February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
...environment and climate from space with the aim of saving lives, preventing economic loss and supporting sustainable development and innovation. The benefits brought by those missions is very significant and consequently, member states have committed...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... of the guidelines, members of UNCOPUOS accepted that it was an on going and organic process, whereby notions of space sustainability develop as both technology and cooperative mechanisms evolve. One only has to look at the success of the UN Debris...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
... for the UK MoD and head of the sustainable development International Partnership Programme at UKSA. Ray is now Head of Space Sustainability at UKSA, a varied role ranging from developing sustainability standards to leading a national active debris...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
... organizing these meetings, with the aim that each roundtable debate should relate to one of the pillars of Sustainable Development: environment, social, economics as well as general issues more related to governance. The focus of the two-day meeting...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... to align community engagement and science capital activities to ensure complimentary messaging about the role of science in sustainable development and education outreach. A final example is working with local academia and local industry on a joint...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
...of humanity and, for this purpose, the UN General Assembly adopted the “Space 2030 Agenda: space as a driver of sustainable development” resolution. A few States have started making noteworthy progress in this area. Today, more than 70 space agencies...
