Learn how earth observation and GIS help realise United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Do you know that United Nations Sustainable Development goals are supported by the geospatial industry?

UN SDGs provide guidances of goals, targets and indicators that helps us grow economically and socially in a sustainable manner. Earth Observation and GIS technologies have a huge impact on both monitoring the implementation of the targets and calculating specific indicators. By enrolling to this 100+ minutes course, you will start getting familiar with all the targets and indicator that have relevance to Earth Observation and GIS.
Enroll now and advance your skills

Course curriculum

  1. 01

    • Lesson 1: Introduction to the course

    • Lesson 2: What are the UN SDGs

    • Lesson 3: Connection of SDGs with the geospatial domain
  2. 02

    • Lesson 4: SDG 1 - No poverty

    • Lesson 5: SDG 2 - Zero Hunger

    • Lesson 6: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being

    • Lesson 7: SDG 4 - Quality Education

    • Lesson 8: SDG 5 - Gender Equality

    • Lesson 9: SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  3. 03

    • Lesson 7: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

    • Lesson 11: SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

    • Lesson 12: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    • Lesson 13: SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

    • Lesson 14: SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. 04

    • Lesson 15: SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

    • Lesson 16: SDG 13 - Climate Action

    • Lesson 17: SDG 14 - Life Below Water

    • Lesson 18: SDG 15 - Life on Land

    • Lesson 19: SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

    • Lesson 20: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

What will you learn?

  • Learn what are the UN SDGs

  • How SDGs are connected to Earth Observation and GIS

  • Learn which targets and goals are associated with the geospatial technologies

  • Get the big picture and get inspired on the dozens of Earth Observation and GIS applications that help to realize the UN SDGs

Any prerequisites?

  • Practically none. A small experience with EO or GIS will only help you to progress faster the course

Student Profile?

  • Under/post graduate students

  • Professionals and Companies

  • Master students and PhD candidates

  • Researchers and Academics

Some more information

  • Certificates of Completion

    After you successfully finish the course, you can claim your Certificate of Completion with NO extra cost! You can add it to your CV, LinkedIn profile etc

  • Available at any time! Study at your best time

    We know hard it is to acquire new skills. All our courses are self paced.

  • Online and always accessible

    Even when you finish the course and you get your certificate, you will still have access to course contents! Every time an Instructor makes an update you will be notified and be able to watch it for FREE

About your Instructor

I'm a Remote Sensing and a Surveying Engineer. I received my degree from NTUA in 2010, where I also received my Ph.D. in hyperspectral remote sensing in 2016. From graduation in 2010, my career started as a Researcher Associate and Teaching Associate in the Laboratory of Remote Sensing of NTUA. From that time I also worked at several private companies as a Remote Sensing Expert and Geospatial Analyst. From the beginning of 2015 I was positioned as Senior Earth Observation Expert. During these years, I have participated in more than 20 funded European Commission and European Space Agency projects, have over 16 peer reviewed scientific publications in the field of Remote Sensing, and have an international patent in hyperspectral data compression.My main research and professional interests are in the optical remote sensing area, where I specialize in data (images, point measurements) processing and algorithm design and development. Some of the software tools that I operate to accomplish my research and business dreams are SNAP, ENVI, IDL, QGIS, ERDAS Imagine, ArcGIS, and Python. I have been working with these tools since 2008.

Dimitris Sykas

Remote Sensing Expert