Catch up on June 18 “EO Barriers” webinar
In case you missed it, here are a few ways to watch, listen, read and learn about our June 18 webinar, Tackling Barriers to the Effective Application of Earth Data for Flood and Drought Management.
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Summary
While EO capabilities continuously grow, many institutions struggle to turn these assets into action. Focusing on drought and flood response, this cross-cutting webinar addressed barriers that prevent the translation of EO data into meaningful and sustained operational use as well as practical solutions to strengthen the bridge between data providers and users. Thanks to all presenters, our moderator and participants for a great discussion. Summary points are here; detailed points follow below.
Challenges and barriers: Technical, institutional, and financial barriers limit effective use of Earth observation data in flood and drought response.
- Coordination and collaboration marked by “dis-integration”
- Data provider challenges are multi-dimensional
- User challenges: when data becomes a burden rather than a solution
- Flood forecasting presents its own set of challenges
- Engaging the general public is complex
Opportunities and solutions: Make key investments “in-between” disasters.
- Strengthen the “data supply chain” from providers to users
- Improve the data context
- Build user and general public capacity
- Simplify technical information for public awareness and risk communication
- Pursue human-centered approaches
- Continue to improve delivery time on satellite imagery
- Improve territorial characterization and integrate diverse forecasting tools for more accurate flood forecasts
- Encourage follow-up discussions and recommendations on data fusion and community engagement
Speakers
- Telma Ivette Chávez Parada, Coordinator of Applied Risk Research, El Salvador Ministry of Environment
- Robert Emberson, Associate Program Manager, NASA Disaster Program
- Morwapula Mashalane, Remote Sensing Scientist, South African National Space Agency
Moderator: Lorant Czaran, Chief of UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER and Vice-chair, CEOS Working Group on Disasters
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