The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, the world’s highest-level conference in the field of disaster reduction, was held in Mexico in May 22-26 2017. In 2015, SDIM, together with GEO, UNOOSA, ESA and other organizations, released the Earth Observations in Support of National Strategies for Disaster-risk Management Whitepaper. After nearly two years of preparation, the International Alliance of Space Technology for Disaster Reduction was officially established at the 2017 Global Platform on the initiative SDIM and other organizations committed to coping with global disasters.