October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... in 2018. She strives to empower women, help youth worldwide and raise awareness to achieve the United Nations sustainable development goals.
23 October 2019
Landing site sought for UN's Dream Chaser mission
... first time, "to ensure that the benefits of space, in particular for sustainable development, are truly accessible to all." The project supports the UN's six sustainable development goals of ending poverty and hunger; and promoting health, education...
11 February 2019
Today marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
..., along with investment in teacher trainings, gender-responsive technology and innovation can reverse these trends. With Sustainable Development Goal 9, part of the Global Goals that world leaders agreed to in 2015 with a deadline of 2030, countries...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... global community moves steadily towards the post-2015 development agenda and the new Sustainable Development Goals, it is paramount for UNOOSA to underline the role of space for development. UNOOSA will continue to stimulate the further advancement...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... space probes; the benefits they offer our space-enabled economies, the opportunities they offer for sustainable development, for monitoring Earth’s climate, for exploring our near neighbourhood of moons and planets, indeed for detection...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
..., ports and energy projects, all of which involves a ‘Spatial Information Corridor’ using remote sensing for sustainable development, in addition to China’s own network of Beidou navigation and positioning satellites. This raises concerns about the...
