Out in Front: How SERVIR's Locally Led Development is Driving Climate Action
Much of the world is already experiencing the negative effects of climate change, and it is disproportionately impacting the world's most marginalized populations.
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Much of the world is already experiencing the negative effects of climate change, and it is disproportionately impacting the world's most marginalized populations.
SERVIR E&SA complements RCMRD's core mission by augmenting data management and training capability and providing a springboard for the development of services customized for member States and stakeholders therein.
The SERVIR Mekong hub operates in Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam. The majority of the hub's work is with the Mekong River Commission, a treaty-based regional intergovernmental organization that is made up of Mekong countries.
NASA supports local experts around the world to help their communities access and use weather and climate information.
Earlier this year, SERVIR welcomed two virtual interns from the University of Twente's International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation in Enschede, the Netherlands. The program, better known as ITC, is one of the world's leading geospatial education programs and is known for attracting students from around the world.
With support from organizations such as the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, SERVIR scientists like Dr. Narendra Das of Michigan State University are working with our regional hubs and other stakeholders on models that will better predict crop yields in the face of climate change.
In February 2023, SERVIR officially welcomed its fourth Applied Sciences Team. For the next three years, they will support SERVIR’s efforts to deliver geospatial tools for communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The SERVIR Gender Analysis Tool supports the SERVIR network in the successful inclusion of women as co-developers in the design of services.
On March 16, 2023, during the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, SERVIR Amazonia Program gender advisor, Marina Irigoyen, participated in a lecture on the importance of promoting gender equity.
| Carmen Calle, SERVIR Amazonia
The 53rd annual Earth Day was on April 22, 2023. To mark the occasion SERVIR colleagues across the globe shared their reflections on caring for the Earth, climate change and other environmental issues.