be a key in ensuring the successful implementation of these three frameworks. The data that satellites can collect from space provides vital input to decision-making processes as well as to monitoring and evaluation efforts. With such inputs, nations and societies can stay on track in achieving global goals and implement their national plans with regards to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation and sustainable development in its various dimensions, such as hunger, poverty or health.
The United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation aims at bridging the gap between Earth observation experts and decision makers to find Earth observation solutions that match the challenges of governments in societies at risk – with a special focus on disaster risk reduction, climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. The conference will serve as a platform to facilitate the coordination of this open group to help developing countries in their efforts to institutionalize the use of space-based information. … read more
Source: Press release of the United Nations Organizations in Bonn from 26.05.2015