This new StoryMap highlights TReNDS’ work to strengthen the measurement of marine litter in Ghana using citizen science approaches.
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Having accurate and timely gender data is critical to developing effective policies and programs to ensure that no one is left behind. In this blog, Chisato Kimura and Alyson Marks review the potential for citizen science to help fill the acute gender data gaps facing many countries around the world.
Read MoreLast week, more than 7,000 data experts from around the world gathered virtually for the third annual World Data Forum. Increasing investment in statistics, effective communications around data, the importance of disaggregation, emerging data sources, and careful data governance were among the key issues discussed.
Read MoreLast month, TReNDS members from around the world convened in Los Angeles on October 28 – 30 for the group’s bi-annual meeting. As part of the meeting, members honed their debate skills in a series of two Hollywood Reporter-style filmed roundtable debates on the relevance of the data revolution for sustainable development.
Read MoreTReNDS member Dilek Fraisl works for the Center for Earth Observation and Citizen Science at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), while at the same time pursuing her PhD in Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna.
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