I told the Security Council today that Yemen is on the brink of a famine the likes of which the world has not seen in forty years.
Aid agencies believe that the US FTO designation of the Houthis will accelerate Yemen’s slide into a large-scale famine. https://t.co/l3yYgro9t6
Applications are still open for the #UNOOSA & @Avio_Group joint opportunity to bring a #satellite in #space free of charge using the #VegaC rocket. Deadline to apply is 4 April 2021: https://t.co/DaZ8SaDcKG (1/2)
Some great #internship positions opened up at #UNOOSA, see below for more details. The application deadlines are August 16 and 19, 2020.
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Pleased to have been a guest on @letsbreakgood!
Listen in for a chat about what it's like to be on the front lines of the fight against hunger in Congo.
Thanks @joeagoada for having me on!
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In partnership with the @WFP Innovation Accelerator, we present an #ML approach to satellite image analysis for building damage assessment, which has the potential to greatly reduce the time needed for crisis workers to respond to disasters. Learn more at https://t.co/qDEroMbWPB
You can watch the recording of the #UNOOSA / @IWMI_#webinar on space-based inputs for #locust early-warning & preparedness & learn how #space applications can help counteract the challenges posed by locust to agriculture, #FoodSecurity & livelihoods: https://t.co/fyV1XIJmtS
Many sectors are struggling due to #coronavirus. However, governments' demand for connectivity & geospatial data supplied by the #spaceindustry is even stronger in times of crisis. Indeed, #satellite connectivity is one of our greatest allies right now. https://t.co/ueP8c0Yv68
"Drobles was honest enough to admit what he was doing; he was explicit that what his map described was not a Palestinian state but the means to prevent one."
NASA has awarded a $142 million contract to Maxar Technologies for a demonstration of in-space construction technologies, including the robotic assembly of a communications antenna and the production of a structural beam. https://t.co/snralAu7wr