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...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
... Safety) mission to study the asteroid Apophis in 2029. IAWN (International Asteroid Warning Network): Created by the United Nations (UN) in 2014, facilitates data exchange and global response protocols. SMPAG (Space Mission Planning Advisory Group...
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...
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...
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...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... and convincing evidence is now emerging that increases the urgency for humankind to leave the ‘cradle’. The United Nations Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, released in March 2019, states that “the biomass of wild...
