• Cities and regions outline their ambitions in view of COP28 and take stock of the Swedish Presidency’s climate work. More
• Countdown for the launch of Singapore's earth observation satellite commences
• Draft GEO Post-2025 strategy that was sent for a consultation with the GEO Member States, Participating Organizations and Associates in June 2023 (Draft GEO Post-2025 strategy)
• EU Modernisation Fund invests €2.4 billion to accelerate the green transition in seven EU countries
• EU climate Advisory Board recommends ambitious 2040 climate target and urgent transitions for the European Union

• Nigeria, China to establish advanced technology to curtail natural disasters

• Powerful NASA-ISRO Earth-observing satellite coming together in India

• Spanish EU presidency

• The Growing Demand for Sovereign Space Systems

The Strategic Roadmap developed under the FIREFORUM project reflects the research and innovation strategy, with the EC and Member State funding agencies in mind as the prime audience. Download the pdf version of the road map for the following sectors

AGRICULTURE	INFRASTRUCTURE	MARINE & MARITIME	RAW MATERIALS	URBAN DEVELOPMENT	WIND ENERGY

• A Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age. New website here
• Drying Up in a Flash: What Satellite Data Can Tell Us about Flash Drought Risks and the Regions We Should Be Watching

• Earth Observation for integrated risk assessment, urban adaptation towards Climate Change

• EO Propels Global Sustainability Efforts - Geospatial World
• ERM & Planet: ERM and Planet Partner To Accelerate Nature-Based Solutions and Measure Biodiversity
• GHGSat at the White House Methane Summit. GHGSat's emissions intelligence platform, SPECTRA, was named as a finalist for Reuters 2023 Responsible Business Awards. 

• How GHGSat tracks methane from space. Read More

• How Satellite Data Is Helping To Verify Food Distribution
• Kleos Space to File for Bankruptcy 

• Maxar® Geospatial Platform released

• Nature, environment and climate action all winners in 2023 LIFE Awards

• Sonification of Aeolus

• One Year of Planet University and Community

• Safran to acquire Collins Aerospace’s actuation + flight control business
• Spire Global + Cloudeo join forces for global satellite-powered weather data

• Successful demonstration of new emergency warning Satellite Service takes place in France & Germany

• Global Webinar on The Future Geospatial Ecosystem: What is the Role of UN-GGIM? A recording of the webinar can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/4vRzWVshgJs
• GeoBuiz Europe Summit, scheduled 21 September 2023
• India Space Congress 2023
• Meet the Space Industry in Silicon Valley

List of capdev meetings at CEOS

• AE4RIA's participation in EAERE 2023! 
• Materials (openly accessible) from ESA’s training course on EO (+ an upcoming SAR course focusing on Polarimetric SAR Interferometry )
• Workshops explore data visualisation with Copernicus and EUMETSAT