GEO-CRADLE at 11th GEO European Projects Workshop, Helsinki, 10-21/6/17.
GEO-CRADLE and GEO Secretariat are organizing a dedicated session in this event, on Wednesday 21 June entitled “GEO capacity development, contribution to SDGs and realization of regional impacts derived from GEO European Projects”. There is also a dedicated EARSC session on 20 June on “Leveraging EO services to help monitoring SDGs, the industry contribution” where the industry involvement within GEO-CRADLE will be presented. ... See more

Do you know that around 1 billion in 155 countries are exposed to floods 🌊 and 414 million live near one of the 220 most dangerous volcanoes🌋?

It is extremely important, then, to map the human presence on earth ➡This is one of the main goals of the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL). Discover more about that by freely downloading our Atlas of the Human Planet 2017 👉 http://bit.ly/2qGa5Uh

Copernicus EU ESA - European Space Agency Group on Earth Observations

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Global exposure to natural hazards

http://copernicus.eu/news/african-union-commission-launches-gmes-africa-call-proposals

The African Union Commission (AUC) has launched its Call for Proposals for the implementation of the Global Monitoring for environment and Security (GMES) and Africa Programme. GMES and Africa is a joint African Union - EU initiative administered by the AUC's Department of Human Resources, Science a... ... See more

"How to maximise the benefits of EO in the region with investment trends in solar energy in Egypt?"
Interesting round table is taking place at GEO-CRADLE regional workshop in Egypt.