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Sep 6, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
According to UN Women, one in every three women faces some kind of sexual assault at least once in their lifetime. Every day there are media reports on violence against women, people protest and then after a couple of weeks, they move on to the next happening but the gender-based violence never ceases to exist.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
In an exclusive interview with Geospatial World, Colonel Marcin Mazur, Vice President, Polish Space Agency speaks about Poland’s future launches and learnings from Russia Ukraine conflict, and much more. How is Poland building its Earth Observation capabilities and what kind of impacts are you planning to make in the European EO sector? We are trying to build different types of capabilities both from the civilian side, the Polish Space Agency as well as the Ministry of Defense (MOD) side.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
Exactly two and a half years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. The war since then has seen countless deaths, heavy loss of critical properties on both sides and Russia’s aggressive moves of capturing Ukrainian territories and causing devastations around. However, Ukraine is fighting a tough fight against Russia to claim its freedom, peace, and security. Many European countries are extending financial, military, and humanitarian support to Ukraine.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
UK’s 2023 Net Zero Growth Plan set out an update to the existing strategies, focusing on the scale up and deployment of technologies for decarbonizing homes, power, industry and transport.
In an interview session with Geospatial World, Heather Buchanan, Director and Co-Founder of Bankers for Net Zero (B4NZ) speaks about the her work in sustainability sector, how strategic policies can bring net zero and much more.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
The Indian space program has hitherto been geared towards socio-economic development. However, in the era of asymmetric and hybrid battlefield, and multi-domain combat, space becomes an imperative to boost defence preparedness. The relevance of geospatial data and space-based assets is growing rapidly with strides in technology and advanced weapons and systems, including unmanned and hypersonic platforms.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
In an interview with Geospatial World, Lieutenant General Vinod G. Khandare, PVSM, AVSM, SM, Former Officer, the Indian Army; and Principal Adviser, Ministry of Defence, speaks about the need for GeoIntelligence strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Where geospatial information is needed the most today? The most important requirement today is to make students understand technology in our schools or colleges. Whatever is taught is possibly the fundamental issue about technology.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
The European Union and Singapore have concluded negotiations on Digital Trade Agreement (DTA). This deal is the first EU agreement of its kind, reflecting the EU’s aspiration to be a global standard-setter for digital trade rules and cross border data flows. The DTA will complement the 2019 EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, connecting both economies further and benefiting businesses and consumers that want to engage in digital trade. It will also provide binding rules to:1. Build customer trust2.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
Billions of people around the world are facing the wrath of increasingly severe heatwaves driven largely by a fossil-fuel charged, human-induced climate crisis. More than 70 per cent of the global workforce – 2.4 billion people – are now at high risk of extreme heat. The most vulnerable communities are hit hardest. According to one of the datasets that the WMO uses to monitor the climate has shown that in 2024, three warmest days have been recorded on Earth.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
In an interview with Geospatial World, Jørgen Festervoll, CEO of Heimdall Power speaks about the challenges in the power grid sector, the role of geospatial in the energy sector, their expansion plan for next 5 years, and how cutting-edge technologies help in curbing GHG emissions in power transmissions. What are the challenges in the power grid sector? How is Heimdall power addressing the challenges? Today’s power grid operators face two main challenges.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
geospatialworld.net | Nibedita Mohanta
Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its inaugural flight from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 9th July. Ariane 6 is the latest in Europe’s Ariane rocket series, taking over from Ariane 5, and featuring a modular and versatile design that can launch missions from low-Earth orbit and farther out into deep space. Europe is back in space! #Ariane6 demonstrated a successful liftoff, launch to orbit and deployment of satellites powering Europe into space.
