This ITU report examines how AI is strengthening each stage of the early warning cycle, from risk knowledge to preparedness, through five real world deployments including Tonga, Liberia, and Colombia. It pairs well with NASA Lifelines' own GeoAI for Humanitarian Action report, which explores the same trust and adoption barriers across the full crisis lifecycle.
This Devex article features AF-PULSE, a GeoAI platform used by the UN World Food Programme to track risks to food supply chains across Afghanistan and inform more effective and efficient humanitarian aid delivery.
This report from Hamish William Patten and NASA Lifelines Advisor Zineg Bhaby unpacks the critical function that statistics can serve in natural disaster response. Their recently published report lays out statistical methods as a foundation for humanitarian analysis and identifies the gaps where future applications can improve preparation for and response to disasters.
The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2026 from OCHA assesses data availability across humanitarian crises using the HDX Data Grids framework. The report details what open data exists by location and category, helping practitioners and decision makers identify gaps in the information landscape for crisis response.
A new Handbook on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics has been released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. With contributions from NASA Harvest, this Handbook sets standards for how satellite-derived agricultural data and insights should be produced and documented, alongside the tools used to generate it.
Common Space's Seeing What Matters report presents findings from a global survey assessing demand for an openly licensed, community-tasked satellite mission dedicated to capturing data for humanitarian action. The report helps define where, when, and how high-resolution satellite imagery is needed to serve public interests.
Using corrected nighttime lights from NASA's Black Marble, researchers mapped a decade of global electrification to show worldwide changes over time. The data reveals areas where access to electricity is growing, where gaps persist, and how satellite data can guide the support of communities in need.
This literature review examines how satellite remote sensing is used to document human rights violations in conflict zones, highlighting the need for more transparent and collaborative approaches between geospatial and human rights experts.
One year after Hurricane Helene, NOAA tells the story of how the disaster reshaped cities, landscapes, and communities across Southern Appalachia. Through interactive maps and detailed timelines, the user can explore impacts, recovery efforts, and resilience that continues today.
The NASA Disasters Program provided satellite imagery in response to flooding in Texas in July 2025 to support response efforts. Some highlights include flood detection mapping using Sentinel-1 data and global landslide hazard modeling.
