September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... only debris mitigation activity of any significance until 1994, when the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) first considered space debris as a priority item. In 1999...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... or groups outside of political or corporate entities. While more noted for being ignored than followed, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the most important documents in human history. The Declaration recognises...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
...to understanding or action. For example, many presenters 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...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
... highlighted growing cooperation with agencies like the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to address these broader implications, including initiatives addressing launch safety, ocean...
March 2026
The imagined sky – power, inequality and the future of space sustainability
... on Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society in Vienna hosted by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory/United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (SKAO/UNOOSA) in December 2025. Concerns about the space environment continue to be addressed...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... although the obligation on 104 signatory nations has been in place since the United Nations Outer Space Treaty of 1967. However..., there is expected to be increased pressure on space nations to implement remedial action. This could stimulate many more...
