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 Satellite to Monitor Global Greenhouse Gases Launched Successfully
Efforts to tackle global warming received a boost today with the successful launch in Japan of a satellite to monitor greenhouse gases from space.The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite "IBUKI" (or "GOSAT" in its English-language acronym) is the first satellite to observe greenhouse gases and monitor changes in the effects they cause. It was launched from the island of Tanegashima, in southern Japan, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), a key partner of the United Nations' regional arm - the United Nations ESCAP - in addressing disaster risk reduction and environmental issues. [23 January 2009] |
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 Use of Space-Based Information to Reduce Disaster Risk in Asia-Pacific Region Receives a Boost. UN's regional arm and Japan's space agency sign collaboration agreement.
The use of space-based information and services to help reduce the risk of disasters in the Asia-Pacific region received a boost today with a collaboration agreement between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). At a ceremony held during the 15th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-15), on 12 December 2008, in Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam, representatives of the two organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see them expand their cooperation and collaboration in promoting the use of space-based information and services - such as satellite imagery, remote sensing and satellite-based communications - for disaster risk reduction and disaster management in Asia and the Pacific. Related: New UN-Japan pact seeks to boost use of space data to reduce disaster risk (UN News Centre) [16 December 2008] |
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 Asia-Pacific Governments Can Save Lives and Money By Investing in Disaster Preparedness
Investing in disaster risk reduction - preventive measures that reduce the damage disasters cause - not only makes sense morally, but also financially, in the disaster-prone Asia-Pacific region. The Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was hosted by the Government of Malaysia, with support from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific amongst others. ESCAP led the preparation and organization of the theme "resources mobilization for disaster risk reduction" of the Ministerial Conference. [2 December 2008] |
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