The EO Handbook presents the main capabilities of satellite Earth observations, their applications and an overview of present and planned programs. Print and online versions of the EO Handbook will be released in 2015. A special edition will be released to coincide with the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, at which the role and importance of EOS will be highlighted. A special Climate version, targeted towards the UNFCCC OP-21 meeting, will be considered for development.
The special edition of the EO Handbook for the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) was published in physical, online and e-book formats. 1500 copies of the CEOS EO Handbook were distributed during the WCDRR in Sendai, with 300 additional copies mailed to key actors in the DRR field one month before the conference. A climate edition of the EO Handbook is now being prepared for COP21.