April 2026
Future-building in space - sustainability as first principle
... Worlds & Freedom at the Nottingham University Business School. Her research centres on applied space ethics from a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, including applications for off-Earth governance and social structures, and she leads...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... of disaster. The use of solar energy could support various international terrestrial initiatives including the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals The use of solar power sources can potentially contribute to, and support the targets of the Charter...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
.... Other countries have since followed Peru’s example. The UN is a champion of sustainable development and we are halfway through our journey to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but they still look like far away targets. We must...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... as Space4SDGs identifies how space applications can support its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which incorporates 17 sustainable development goals, or SDGs. The importance of space in achieving these SDGs is illustrated by the use of Earth...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... degradation due to pollution and gradually gave rise to the much broader concept of sustainable development now encapsulated in the 17 ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ adopted by the United Nations in 2015. In a similar manner, what is now broadly...
16 February 2026
New tool could reduce collision risk for EO satellites
... relied upon to support efforts to meet the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), providing critical data on issues like land use, urban development, ecosystems and disaster response. However, the rapid growth of satellite...
