News
Stay informed about the latest news and updates on SDGs-EYES projects.
This News Section collects articles from our partners and pilots, about project progress and events.
EARSC participation at the UNGGIM:Europe Line of work on SDGs and Data Integration
During the event, EARSC presented initiatives like SDGs-EYES and ongoing projects from the European Space Agency (ESA), which offer valuable insights and enhancements for more accurate and comprehensive SDGs monitoring.
A successful session at EGU24
The active engagement of stakeholders and the co-design of tools is the key strategy for the realisation of successful tools for monitoring SDGs.
SDGs-EYES’s Risk Assessment Tool
Within Pilot 2, CMCC is working on developing a risk assessment tool for targeted adaptation under the heat-health nexus context in close collaboration with ASLTO3.
North Sea pilot published as Copernicus Marine use case
SDGs-EYES builds a portfolio of data products to facilitate monitoring of SDGs. The project looks at benefits that EO and Copernicus services can bring.
Webinar: Exploiting Earth Observation (EO) capabilities to address SDGs indicators for the safety and security of the citizens
This webinar aims at presenting use cases that address relevant SDGs in different domains interlinked with security (e.g. climate security, water security) to GEO members and beyond.
See you in Vienna for the EGU24
The SDGs-EYES project’s session bearing the title: Earth Observations for Assessing and Monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals will kick off as planned on Thursday 18/04/2024.
UN-GGIM: Europe Meeting Lines of Work on “Data Integration” & “SDG”
On 15 of April 2024, SDGs-EYES will be presented at the UN-GGIM: Europe Meeting Lines of Work on “Data Integration” & “SDG”.
SDGs-EYES Project Participates in Brașov’s Key Event to Drive Sustainability and Climate Action Forward
In a significant move towards sustainable development, Brașov is set to host two landmark events that symbolize the intersection of environmental stewardship and advanced climate action: the 11th International Symposium on Forest and Sustainable Development and a collaborative workshop with the Forest Paths project.
Exploiting Earth Observation (EO) capabilities to address SDGs indicators for the safety and security of the citizens
Within SDGs-EYES, SatCen is defining a workflow to calculate the indicator 13.1.1 “Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population”, showing how EO data can become key to address critical situations in vulnerable regions.
SDGs-EYES user platform for National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
In the effort to enhance European SDGs monitoring, the EU-funded SDGs-EYES project is leveraging Copernicus for environmental sustainability.
SDGs-EYES will be in Vienna for the EGU24
After the opening of the call for abstracts in December 2023, and the receiving of a number of interesting abstracts, the session proposal that was submitted by EARSC and CMCC was successfully accepted by the organising committee of the EGU24.
Coming Up: pilot consultation workshops
The SDGs-EYES project builds a portfolio of data products to facilitate monitoring of SDGs. Service products will be developed and evaluated with user communities in five pilot areas. In the coming months, consultation workshops will be organised to demonstrate the data products and collect feedback.
Updates from The SDGS-EYES Coordinator
This new year has brought with it many changes to us all, and this wave of change even reached us at CMCC with the departure of the previous scientific coordinator and the assigning of a new one. The beginning of a new year also meant that a new phase of the project has started and many relevant scientific conferences will take place which will represent a great opportunity to further communicate the SDGs-EYES project
Our partner EARSC at the 16th European Space Conference
The conference brought together policymakers and industry leaders in the European space sector to discuss the current space landscape and ts future trajectory.
SDGs-EYES participating in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2023
Represented by the CMCC research team, SDGs-EYES participated in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2023. It was a great chance to communicate objectives and preliminary outcomes of the project and to connect with the international scientific community.
Call for abstracts: SDGs-EYES Session in EGU24 (Vienna 14 – 19 April 2024 and Online)
On 14th to 19th of April 2024 in Vienna, CMCC and EARSC are organising a session within the EGU24 to collect contributions on how to make use of Earth Observations data to address SDG monitoring and reporting. The deadline to submit the abstract is: 10 January 2024, 13:00 CET.
SatCen is teaming up with EUSPA – EU Agency for the Space Programme and World Food Programme
SDGs-EYES partner SatCen is teaming up with EUSPA – EU Agency for the Space Programme and World Food Programme to host two Community Contributed sessions during the “International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium – IGARSS 2024” in Athens, #Greece, from July 7th to 12th, 2024.
SATCEN participated to the first Climate Security Conference at the UN Campus in Bonn
In response to the ongoing climate crisis and the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN 2030 agenda, UNITAR, together with Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Technological University Dublin and World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM), organised the first Climate Security International Research conference.
Attending ESA’s Science for a Green and Sustainable Society Initiative
Represented by its Project Coordinator (Marco Maninci – CMCC), SDGs-EYES attended the EC-ESA Joint Earth System Science Initiative Science for a Green and Sustainable Society.
SDGs-EYES at the AGU Annual Meeting 2023
On 11-15 of December 2023, SDGs-EYES will be presented at the AGU Annual Meeting 2023 in San Francisco, to share knowledge and research with scientists, educators, policymakers, journalists and communicators.
Unlocking the Potential of Earth Observations: A Recap of SDGsEYES Participation at the GEO Ministerial
The recent GEO Week 2023 side workshop, titled “Earth Observations in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities and Challenges” brought together experts to explore the role of Earth observations and geospatial data in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SDGs-EYES partners gathered in Rome for the 2nd project General Assembly
From 22 to 23 November 2023, CMCC hosted the second General Assembly of the SDGs-EYES project in Rome. This meeting served as a moment for partners to come together, share updates, delve into the project’s progress and explore the various pilot activities.
SDGs-EYES at the UNITAR Climate Security Conference
SatCen will presents the climate security scenario developed within European Commission projects as The Global Earth Monitor Project (GEM) and SDGs-EYES.
SDGs-EYES at the EC-ESA Joint Earth System Science Initiative Science for a Green and Sustainable Society
On 22-24 of November 2023, SDGs-EYES will present a poster in the session “Climate adaptation – Extremes, multi-hazards, and compound events”.
SDGs-EYES at the GEOweek2023 in Cape Town
On 7th of November 2023, SDGs-EYES will be presented during the session “Earth Observations in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities and Challenges” under the GEOweek 2023.
Successful Kick-Off Meeting: Setting the Stage for SDGs-EYES Project
On January 9th and 10th 2023, we organised a kick-off meeting to launch our project. These two days provided a comprehensive view of objectives, deliverables, and milestones, ensuring a strong foundation for the project’s future. Moreover, this meeting was an opportunity to meet all the partners and get to know each other.
