I am pleased to share the summary of EOTEC DevNet’s first round of Regional Drought Working Group Meet-ups, held in April 2025. The sessions brought together experts from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania to exchange tools, experiences, and ideas for improving drought monitoring and resilience through Earth observation.

You can access the full summary, spotlight presentations, and meeting materials here: https://eotecdev.net/highlights-from-the-first-eotec-devnet-regional-dr…

We look forward to continuing collaboration through the next round of regional meet-ups in October.

UNCCD Consultancy Opening!

Please find below the link for the newly advertised UNCCD Consultancy Opening that is placed on UN Career site;

Senior Consultant to produce technical/policy papers on Drought resilience, GPARC Unit: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/257084?language=en

You can also find link on UNCCD website: https://www.unccd.int/about-us/vacancies/senior-consultant-produce-tech…

Interested/qualified candidates may view the job opening and apply online though UN Career site (Inspira) before deadline (01.05.2025)

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Historical drought and its trend in South Asia: Spatial and temporal analysis 2000-2020

This is an open accessed article available via: https://www.apn-gcr.org/bulletin/article/historical-drought-and-its-tre… Some authors are also members of this Community.

2024 European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report, compiled by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

The ESOTC provides descriptions and analyses of climate conditions in Europe in 2024, covering variables from across the Earth system, key events and their impacts, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on resilience of the built environment.

It is the result of a collaborative effort by around 100 scientists and colleagues across Europe and the rest of the world.

You can access the report via the link below.

https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024