servir: building capacity and tools to enable development dr. alex dehgan science & technology...
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SERVIR: Building Capacity and Tools to Enable Development
Dr. Alex DehganScience & Technology Adviserto the Administrator of USAID,
& Director, Office of Science and Technology,Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning
U.S. Agency for International Development
Changes in lighting in Central America, 1992-2000.
International Boundary…From Space
• Spatial analysis, monitoring, assessing extreme events
• Sharing satellite & geospatial data
• Disseminating products, decision-support tools
• Geospatial technical support and map-making
• Capacity building/training
• Facilitating partnerships, collaboration, coordination
A common platform for:
Services available via SERVIR:
Weather Forecasts
Fire Alerts
Air Quality Alerts
Land Use Change Information
Hazard Risk and Response
Access to Climate Change Projections
SERVIR: Building Capacity to Provide Services
Weather and Environment Report
Fire Forecasting
Red Tide Monitoring - Algal Blooms
Disaster Response: 2008 Hurricanes and Rainfall Accumulation
SERVIR: Climate Mapper
SERVIR: Growing to cover the World
Flood and Crop Damage in Pakistan
• Provides single location to access proven climate change tools, resources and information
• Goal: Help facilitate robust decision making
• Primary focus: adaptation, with clear linkages to mitigation and finance
www.climate1stop.org
Sponsors