This workshop has for objective to showcase applications, challenges and achievements of the EO4SD-Urban initiative (2016-2020) and ascertain sustainability of the program within the WB context. It also aims at eliciting additional feedback and insights on the EO4SD-Urban engagement from World Bank professionals who received support under the program. It is believed that the lessons … Read more
Joint presentation with the World Bank's Fragility, Conflict & Violence (FCV) unit on leveraging the ESA-WB partnership for remote supervision, with an eye on CoVid-19. Addressed components include EO4SD-FCS, EO4SD-Lab, … Read more
Presentation at the World Bank's SD Data Lab for a dedicated COVID-19 Data Clinic, illustrating the use of Copernicus Sentinel 5-P data for air quality monitoring and COVID-19 impact evaluation.
The event, organised by the WB Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) team, is focusing on how latest technology can support innovative risk financing solutions for climate shocks and other … Read more
ESA presents the ‘Space for IDA’ initiative to the international development community at the German Development Bank (KfW)'s 3-day virtual conference on ‘Fragile Contexts, Digitalisation, Remote Management, Monitoring and Verification: … Read more
The World Bank organizes a donor-oriented knowledge event focused on the "Digital revolution for sustainable and scalable development", where case examples from World Bank operations teams on the impacts of … Read more
ADB invites its partners to a donor-oriented knowledge event, titled 'Better Data for Better Decisions', on 12 May 2021 15:00 - 17:00 (local time Manila). The event is organised by … Read more
The Europe-Africa EO High-Level Forum, organised under the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the European Union will feature the GDA at multiple occasions. A session dedicated to Space for … Read more
The European Development Days (EDD) are Europe’s leading forum on development, organised annually since 2006 by the European Commission. EDD2021 takes place on 15/16 June as a fully digital event … Read more
GDA will be highlighted during a dedicated session at the World Bank Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF)’s biannual meeting taking place on 16 June. A presentation will be delivered to … Read more
The ExpandEO conference is organised by EARSC, the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies. A dedicated session focused on ‘Illustrating country-driven & programmatic demand for satellite EO services from the perspective of International Financial Institutions’ will be moderated by ESA and will include contributions from current and prospective GDA partner institutions WB, ADB, AfDB and … Read more
Emerging markets and developing economies rank among the most vulnerable to climate change, as they are exposed to both physical and transition risks associated with the shift to a low-carbon economy. During this webinar, hosted by the World Bank's CDRF team, panelists from the WB, ESA and from Airbus discuss the needs in the field … Read more
