UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) Updates

Key messages Multi-agency report highlights challenges and opportunities Summit of the Future decisions: a choice between breakthrough or breakdown Increasing climate change impacts reverse...

UNIS/OS/600 29 August 2024 VIENNA, 29 August (United Nations Information Service) — The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the University of Bonn have renewed their...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4) on 1 July 2024 aboard the third H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F3) from the...

We recently published a new Data Application of the Month on the topic of Disaster Recovery. The recovery in the aftermath of a disaster involves the processes of rebuilding and restoring...

This Words into Action guide aims to promote greater implementation of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) across all sectors to protect the most exposed populations from disasters. The...

Türkiye has launched IMECE, its first high-resolution Earth-observation satellite into space. IMECE has been entirely designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK...

The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) in collaboration with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the Global Flood Awareness...

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Turkey with epicentre on 23 kilometres east of Nurdagi (Gaziantep Province) on February 6, 2023. By the activity spreading to adjacent faults, the region...

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), UN-SPIDER and the Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) of the University of Bonn organized a 3-day interinstitutional workshop...

Drought is slow on-set disaster which affects agriculture and associated livelihood in many parts of the world. Drought causes stress to vegetation; hence the extent of a drought can be reflected by...

In recent decades, communities in Nigeria have experienced disasters triggered by floods, droughts, landslides, coastal erosion, oil spills, and other natural and technological hazards that have...

In recent years, the frequency and severity of natural hazards has increased dramatically. This development has escalated the risk of disasters and their devastating impact on the environment and...

In collaboration with the National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE) of Argentina, the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) recently launched a digital platform to improve the integration of satellite...

Having access to precise geographical data and the ability to analyze them easily is essential for effective disaster and risk management. EUMETSAT delivers meteorological, climate and ocean data as...

A new programme aims to prevent and countermand the loss of tropical forests by facilitating the global availability of high-resolution satellite imagery. Launched by Norway's Ministry of Climate and...

The hurricane season in Central America normally quiets down at the end of October, but this year is one of those rare years when tropical storms and hurricanes in the region have occured beyond the...

In recent years, Mozambique has suffered severe floods and droughts that have impacted urban and rural communities throughout the country. In the March and April 2019, tropical cyclones Idai and...

Floods are among the most frequent natural hazards around the world, as well as in Africa, and can trigger devastating disasters among the most vulnerable communities. Climate change, and inadequate...