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...
11 February 2019
Today marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
... in teacher trainings, gender-responsive technology and innovation can reverse these trends. With Sustainable Development Goal 9, part of the Global Goals that world leaders agreed to in 2015 with a deadline of 2030, countries around the world...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
... space is related to broader UN initiatives, specifically the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, where space is being discussed as one of the tools to achieve sustainable development goals. When focusing more directly on space itself, the UN space...
