SDGs Archives

EO Services Industry Supporting the UN Agenda 2030

October 14, 2021
Posted by: EARSC
Categories: EARSC News, European EO Industry

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EARSC EO Product Award 2021

February 8, 2021
Posted by: EARSC
Categories: Applications, EARSC News, Uncategorised

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EARSC EO product award for 2021 will recognise a product which will support overall sustainable development projects or the implementation of the SDGs at national, regional and/or local levels, with EO services helping on the monitoring and reporting against the goals, targets or the global indicator framework.

In 2015, countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These include a broad range of sustainable development issues; ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting oceans and forests.

ESA: Call for Expression of Interest: “Round Robin inter-comparison of Surface Water detection algorithms”

January 25, 2021
Posted by: EARSC
Categories: Applications, European EO Industry

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The European Space Agency and the WorldWater project with support from CNES, NASA, EARSC, CEOS and GEO invite interested parties to express their interest in participating in a Round Robin inter-comparison of inland surface water detection and monitoring algorithms using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 imagery.

Compendium of EO contributions to the SDGs just released

January 19, 2021
Posted by: EARSC
Category: European EO Industry

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a data driven agenda, containing a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, supported by 231 indicators. Data is at the core of the 2030 Agenda. Its success depends on the availability of high quality, timely and universally accessible data.