April 2018
Climate monitoring and the need for open access to global environmental satellite data
...surface-based instruments on a global basis and expressed the need to facilitate international exchange of climate data. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), negotiated at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, called on parties...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... hazards arising from debris. The body responsible for the development of space law on an international level is the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). In order to establish the content of the LTSG, in 2010 the...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... for making Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) in which all contracting members (the same as for the United Nations) are fully involved. The Council of ICAO which approves a Standard is an elected body of 36 member countries, elected once...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... management (STM) but these also require transparency and data-sharing among nations and operators. Current space sustainability efforts rely on the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty of 1963, containing relevant international space law regulations...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
..., and holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with Monash. Outside of work, he participates in Model United Nations debating conferences and is an active member of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. His post-graduate...
July 2018
A moment in space and time
...many Earth states as possible. Admission of Asgardia into international organisations of Earth and ultimately in the United Nations (UN). Opening continental Embassies of Asgardia. A population comprisng of the two percent of the most creative people...
