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UN-SPIDER Updates April 2018

Click here to read or download a pdf version
of the April 2018 Updates (365 kb).

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance
  • UN-SPIDER participates in 2nd Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
  •  UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission follow-up and national training programme in Sri Lanka
New resources
  • New tool for global severe index allows climate community to assess meteorological drought by terrestrial water storage
News from the community
  • Using new techniques in Greece to track the effects of flooding
  • CEOS publishes handbook on how Earth observation can support implementation of the SDGs
  • European Union launches latest Earth observation satellite able to track disasters
  • European Commission and India to share satellite data
  • China launches satellites for disaster warning and emergency response
  • Using GPM software to track cyclone rainfall
  • India and France to strengthen cooperation on satellite missions
  • International Charter activated for Russian Federation flooding in the Volgogradskaya

 

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 12:00
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