🔴 Announcement! 🔴 🔲 The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has just launched its Annual Report! 📘 Download Now: uncdf.link/AR23 #LDCsDay #LDCs

🌍 Are you producing frequently updated (#geospatial) data for sustainable development? We want to showcase your work to help drive SDG research, planning, and implementation. Share your data via our survey or drop a comment below! 👉arcg.is/0bTemD0

Support #SDGs for #Agenda2030! This year's #ICSD2024 is happening September 19-21 online and in NY! Join other #SustainableDevelopment experts and enthusiasts at ICSD as we focus on making a more inclusive and sustainable planet. 🌎 Register now! → eventbrite.com/e/internationa…

🚀 Next month,SDSN is launching Ages of Globalization in collaboration with CSD Columbia, Mission 4.7, and Global Schools Program, this online course prepares high school learners to solve the sustainable development challenges of today. Learn more: buff.ly/3WmPuoF #ESDfor2030

#ICYMI: The registration and program for the UN World Data Forum are now LIVE! The #UNDataForum sessions are grouped in 4️⃣ thematic areas: inclusive data, data use, data trust, and effective partnerships. Explore the program here: buff.ly/3AdqBo6

The 14th session of UN-GGIM last week focused on collaborative & action-oriented approaches to strengthen geospatial capacity & leadership. Challenges posed by varying national & regional contexts were raised & the need for cross-sectoral partnerships emphasized. Key take aways👇

Did you know that you can monitor water productivity for #agriculture with #remotesensing? 💧 Food and Agriculture Organization's WaPOR database has info on #precipitation, #soilmoisture, #biomass production, & MORE! 🌧️🌱 Explore our web app on #evapotranspiration & more data here 👉bit.ly/46xcKoN

Exploring the power of geospatial data in tracking Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)! 🌍🗺️ Read this insightful blog post from Maryam Rabiee on how countries & cities leverage location intelligence for impactful monitoring: wrld.bg/LLmn50SXxyu #GeospatialData #SDGs

Palestine 🇵🇸 is enhancing urban sustainability by linking geospatial and statistical data to produce #SDG11 indicators. Working with UNStats and UN-Habitat, PCBS and MoLG are making cities more liveable: buff.ly/3KQgibO #UrbanSustainability #Data4Now

As our 2024 Eco Ambassadors Solutions Lab concludes, we are spotlighting NOAA NCEI's microplastics data which shows #marine #microplastics globally🥤🌊 We used this dataset to teach our students about #crowdsourcing and developing #webmaps like ours here👉bit.ly/4ehKbhV

Registration for the #UNDataForum is now open! 🗓️ November 12 - 15, 2024 📍Medellín, Colombia 🔗 bit.ly/3Z3UMbE

New on the #IIASABlog: 🌊At the coalface of the fight against #PlasticPollution, Linda See shares her eye-opening experience at a recent beach cleanup event. From microplastics to fishing nets, the scale of the issue is staggering. 🔎 iiasa.ac.at/blog/aug-2024/… SDGs

🗓️ The countdown begins! We're less than 100 days away from the 5th UN World Data Forum in Medellín. The program is out & registration is open! Now follow along as we launch our #UNDataForum blog series with our first post from the United Nations Secretariat organizers. buff.ly/4cny2Xi

How open is reporting on the #SDGs? Our colleagues at Open Data Watch & Open Data Charter reflect on this questions in their latest report. Read it here 👉 bit.ly/4cQWHDz

📣 As world leaders convene in New York for this month's UNGA & #SummitoftheFuture the SDSN and our partners are proud to host a myriad of critical events. Access the full events list and check back for updates ➡️ unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-sept… SDSN Youth The SDG Academy Science Panel for the Amazon

Congratulations to TReNDS expert member Dilek Fraisl from IIASA and her team for their excellent work on the use of #citizenscience #data to address marine litter for SDG 14.1.1b in Ghana.

📣 Have you registered yet for our SDSN's International Conference on Sustainable Development? Make sure to register for the online sessions on Sept 19 ➡️ tinyurl.com/hrd7yums Tune into the high-level sessions live online via SDSN's Youtube: youtube.com/@UNSDSN/streams

Can #geospatialdata save the #SDGs? 🌍🤔 A new blog from Dave Borges (NASA Earth) explores how Earth observations can help provide more accurate and timely data to inform decision-making and accelerate progress ⤵️ earthobservations.org/news/leveragin…

How useful is #ArtificialInteligence for development? TReNDS expert member Tom Orrell & his team from Development Gateway: An IREX Venture reflects on this & discusses 3 challenges that emerged during these conversations. Read it here: bit.ly/3XbwzO4

🔔 Join our next data sharing webinar 🤝 Hear about recent, real-world efforts from around the globe to set up sustained, secure, and ethical public-private data sharing. Mark your calendars 📆 Sept 19, 2024 Sign up now: bit.ly/3T5SOUv