Space and aerial technology

This book is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies.

A fully illustrated, 200-page book, Risk Wise offers perspectives, case studies and

The launch of Planetary Skin, a new platform for measurement, reporting and verification is hoped to enable the unlocking of US$350 billion per year in 2010–2020 for mitigation and adaptation to climate change...

Mission data will help scientists reduce uncertainties in predicting future carbon dioxide increases and make more accurate climate change predictions...

ESCAP and JAXA will continue and expand their collaboration, capitalizing on expertise and strengths of each organization, so as to promote evidence-based decision making in disaster risk reduction and climate change...

'Permanent and semi-permanent water body monitoring is an essential resource for rangeland activities and irrigated agriculture areas in the semi-arid zone," said Issifou Alfari of AGRHYMET...

'The importance of the earth observation tools and techniques is immense in generating information for better understanding and solving problems related to climate change issues, disaster risk reduction, and environmental management' said Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD...

'Sea level is rising nearly twice as fast as the previous 100 years' said Laury Miller from NOAA "If this rate continues unchanged during the coming decades, it will have a huge impact on erosion and flooding in coastal regions'...

The use of space-based information and services to help reduce the risk of disasters in the Asia-Pacific region received a boost today with a collaboration agreement between JAXA and UN-ESCAP...