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🚨Registration open for the UN Conference on Space-based Tech for Disaster Risk Reduction!🌍 📅 Nov 19-21, 2024 📍 Beijing, China Focus: Early Warnings for All & the role of space tech in MHEWS 🌪️🛰️ 🔗 More information and registration: indico.un.org/event/1013325/

🌍Facing increasing natural disasters, UNOOSA and Uni Bonn renew their partnership to enhance disaster management in Africa using space-based solutions. We're committed to making these solutions more accessible & actionable. 🤝 More in the press release: unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressr…

🚀 Exciting News! Registration is now open for the World Space Forum 2024! 🌍 📅 Dec 3-5, 2024 📍 Bonn, Germany "Sustainable Space for Sustainability on Earth" - join global leaders to explore how space tech can drive sustainable development. Registration details below 👇

🚀 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🚀 We are looking for a Scientific Affairs Officer (Head of UN-SPIDER Bonn Office, P4) to join the dynamic team at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and its UN-SPIDER Office in Bonn. More information ➡️ bit.ly/4cSPBQf

❗️NEW PUBLICATION❗️ Check out UN-SPIDER’s flagship publication on Space Technologies for Early Warning Systems, which includes more than 80 case studies provided by experts, industry, and governments. Satellites can save lives. 📖 Link to publication: un-spider.org/sites/default/…

💫Do you want to win the opportunity to go to Space Camp?🌎 📣The 5th #Space4Youth Essay Competition is now open!✨🚀 🌐 Apply now and shape the future of space! 🚀👩‍🚀 More info ➡ shorturl.at/aelN4 📆 Deadline for abstracts: 11 Feb @SGAC #SpaceSustainability @usunvie

📢Call for abstracts and applications for the UN/Costa Rica/PSIPW Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water Management in San José, 7-10 May 2024! 📅Apply for funding by 24 January 2024 Register👉ow.ly/pMRO50QcqqN More details💻ow.ly/sOA150QcqqL

In response to the escalating threats posed by natural and man-made disasters worldwide, UN-SPIDER and the ZFL of the University of Bonn organize the UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference, 12-14 March 2024. Information and registration link here: bit.ly/3Tridsu

Our 🌍 is headed towards a risky future. We are on course to cross #RiskTippingPoints. Beyond these points, our systems will fundamentally change. What can we do to change our current trajectory? Check out UNU-EHS new #InterconnectedRisks report : interconnectedrisks.org

These maps use radar and optical imagery to estimate flood areas in the lower Volta River area of Ghana, between 16 and 18 October: bit.ly/3rTdKnc

Our first map of the floods in Ghana uses #TerraSARX data to identify bodies of water around the lower Volta River as of 16 October: bit.ly/3rTdKnc Potentially flooded areas are highlighted in darker blue.

The Charter has been activated to provide satellite data over the floods in Ghana: bit.ly/3rTdKnc The floods were a result of Akosombo Dam overflowing.

📢Yesterday #Firelogue had the opportunity through @beyond_center, the Greece Regional Support Office of UN-SPIDER, to present the project and the LoF #Platform to the @UN_SPIDER - Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response.🛰️🔥 #dialogue

Today is International #AsteroidDay☄️! 🗓️115 years ago, the Tunguska event - the largest asteroid impact in recent history - devastated an area of 2,150 km2. This day is a reminder of the dangers lurking in outer space & the need to address them in cooperation. @asteroidday

🚀UNOOSA Annual Report 2022 is out! 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ was an eventful year of building capacities, advancing #genderequality, promoting #spacelaw, #sustainability & cooperation, enhancing disaster preparedness and so much more! Discover our activities 👉unoosa.org/oosa/en/aboutu…

@UN_SPIDER programme managed by UNOOSA advances access to space-based information to support the full disaster management cycle. #DYK NEO-related risks also fall under these efforts? See what the programme delivers for the benefit of all countries⬇️

🧵3/3 🤝We look forward to continuing working with the international community to advance the global understanding and preparedness to manage disaster risks and to achieve the pledges of the Sendai Framework by 2030. More about @UN_SPIDER👉 un-spider.org

🧵2/3 ❗️Data availability & access remain a challenge. #UNOOSA can play an important role in addressing these gaps, including through #EW4All. 📚Yesterday, we also helped launch the Words into Action Guide on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. 👉bit.ly/438C3KQ

@UN_SPIDER is attending the High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework convened by @UN_PGA🇺🇳 to renew commitments & accelerate the implementation of the Framework. 📢The message is clear - a lot remains to be done to achieve the agreed goals. 🧵1/3

🤩@UN_SPIDER family of Regional Support Offices is expanding! @UCLan becomes the 1st RSO in UK🇬🇧. We appreciate the support & welcome you to our community🤝. Together we will work on advancing disaster management & emergency response globally! Details👉bit.ly/42V9yjB