International

6th AOGEO Workshop Highlights Earth Observation Innovations in Asia-Oceania

The 6th AOGEO Workshop was held in Macau, China from May 29-31, 2023, hosted by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), China GEO Secretariat, National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC), and co-organized by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), the University of Macau (UM).

Jun 27, 2023

CBAS,FAO Sign MOU to Promote Building of More Sustainable Agri-food Systems

The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 6, outlining mutual commitment to seek big data-driven solutions to promote sustainable agriculture and food systems, and to facilitate the realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Jun 07, 2023

Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Program Steps into Second Phase

The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Program has stepped into the second phase which will last for 10 years, according to a cooperative agreement signed on May 11 in Paris.

May 18, 2023

CBAS Holds STI Forum Side Event to Strengthen Potential of Digital Technologies for SDGs in Post-COVID World

The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) held a side event to the eighth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (“STI forum”) on May 2nd, 2023, in support of sustainable development in the post-epidemic era with big earth data at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

May 08, 2023

CBAS Active in Series of Activities During the UN World Data Forum 2023

Prof. Guo Huadong, Director General of the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), was invited to the Host Country Plenary Session of the Forum organized by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on April 25 and gave a presentation titled “Harnessing Big Earth Data to Achieve the SDGs”. He was also appointed to China's National Expert Advisory Committee on Statistics in an appointment ceremony afterwards.

May 08, 2023