| Project Detail |
Through an innovative partnership with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) and Geoneon, the SDC will support the creation of high-quality geospatial data products to support riskinformed and climate-smart decision-making in development cooperation and DRM in priority subnational areas in Lao PDR and Indonesia, contributing to and complementing efforts under the SERVIR Southeast Asia project implemented by ADPC and supported by USAID and NASA.
Southeast Asia is already experiencing the impacts of climate change and is likely to experience further impacts from El Niño in the coming months. The gap between best practices in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) / Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) at regional and national levels and ground realities at community level remains a key challenge in Asia. In order to better prioritize scarce resources, design appropriate intervention strategies and effectively upscale risk-informed and climate-smart solutions, high-quality, operational geospatial data is key to better understand how, where and when climate and disaster risk manifest in specific locations. Probabilistic risk assessments, early warning systems, anticipatory action and forecast-based financing are conditioned by geospatial data.
Objectives The primary objective of this project is to empower subnational decision-making processes and strategies for DRR and CCA in Southeast Asia through the use of geospatial data based on Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence. This will be achieved by understanding data availability and priority needs among key beneficiaries, and by utilising geospatial data and advanced modelling to generate actionable insights that focus on capacity building among beneficiaries. The project aims to foster the effective use of geospatial data, drive risk-informed initiatives, strengthen regional cooperation and enhance disaster and climate resilience at subnational level. The project will involve local governments, key decision-makers and SDC project implementers in Lao PDR and Indonesia and have implications for the Lower Mekong and Southeast Asian regions. |
