VIDEO: GDA Mid-Term Evaluation Webinar
As part of the Monitoring & Evaluation and Impact Assessment activity, in September 2024 Caribou Space published a mid-term evaluation of the GDA programme. On 4th December2024, a webinar was … Read more
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Climate Resilience
EO Data enhances vulnerability assessment of Georgia’s Black Sea coast
The European Space Agency (ESA) Global Development Assistance (GDA) Climate Resilience Consortium has partnered with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Improved Coastal Management and Coastal Protection team to support Georgia’s … Read more
partnership
Tackling the Sargassum Challenge: Reflections on the Conference on Sargassum
In early October, Fabio Cian, the ESA representative to the World Bank, had the privilege of attending the Second EU-Caribbean Global Gateway Conference on Sargassum in Grenada, eastern Caribbean, as … Read more
M&E
ESA Global Development Assistance Mid-term Evaluation
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activity of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Global Development Assistance (GDA) programme has completed the mid-term evaluation, carried out by Caribou Space under the GDA … Read more
partnership
Informal Settlements and Urban Sprawl: Insights from Recent Research leveraging EO
A recent study, drawing on Earth Observation (EO) Data, from European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) initiative, the predecessor of the Global Development Assistance programme, sheds … Read more
Water Resources
Building a Resilient Future: Tackling Floods, Droughts, and Water Scarcity in Pakistan
Balochistan represents a province of Pakistan located in the southwestern region of the country. It is the largest province by area, yet it is the least populated, with minimal infrastructure … Read more
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Climate Resilience
Enhancing Biomass Estimates with Advanced EO Technology
The Climate Resilience team of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Global Development Assistance (GDA) programme has collaborated with the World Bank on their ‘Next Generation MRV for Land Use Emissions … Read more
M&E
Using Earth Observation Data for Public Health
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Global Development Assistance (GDA) programme underscored the pivotal role of Earth Observation (EO) data in Public Health by launching an Invitation to Tender (ITT) focused … Read more
Water Resources
Battling pollution threats of Africa’s largest freshwater lake
Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest freshwater lake by area and delivers valuable ecosystem services to local communities including domestic use, industrial and agricultural water provision, waste disposal, and hydropower generation. … Read more
Climate Resilience
Satellite-Based Platform Enhances Hydrological Extremes Risk Assessment in Afghanistan
The European Space Agency (ESA) Global Development Assistance (GDA) Agile Earth Observation (EO) Information Development (AID) Climate Resilience Consortium collaborated with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations … Read more