The upcoming Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015 is expected to bring together more than 6,000 stakeholders from government agencies, international and regional organizations, the private sector, civil society and non-government agencies. Its main outcome is expected to be a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (Hyogo Framework for Action 2 – HFA-2).
Recognizing the relevance of such a global event, UN-SPIDER has been working with more than 15 partners from the Earth Observation community and from UN and other international, regional and national organizations from Asia, Africa, America, the Caribbean and Europe to promote the use of Space-based information at WCDRR. In doing so, in September 2014, UN-SPIDER and several partners have approached selected government agencies requesting their support to ensure that specific texts on the use of Earth Observation and Space-based information find their way into the HFA-2 resolution, as it has already been done in paragraph 18 c) of the pre-zero draft.
Several indicators have been proposed as part of the monitoring system that will accompany HFA-2. UN-SPIDER has therefore elaborated jointly with GEO, CEOS, JAXA, DLR and UNOSAT suggestions on how specific Earth Observation products and satellite imagery, in combination with data and information from the World Bank, the United Nations and other institutions, can contribute to these indicators.
In addition, UN-SPIDER and its partners have approached the organizers of WCDRR with the request to conduct a working session dedicated to the use of Earth Observation to support national and local disaster-risk reduction initiatives. Subsequent efforts will be made during the coming months, in particular during the Second Preparatory Committee Meeting to take place in Geneva in November.
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More UN-SPIDER News are available in the September 2014 Updates:
Click here to read or download the Updates on the Knowledge Portal
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER Beijing Conference “Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment” successfully concluded
- China: UN-SPIDER Training Course on Space Technologies for Drought Monitoring
- UN-SPIDER hosts joint Workshop on Remote Sensing and Multi-Risk Modelling for Disaster Management
- New in the UN-SPIDER team: Dr. Joachim Post
- UN-SPIDER participates in Asia-Pacific Policy Makers Dialogue
- Disaster Risk Reduction: On the way to WCDRR
- UN-SPIDER participates in 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
- Sri Lanka: UN-SPIDER to conduct training programme in November
- Viet Nam: UN-SPIDER Workshop and Exercises scheduled in November
Dataset of the month
News from our Regional Support Offices
News from our Community
- Disaster statistics: 22 million people displaced in 2013
- SWIR sensor: Seeing through active fire smoke
- Ethiopia plans to launch own satellite
- NASA: High-resolution topographic data soon available globally
- International Charter activated twice in September 2014
- International Charter: Website relaunched
- DMCii upgrades its data centre
- Russia to cooperate with China on satellite navigation
- Radar Images: Sentinel-1A maps California earthquake
- UN establishes Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution
- Disaster Resilience Journal: 42 Days of Disaster Resilience
Upcoming events
- 20-23 October 2014, Ensenada, Mexico: UN/Mexico Symposium on Basic Space Technology: “Making Space Technology Accessible and Affordable”
- 23-24 October 2014, Berlin, Germany: Satellite Masters Conference
- 11-14 November 2014, Libreville, Gabon: GEO-XI Plenary
- 8-9 January 2015, Uttar Pradesh, India: Second International Space Conference 2015
The upcoming Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015 is expected to bring together more than 6,000 stakeholders from government agencies, international and regional organizations, the private sector, civil society and non-government agencies. Its main outcome is expected to be a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (Hyogo Framework for Action 2 – HFA-2).
Recognizing the relevance of such a global event, UN-SPIDER has been working with more than 15 partners from the Earth Observation community and from UN and other international, regional and national organizations from Asia, Africa, America, the Caribbean and Europe to promote the use of Space-based information at WCDRR. In doing so, in September 2014, UN-SPIDER and several partners have approached selected government agencies requesting their support to ensure that specific texts on the use of Earth Observation and Space-based information find their way into the HFA-2 resolution, as it has already been done in paragraph 18 c) of the pre-zero draft.
Several indicators have been proposed as part of the monitoring system that will accompany HFA-2. UN-SPIDER has therefore elaborated jointly with GEO, CEOS, JAXA, DLR and UNOSAT suggestions on how specific Earth Observation products and satellite imagery, in combination with data and information from the World Bank, the United Nations and other institutions, can contribute to these indicators.
In addition, UN-SPIDER and its partners have approached the organizers of WCDRR with the request to conduct a working session dedicated to the use of Earth Observation to support national and local disaster-risk reduction initiatives. Subsequent efforts will be made during the coming months, in particular during the Second Preparatory Committee Meeting to take place in Geneva in November.
Read full story: WCDRR
More UN-SPIDER News are available in the September 2014 Updates:
Click here to read or download the Updates on the Knowledge Portal
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER Beijing Conference “Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment” successfully concluded
- China: UN-SPIDER Training Course on Space Technologies for Drought Monitoring
- UN-SPIDER hosts joint Workshop on Remote Sensing and Multi-Risk Modelling for Disaster Management
- New in the UN-SPIDER team: Dr. Joachim Post
- UN-SPIDER participates in Asia-Pacific Policy Makers Dialogue
- Disaster Risk Reduction: On the way to WCDRR
- UN-SPIDER participates in 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
- Sri Lanka: UN-SPIDER to conduct training programme in November
- Viet Nam: UN-SPIDER Workshop and Exercises scheduled in November
Dataset of the month
News from our Regional Support Offices
News from our Community
- Disaster statistics: 22 million people displaced in 2013
- SWIR sensor: Seeing through active fire smoke
- Ethiopia plans to launch own satellite
- NASA: High-resolution topographic data soon available globally
- International Charter activated twice in September 2014
- International Charter: Website relaunched
- DMCii upgrades its data centre
- Russia to cooperate with China on satellite navigation
- Radar Images: Sentinel-1A maps California earthquake
- UN establishes Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution
- Disaster Resilience Journal: 42 Days of Disaster Resilience
Upcoming events
- 20-23 October 2014, Ensenada, Mexico: UN/Mexico Symposium on Basic Space Technology: “Making Space Technology Accessible and Affordable”
- 23-24 October 2014, Berlin, Germany: Satellite Masters Conference
- 11-14 November 2014, Libreville, Gabon: GEO-XI Plenary
- 8-9 January 2015, Uttar Pradesh, India: Second International Space Conference 2015