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🌍🚰This #WorldWaterWeek, meet an unexpected ally for water: space! 🌊 Water sustains people, ecosystems and livelihoods, generates clean energy and shapes our landscapes. But desertification, drought, flooding and coastal erosion can have devastating consequences for communities. 🛰️ Space can help us protect this precious resource. Satellite data helps us monitor water resources, detect changes and anticipate droughts and floods, to help communities prepare, respond and adapt. 🇺🇳Here’s 4 ways UNOOSA is putting space to work for water: 1️⃣ Space4Water connects countries and experts with space-based tools, knowledge and training, with a strong focus on developing countries. 2️⃣ UN-SPIDER helps countries use satellite data before, during and after water-related disasters. 3️⃣ The Space4Ocean Alliance, for which UNOOSA is a founding member and Secretariat, brings together 32 space-related entities to advance the use of space-based solutions for marine challenges. 4️⃣ Digita...

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