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EO-based services to enhance resilient reconstruction in cyclone affected areas
In March and April 2019, Mozambique was struck by two consecutive major cyclones.
02 September 2021Satellite-derived risk information for Spatial Data Infrastructures
The Instituto Geográfico Nacional José Joaquín Hungría Morell of the Dominican Republic has the legal mandate to implement a nationwide SDI which has been initiated with the technical support of the World Bank (WB).
02 September 2021WB-City Resilience Program: Terrain deformation in urban areas
The World Bank´s City Resilience Program (CRP) is aimed at empowering cities to pursue a resilient future.
02 September 2021Services supporting Disaster Risk Reduction in Greater Banjul
Due to its geographical location, the city of Banjul (The Gambia) is especially exposed to a combination of the adverse effects of disasters.
31 August 2021Capacity Building Workshop for Myanmar use case: Assessment of landslide hazard to Chin road corridor
More than 20 professionals within the World Bank and local stakeholders joined the event
30 November 2020Capacity Building Workshops for City Resilience Program (CRP): Terrain deformation in urban areas
World Bank practitioners and consultants working in Mozambique, Vietnam and Bangladesh were present in three events
27 November 2020Targeted capacity building session in The Gambia
Workshop on Earth Observation supporting Disaster Risk Reduction in Greater Banjul
31 October 2020EO4SD DRR and BRGM join forces!
The French Geological Survey and the EO4SD Disaster Risk Reduction’s team will work together in Phase 2
15 March 2020EO4SD-DRR successfully complete Phase 1
The consortium will provide twelve demonstration exercises in more than fifteen countries of four continents in projects of four different IFIs
28 February 2020Second Capacity Building Workshop to the Government of Indonesia’s users on EO products for Disaster Risk Reduction
The Asian Development Bank sponsored a second capacity building workshop held in Indonesia
03 February 2020EO4SD DRR consortium discussed relation between climate change and disasters in the COP25
The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 took place in Madrid (2nd - 13th December 2019)
20 December 2019EO4SD DRR invited by the World Bank to the Understanding Risk West and Central Africa
The EO4SD DRR was present in the last edition of the Understading Risk West and Central Africa, in Abidjan
30 November 2019