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2018
24
Sep
ECOPOTENTIAL at the European parliament
The science-policy briefing event “Science for Post 2020 Environmental Targets – Insights from Earth Observation of Protected Areas” for the EU Parliament will take place on the 27th of September 2018 (09:00-11:00). At the event, the most relevant ECOPOTENTIAL key findings for post 2020 environmental strategies will be presented.
The event will be chaired by MEPs Ricardo Serrão Santos and Sirpa Pietikäinen and is organized in cooperation with EBCD which serves as the secretariat of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development.
Event description
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2018
17
Sep
First results of the Swiss Data Cube
The Swiss Data Cube, developed by GRID-Geneva, University of Geneva and the Swiss Federal Office for Environment, just issued its first key findings about snow decrease. Read more details in the following interviews:
Avis d'experts
Le Temps
Euronews
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2018
10
Sep
Launch of the exhibition "One Earth: geospatial solutions for a sustainable World"
The exhibition "One Earth: geospatial solutions for a sustainable World" was inaugurated on August 30th at the exhibition room of the Institute for Environmental Sciences. It gathers in various multimedia formats (videos, storymaps and posters) and live comments many current projects trying to address environmental challenges through SDGs actions. GRID-Geneva takes part in several of these projects through its long-term expertise in the domain.
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2018
08
Aug
6-7 August 2018. The GRID centres network
UN Environment and USGS renew their collaboration regarding GRID Sioux-Falls. The Directors or GRID-Warsaw, GRID-Arendal, GRID Sioux-Falls and GRID-Geneva met at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls (South Dakota, USA), to reinforce the collaboration between the GRID centres. The four GRID centres are working together on turning data into information for monitoring the state of the environment and on identifying emerging environmental issues (foresight brief). GRID Sioux Falls is located at the EROS Center, the heart of Landsat satellite imagery.
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