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New Data Offers a Detailed View of Nigeria’s Settlements for Better Planning

Health facilities and settlements across Nord-Kivu Province, shaded by facility density per health zone. Data produced by CIESIN in collaboration with GRID3 is supporting the ongoing Ebola response in eastern DRC.
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CIESIN Data Support Ebola Response in Eastern DRC

CIESIN's Juan Martinez presenting at the workshop hosted by Guatemala’s National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH) and WMO.
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CIESIN Contributes Spatial Data Expertise to Urban Flash-Flood Early Warning System

GRID3 NGA Wards v3.0 : State Coverage. Ward boundaries now cover 24 states: 14 carried over and revised from v2.0, and 10 newly updated, including Abia, Enugu, FCT Abuja, Kaduna, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Sokoto, and Zamfara.
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Nigeria Operational Wards v3.0 Now Available

Masters in Development Practice student Manini Menon (left) and Masters in Climate Science student Siddhi Vora (right) interview migrants from rural areas who are working in the construction sector.
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CIESIN conducts research among migrants to Bangalore, India

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The Environmental Performance Index celebrates 25 years with the release of the 2026 EPI

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New Settlement Block Data Released for the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Updated Geospatial Data Released to Support Ebola Response in Ituri Province, DRC

IPCC AR7 Data Stewardship presentation. Photo by Mark Shimamoto
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CIESIN Summer Travel & Events Round Up

n excerpt from Thomson's SPACERAISE lecture illustrating how rapid urbanization, climate change, conflict, inequality, and population mobility interact to create compounding crises that challenge traditional approaches to data collection, governance, and public service delivery.
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Teaching Data Co-Production and AI at the SPACERAISE International Summer School

Map of population growth from migration (2000-2020).
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New Nature Cities paper and dataset reveal how urban populations are changing worldwide

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CIESIN leadership team members contribute to workshop on AI and sustainability