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Welcome!

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Earth Observation Training, Education,

and Capacity Development Network

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EUROPE REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

FLOODS WORKING GROUP

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18 April 2024

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Today’s agenda

Time (CEST)

Agenda item

Presenter/moderator

15:00

Welcome

Luca Brocca

15:05

Introductions

All participants

15:10

Spotlight presentation

Impact of climate change on the global water cycle and the potential role of Digital Twin Earth (DTE) models in hydrology

Luca Brocca,

Director of Research,

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection

15:40

Membership updates

Share your news on training, tools, and other resources

All participants

15:50

Global leadership and Secretariat updates

Flood tools tracker survey, June 18 drought webinar and other developments…

EOTEC DevNet Secretariat

16:00

Upcoming opportunities

Secretariat, participants

16:10

Next meeting, other next steps, and thanks

Luca Brocca

16:15

Conclusion

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Spotlight presentation

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Impact of climate change on the global water cycle and the potential role of Digital Twin Earth (DTE) models in hydrology

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Luca Brocca

Director of Research, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection National Research Council of Italy

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Member updates�What are you working on? Share updates on your activities…!

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Global and Secretariat updates

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Your opinions matter!

Help us improve Flood Tools Tracker 2.0

What’s new…

  • Ongoing update: Improving the look and user experience
  • Survey on user experience: Tell us what you like/don’t like, and how the flood tools tracker can be more useful

https://eotecdev.net/flood-tools-tracker-feedback-requested/

  • Development team meeting monthly

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FIND THE TRACKER AND OTHER TOOLS AT https://eotecdev.net/tools/

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New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Image of the week: Share your work!

**Upload your image to this form**

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https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936

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Toward establishing Drought Working Groups�Matrix update, UNCCD-EOTEC joint webinar June 18

**Reminder: Please review and add resources to our drought tools matrix**

Link here

  • Drought Tools Matrix update

June 7

  • UNCCD-EOTEC webinar

June 18

  • 2nd webinar

Nov 2024

  • Working Group Meetings

2025

Next steps and timing

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More volunteers needed - join the team!

Guidance on EO needs assessment moving forward

Next steps and timing

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FIND THE MATRIX ON THE TOOLS PAGE https://eotecdev.net/tools/

  • Summarize current resources and identify possible web formats

May 22

  • Synthesize best practices, recommendations and tips

June 19

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  • Finalize content and publish

Sept 4

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UN-SPIDER International Conference March 12-14�New report: Space-technologies for early warning systems

  • Available on www.un-spider.org
  • Highlights use of space-based data, products and services in early warning systems for hydrometeorological, geological, extraterrestrial, health, biological, environmental and coastal hazards
  • Includes 81 case studies and links to more than 350 websites
  • Contribution to the Sendai Framework and Early Warnings for All initiative
  • Target audience: governments, disaster management stakeholders and practitioners, and others

Coming soon: UN-SPIDER EOTEC webinars

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Website and member platform at www.eotecdev.net

200+ online members and growing!

HOW TO JOIN

  1. Sign up for an account - prompts in the top right corner of home page
  2. Watch for an email to confirm your membership.
  3. Visit the Connect page to sign up for an online EOTEC task team or working group (or both!)
  4. Post a question, comment, or link in any of the groups or your own member feed

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SEE YOU ONLINE!

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Upcoming opportunities

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Opportunities and resources

SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES

UNOOSA 6th Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water, 7-10 May Management, Costa Rica (in-person and virtual).

High-level meeting on National Drought Policies, 30 September - 3 October, Barcelona, Spain (in person).

AI for Good, 30-31 May, Geneva, Switzerland and virtual.

Global Flood Partnership annual meeting: 24-26 July, Nairobi, Kenya, in-person.

EO for Africa Symposium, 23-26 September, Frascati, Italy, in-person. Abstract deadline: April 30

ISPRS/SELPER Brasil: SELPER training (Nov 2-3) and ISPRS Symposium (Nov 4-8), in person, Belem, Brazil. Abstract deadline: April 26

Online training: Identifying and Monitoring Disasters with SAR (NASA ARSET) in September

Online training: How Open Science Initiatives Are Transforming Earth Science, 30 May

https://training.ceos.org/events/1771/

Webinar: GEOGloWS Streamflow 2.0: Lessons Learned in Global Hydrological Modeling and Local Capacity Building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALFNtl-TlE

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Opportunities and resources

PLACES TO FIND TRAINING

New resource: World Climate Research Programme catalog wcrp-academy.org/catalog

International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing calendar of training events: https://www.isprs.org/calendar/2024.aspx

Digital Earth Africa: www.digitalearthafrica.org

EO Africa R+D Facility webinars on youtube: @eoafricardfacility3607

CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org

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New resource: CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/

NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe

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New resource: NASA’s Transform to Open Science curriculum: https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/

UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal: www.un-spider.org and events page: bit.ly/3LjKHk0

EO College: eo-college.org. New MOOC: Cubes and Clouds https://eo-college.org/courses/cubes-and-clouds/

EUMETSAT training catalogue: catalog.trainhub.eumetsat.int

UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/

WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/

New resource: Environmental Satellite Training on COMET MetED: www.meted.ucar.edu

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Summary and next steps

  • UNCCD-EOTEC joint webinar: June 18
  • CoP Task Team meeting: June 20, 15:00 CEST

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  • Next Floods Working Group meeting: July 17, 15:00 CEST

Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.

See you online!

eotecdev.net @EOTEC DevNet #EOTECDevNet