October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
.... Towards achievement of the UN SDGs, the space sector has the potential to contribute to almost all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of humanity and, for this purpose, the UN General Assembly adopted the “Space 2030 Agenda: space as a driver...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
...have a key role to play in addressing global issues, especially in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals; this role was affirmed in the Dubai Declaration that emerged from the recent High Level...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... threw in the acronym SDG (with reference to the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals) as if it’s as common as IT, ISS or LEO. One proposal in a ‘sustainability session’ even pitched a “4SDG” structure (covering space economy, security...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
...responds to European and global challenges and offers opportunities, notably those related to the attainment of sustainable development goals and socioeconomic growth, mitigation of geopolitical risks, security, science, knowledge, climate change and...
20 May 2016
GLIS 2016: How Space Contributes to a Better World?
... and reduction and the Paris Agreement concentrates on climate change issues the Agenda 2030 with its Sustainable Development Goals forms the overarching oeuvre in that context. The international community agreed on 17 SDG with 169 associated targets...
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...
