The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is among the world’s most disaster-prone areas. According to the Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean by UNDRR, more than 190 million people were affected by
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The Copernicus Sentinel satellites’ observations throughout 2025 provided valuable, science-based insights into the Earth’s environment. Over the year, its satellites have captured a range of significant natural phenomena, from snow-covered deserts to unprecedented ocean changes, supplying essential information for understanding
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In 2025, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre has continued to consolidate its position as a key player in building a Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region which is more resilient to disasters and environmental challenges. Throughout this year, the Centre has strengthened its presence and reinforced its links with
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The CopernicusLAC 2025 Hackathon, which concluded last August, not only promoted innovative technological projects, but also initiatives which focus on the continent’s most vulnerable communities. “Comunidades Satélite”, winner team of the competition’s first prize, is precisely one such project: a
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Sentinel missions as part of Copernicus Copernicus is the Earth Observation (EO) component of the European Union’s Space Programme. At its heart are the Sentinel missions, which provide free and open data to monitor the Earth’s surface, oceans, and atmosphere.
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Every year, disasters cost lives, damage ecosystems and disrupt economies around the world. In 2024 alone, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters, resulting in 16,753 fatalities, affecting 167.2 million people, and causing more than $240 billion
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On 22 September 2025, the city of Antigua, Guatemala, was the scene of an important milestone for bi-regional cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): the Copernicus Policy Dialogue on Earth Observation for Disaster
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Flooding events are one of the most frequent types of disasters and affect millions of people every year. The consequences of floods range from affected crops, thereby compromising food security, to damaged infrastructure or loss of human life. Deforestation, wildfires,
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As part of its activities to increase the uptake of free and open Earth Observation (EO) data from Copernicus across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre launched an ambitious training programme in 2024. These activities were
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Of the 20 countries most vulnerable to earthquakes, 11 are located in Latin America or the Caribbean. This heightened risk is largely due to the region’s geodynamics: Central America and the western coast of South America are affected by frequent
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