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

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