ARSET - Earth Observations for Humanitarian Applications
Start Date:
June 6, 2024
End Date:
June 20, 2024
Description:
The training will focus on flood risk assessments and specific challenges for assessing flood risk in refugee and IDP camps; gauging long-term heat stress in refugee camps and the challenges with decision making surrounding heat risk; and monitoring drought effects on agricultural landscapes in refugee settings using Earth observations (EO) to explore the correlations between anomalies in crop productivity and weather-based factors.
Targeted Audience:
-Primary target audience: Government ministries, international agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in humanitarian response and decision support activities
-Secondary target audience: Academics and researchers involved in humanitarian response
-Other potential participants: Any practitioners of remote sensing data
Expected Outcomes:
By the end of this training attendees will be able to:
-Recognize the importance of measuring flood risk, long-term heat stress, and drought effects in refugee and IDP communities around the world
-Apply workflows incorporating Earth observations, geospatial, and demographic data to identify localized climate risk in refugee and IDP settings
-Discuss decision making strategies for mapping and managing climate conditions with risks faced by refugee and IDP communities
-Summarize opportunities and shortcomings of specific Earth observations and geospatial datasets for climate risk and development indicators in humanitarian settings
