WFP Geospatial Support Unit - Copernicus EMS...91 million people assisted in 83 countries...

May 2019

WFP Geospatial Support Unit

WFP Division of Emergencies (OSE) in support to other Divisions, RBs and COs

91 million people assisted in 83 countries (2018)

15,000 staff worldwide

19 countries with ongoing emergency operation

On one given day : 5,000

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Are on the move for WFP operations

THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL HUNGER

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

WFP EMERGENCY RESPONSE

How many people are affected?

Where are they?

How to reach them?

Within 72 hours

• Global network of clients in HQ, RBs,

COs through geospatial information tools

and critical mapping outputs

• Diverse datasets brought together to

enable WFP staff to develop insights into

complex dynamics and provide actionable

information for emergency response.

GSU Unit OverviewDivision of Emergencies

Mapping

&

Data

Management

Spatial

Analysis

GIS

Systems

for WFP

7

Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM)

24/7 monitoring of natural

hazards (earthquakes,

tropical storms and

precipitation)

REAL TIME OPEN DATA

and open source oriented,

internally developed and

free of all cost

INFORMATIVE

relevant information (i.e.

impact estimates) for better

informed decision making

(or semi automatic) production of standardized dashboards

AUTOMATIC

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collection and management of global,

systematic food security data to identify most

vulnerable areas for WFP interventions

STRENGTHEN

further vulnerability indicators to better

inform decision making, immediately

before or right after the shock

IDENTIFY

Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM)

9

Flood Detection and Impact Analysis

Satellite data stored in cloud and

processed with high computing power

CONVENIENT

approach to analyse all available near

real time data, either in response to an

ADAM alert or not

SYSTEMATIC

response activities in the first two

weeks with flood-related mapping

services and analyses

SUPPORT

Cyclone Idai,Mozambique

Getting Delineation

areas from Copernicus

or directly from Sentinel

Copernicus product

usually the most

accurate

Estimation of crops and

population affected

Cyclone Kenneth,Mozambique

Getting grading

estimates from field

assessments (and

potentially damage

grading)

Estimation of

population affected,

using estimated ratio of

damaged structures

Mucojo

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