On 22 April, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through the UN-SPIDER programme, officially established a new Regional Support Office (RSO) at Wuhan University in China. This ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched its flagship Biomass satellite on 29 April 2025 at 06:15 local time (11:15 CEST) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega-C ...

Spacecraft orbiting Earth play a vital role in monitoring climate change, enabling global communication and navigation, and advancing scientific research. However, many of these orbits are becoming ...

Across the globe, natural hazards have triggered widespread death and destruction, with the human and economic impact of disasters continuing to rise. Despite ongoing advancements in disaster risk ...

In a new multi-agency report, United in Science, coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) underscores in its contribution ...

EO College announced the launch of a new online course: Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation. This course is now available to the public, completely free of charge. The EO College is ...

The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has released its latest report titled "2023 Disasters in Numbers: A Significant Year of Disaster Impact", shedding light on the ...

UN-SPIDER launched a new publication: “Space-based Technologies for Early Warning Systems” during its currently ongoing conference. You can access the pdf version ...

Looking to connect with other disaster risk reduction (DRR) experts working with Earth observations and capacity building? Check out the new EOTEC DevNet website! Along with the latest capacity ...

In the aftermath of the September 2023 Derna flood disaster in Libya, a number of different tools allowed rapid assessment of the situation to facilitate the response and reduce further risks. An open ...

As in the case of other regions of the world, Latin America is exposed to various types of geological and hydro-meteorological hazards which trigger disasters. To contribute to strengthen the skills ...

UNOOSA's Annual Reports describe the Office's work in promoting international cooperation for the peaceful use and exploration of space, and in the use of space science and technology for sustainable ...