What We do

Overview

SERVIR accelerates the journey from scientific innovation to operational impact. We co-develop decision-support services with regional institutions, build shared digital platforms that reduce the cost and time of deploying new capabilities, strengthen the institutions that sustain those services, and create pathways for successful innovations to be reused and scaled across regions. Our investments in governance, shared digital infrastructure, scientific excellence, capacity strengthening, and strategic partnerships support this work across the network; ensuring that advances in Earth observation science and GeoAI become trusted, equitable, and sustainable operational services.

The SERVIR Global Collaborative works with independent regional hubs, countries, and partner organizations to co-create solutions that strengthen resilience, protect ecosystems, and improve lives. Our work spans critical areas including food and water security, forest and biodiversity conservation, climate and weather resilience, and air quality.

What makes the SERVIR Global Collaborative unique is the way we integrate world-class science, satellite Earth observations, advanced GeoAI, and cutting-edge modeling, with the deep, place-based knowledge of our regional partners. By combining these strengths, we design solutions that are locally relevant, scientifically rigorous, and scalable across regions.

Our Collaborative thrives on a powerful network of relationships. Independent hubs in Africa, Asia, and the Americas lead their own priorities, drawing on partnerships with governments, research institutions, NGOs, and the private sector to deliver impact where it matters most. Together, we harness satellite data, data science, and collaborative innovation to support healthy, sustainable communities, livelihoods, and environments.

The name “SERVIR” comes from Latin, meaning to serve. True to that name, we partner with local, national, and regional institutions; working side-by-side with scientists, development practitioners, and subject matter experts to co-develop and implement activities we call solutions. Each solution is tailored to address specific environmental or development challenges, yet built to be shared and adapted, so that success in one place can inspire change in another.

GeoAI

SERVIR uses GeoAI to make advances in Earth observation and artificial intelligence more accessible, useful, and scalable. We build shared capabilities that regional partners can adapt to local needs, helping turn rapidly evolving technologies into trusted, operational services. Our approach is open, interoperable, and flexible so that new models and technologies can be incorporated as they evolve.

GeoAI is embedded across SERVIR’s platforms, providing shared capabilities for analyzing Earth observation data, evaluating and applying AI models, and translating complex information into decision support. Each platform applies these capabilities to a different set of operational challenges.

Platforms

SERVIR is building shared, interoperable platforms that bring together Earth observation, scientific models, analytical tools, and regional expertise to support locally relevant decision-making. These platforms provide reusable capabilities that regional partners can adapt to their own needs, accelerating innovation and enabling proven science and technology to be deployed and scaled across the SERVIR network.
SERVIR is advancing three core platforms:

Global Risk

The Global Risk platform brings together information on hazards, exposure, and vulnerability to support risk assessment, early warning, preparedness, and more informed decisions before, during, and after extreme weather and climate events.

Food Security

The Food Security platform monitors agricultural conditions, anticipates threats to food production, and strengthens food security decision-making. It brings together information on crops, weather, water, and other factors to support agricultural monitoring, production forecasting, and earlier identification of emerging food security risks.

Land Cover Change & Environmental Monitoring

The Land Cover, Land Cover Change, and Environmental Monitoring platform strengthens our understanding of how landscapes are changing and what those changes mean for people and ecosystems. It supports consistent monitoring of land cover and land use to inform forest and ecosystem management, conservation, restoration, agriculture, and sustainable land-use planning.

Solutions

We’re adding examples of how the SERVIR Global Collaborative is tackling climate, ecosystems, and resilience challenges. This space will soon showcase solutions from across our hubs and partners: tools, services, and success stories making a difference on the ground. Please visit again for updates.