Steve Penson

Geographer. Political-economy/humanitarian analysis at the World Bank. Also @mapaction and @hotosm. #mmcambridge moving Jordan side

[World Bank MENAAP @WorldBankMENA]

In #Yemen 🇾🇪, 2.5 million people are in danger of experiencing emergency levels of acute #food insecurity, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Report produced by the @WorldBank Group, @ACAPSproject, @FAO, @UNICEF,  @WFP, & @WHO.

[World Bank MENAAP @WorldBankMENA]

Malnutrition affects schooling & health outcomes, as well as income earning potential.

After almost a decade of heightened food crisis in #Yemen, the long-term harmful effects are likely to be felt for generations to come.

Read our report: https://t.co/pH7YdIqAMI #HealthDay

[UNDP Sweden @UNDP_Sweden]

The operation to #StopRedSeaSpill and avert an environmental and humanitarian disaster is gathering pace.

Pumping from the #FSOSafer is well underway with 223,000 barrels of oil safely removed so far.

Thanks to @SweMFA 🇸🇪and partners for supporting this critical operation!

[UN Yemen - الأمم المتحدة في اليمن @UNinYE]

The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the #FSOSafer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began today with the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel.
Read the Press Release:
https://t.co/BhI01gSLbx

[Achim Steiner @ASteiner]

At 4:30am this morning engines were started to begin final manoeuvre of moving replacement tanker MOST YEMEN alongside FSO #Safer.

🙏 @beleefboskalis & our @UNDP & @UN teams for a smooth operation. Getting READY to pump the oil & #StopReadSeaSpilll

[David Gressly @DavidGressly]

HELP IS ON THE WAY! The tanker that will take on the million barrels of oil from the decaying #FSOSafer left Zhoushan today en route to the Red Sea. But funding is urgently needed to start the salvage operation and prevent a major oil spill. PR: https://t.co/2A5ThzeGoK @UNDP

[Said Turksever @asturksever]

Call to Action: Map Southern Turkey

Dear @openstreetmap community,

We’re asking your help to support mapping the areas which have been terribly affected by the powerful earthquake (7.8 magnitude) in Southern Turkey. #TurkeyEarthquake

Mapping Tasks:
https://t.co/tJAi2r8OCq

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Great to team up! Looking forward to seeing you all again soon 🗺️
@sotm_tanzania @OMDTZ

[Crowd2Map Tanzania @Crowd2Map]

Great session from Steve from @mapaction on their amazing work providing maps for humanitarian response - and thank you for delivering 3 days of advanced GIS training at @sotm_tanzania! #hotunsummit2023 #sotmtanzania

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Preparation for next week's GIS training well under way in #CoxsBazar, #Bangladesh.

Amazingly friendly welcome, great to meet the team and a real insight into the often forgotten #Rohingya #refugee #crisis.

@ACAPSproject @mapaction

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

@mikel We explored this recently. Happy to discuss
https://t.co/6lDx53LVjR

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Removal of disruption at Al Hodeidah port is a key economic benefit of peace under the current truce in #Yemen.

@ACAPSproject YAH looks into fuel dynamics using satellite imagery & price modelling 🛰

#humanitarian #politicaleconomy #EO #earthobservation #SAR
@SatAppsCatapult

[Peter-Derrek Hof @pd_hof]

A major step forward in preventing a major oil spill by the FSOSafer! Next steps are: transferring the funds, signing the contracts and start mobilising. We need all parties to work together to implement the UN Plan. This has also been my message when visiting Muscat this week.

[Georgios Petropoulos @GeorgiosPetrop2]

#FSOSafer #Yemen

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Was a pleasure to be part of this consortium as part of the amazing work the @ACAPSproject team undertook during #COVID19.

New paper now published in #Nature @ScientificData: https://t.co/qtMF6MGedi

The #governmentmeasures dataset is available on HDX:
https://t.co/RTFaZMC3Zn

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Removal of disruption at Al Hodeidah port is a key economic benefit of peace under the current truce in #Yemen.

@ACAPSproject YAH looks into fuel dynamics using satellite imagery & price modelling 🛰

#humanitarian #politicaleconomy #EO #earthobservation #SAR
@SatAppsCatapult

[ACAPS @ACAPSproject]

#Yemen: Since Mar 2019, four significant disruption periods at #AlHodeidah port have reduced fuel imports by an average of 70%.

🆕analysis on the impact of the truce on fuel supply dynamics & fuel price structures using satellite imagery & price modelling https://t.co/vI3IM5Ro5k

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

The conflict in #Ukraine has had a significant impact on global food supply chains.

#Yemen imports 90% of its food of which 57% is wheat. Wheat from Russia and Ukraine made up 45% of all imported wheat to Yemen in 2021.

@ACAPSproject YAH investigates the impact on #foodsecurity

[ACAPS @ACAPSproject]

New analysis on global wheat supply dynamics and their impact in #Yemen

• Wheat is readily available for purchase. The problem is affordability
• Reduced humanitarian funding is likely to drive more people into IPC Phase 3

Read the full report:
https://t.co/60OClA4JbG

[The Real FSO Safer @TheRealFSOSafer]

No seriously the UN needs $14 million to stop me from leaking one million barrels into one of the most important global transit waterways. I am literally the easiest problem to fix in the Middle East today.

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Great to catch-up with friends and colleagues from the global mapping community last week at #SotM2022, #FOSS4G2022 & #HOTunSummit2022.
Plenty of ideas and new techniques to explore 🗺️🛰️
@TheMissingMaps @hotosm @youthmappers @mapaction @Crowd2Map @OMDTZ @ACAPSproject

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

A great way to finish the week at #FOSS4G2022 and #SotM2022.
A visit to the Istituto Geografico Militare and a view of Fra Mauro (1459) (hint - the map is upside down) 🗺️

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

Linking @mapillary streetview data and RapiD Editor to automatically detect and locate features in #openstreetmap
@Meta @MapWithAI @foss4g #FOSS4G2022

[Steve Penson @SteveP2000]

The geospatial discussion continues @foss4g.
The potential of #DigitalTwins and predictive earth observations. 1 Pbyte of imagery now created per day.
@esa #FOSS4G2022 #EO