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.
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.
SERVIR Amazonia supports sustainable development throughout the Amazon region by strengthening the capacity of governments and other key stakeholders through the integration of Earth Observation and geospatial technologies. The hub strives to build capacity to improve decision-making and to better incorporate the voice of women, indigenous peoples and their communities.
Collect Earth Online (CEO) is helping to stop illegal mining in the Peruvian Amazon, protecting primary forests and the indigenous communities who live in the region.
NASA supports local experts around the world to help their communities access and use weather and climate information.
SERVIR's Dr. Jim Nelson and Jorge Luis Sánchez, both of Brigham Young University (BYU), are helping government agencies in South America develop web tools for meteorology and hydrology forecasts.
From April 22 to 29th, SERVIR, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville welcomed a delegation of Thai students and educators to Huntsville, Alabama for a week-long visit aimed at deepening the Discover Thailand's Astronauts Scholarship Program and U.S.-Thailand space collaborations.
SERVIR is helping protect biodiversity and human lives in Guyana by working with communities to keep a watchful eye on the health of coastal mangrove forests.
In June, SERVIR Applied Sciences Team members Dr. Stephanie Spera and Dr. David Salisbury, geographers at the University of Richmond, organized a workshop in Pucallpa, Peru.
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.