July 2014
Understanding Earth: GEO and the SDG environmental agenda
... of these data and information must, therefore, play an essential role in the context of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda. The Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and landscapes are being increasingly impacted by human activities...
May 2018
Delivering farming solutions with satellite-powered data analytics
... cornerstones to bringing prosperity across the globe and transforming our world is the UN-spearheaded Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These 17 ‘Global Goals’ include ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... on Earth. This harmonised the activities of UNCOPUOS with the push towards the broader UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The second expert group looked at issues of debris and space situational awareness, the third looked at ...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... interest within the international community as to how the use of space applications can support the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Living off-Earth will give rise to novel and unanticipated human rights concerns that will have...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... chance to improve disaster resiliency: it contains 25 targets related to disaster risk, described in 10 out of 17 of the sustainable development goals. The current expansion of the available observation data and their enhanced accessibility has...
23 October 2019
Landing site sought for UN's Dream Chaser mission
... first time, "to ensure that the benefits of space, in particular for sustainable development, are truly accessible to all." The project supports the UN's six sustainable development goals of ending poverty and hunger; and promoting health, education...
