During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) held in Dubai, an event was held to showcase a new digital public infrastructure tool for policy and decision-makers in the Pacific.
Digital Earth Pacific unlocks access to Earth observation data, showing the changes to coastlines, mangroves and tracking water resources including showing how inundation floods communities using a tool called Water Observations from Space (WOFS).
This digital repository is a regional public good, offering free and open products and services that will be regularly updated using global satellite systems. This ensures cost-effectiveness and accessibility for leaders, ministers, and decision-makers and will help reduce the burden of attaining expensive datasets in the future.