buildingSMART Awards 2021 winners
October 13, 2021
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buildingSMART International published the full list of winners and special mentions for their Awards Program 2021.
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Standards highly effective at reducing energy use, IEA/ 4E study shows
September 30, 2021
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Standards and policy programmes save consumers billions of dollars and avoid hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year, according to new analysis from IEA and 4E.
ITU report: need for people-centred solutions to achieve universal connectivity
September 29, 2021
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More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, amid global demand for broadband services, the ITU’s Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has reaffirmed its call for digital cooperation, innovation with information and communication technologies, and collaborative approaches to secure universal connectivity and access to digital skills.
WGIC Partners with Geospatial Virtual Pavillion @ COP26 on climate change
September 28, 2021
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In November, 200 nations and governments from around the world will gather at COP26, the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference.
Satellogic joins International Disasters Charter
September 22, 2021
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WGIC Member Satellogic is now providing satellite imaging data from its constellation to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters for use in monitoring and response activities.
An open database of geo-data for the SDGs
September 20, 2021
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A new SDG Big Data Platform by The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) aims to integrate Big Earth Data for monitoring and prediction of the Sustainable Development Goals and it provides decision support for its implementation.
GEO Climate Policy and Finance Workshop, 21-23 September 2021
September 17, 2021
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The World Geospatial Industry Council will participate in the Climate Policy and Finance Workshop that will be held next week (virtually), by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
WGIC acknowledged in new UN-GGIM PSN report
August 30, 2021
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The 11th session of the UN-GGIM saw the release of ‘Geospatial Industry Advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, the latest report by UN-GGIM’s Private Sector Network.