CBAS and SUPARCO Sign MoU to enhance SDGs

CBAS and SUPARCO Sign MoU to enhance SDGs and promote data centered approach.

An agreement has been signed between China’s International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and Pakistan’s Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) to collaborate on applying space and big data technologies.

The MoU aims to enhance natural resource management and evaluate regional progress on sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Additionally, this partnership will support China-Pakistan joint research efforts and utilize data from the Sustainable Development Science Satellite 1 (SDGSAT-1) to promote a data-centered approach to achieving the SDGs.

Professor Guo Huadong, Director-General of CBAS, emphasized the importance of big data and technology in addressing the UN 2030 Agenda’s challenges. “By advancing data collection, analysis, and sharing through big data and AI, we can comprehensively analyze data related to SDGs,” he remarked.

Furthermore, at the event, Prof. Guo and Tang Shihao, Deputy Director of China’s National Satellite Meteorological Centre (NSMC), presented the “Collection of SDGSAT-1 Satellite Nighttime Light” and the “Atlas of SDGSAT-1 Satellite Nighttime Light Image” to six scholars from Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Thailand, and Seychelles, encouraging scholars from developing nations and island states to contribute to SDG research and drive sustainable development globally.

Moreover, the atlas, released by CBAS in Beijing, is based on data from the SDGSAT-1 satellite, launched in November 2021 and recognized as the first satellite dedicated to supporting the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.