Space4Youth Competition 2022

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), in collaboration with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), launched the 2022 edition of the Space4Youth Essay Competition! Water scarcity is a major global challenge. Young people play a key role. UNOOSA and SGAC want to give a voice to and promote youth's ideas on the use of space for water resources management and aquatic ecosystem preservation

2022-12-09T04:42:22+01:00October 21st, 2022|Tags: , , , |

UNOOSA/SGAC Space4Youth 2021 Competition Winners Announcement

On 3 June at 15:00 CEST, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and SGAC will host a special webinar to announce the winners of the Space4Youth competition, in which young people from all over the world were asked for ideas on space as a tool to foster climate mitigation and adaptation.

2021-05-26T15:28:30+02:00May 26th, 2021|Tags: , , , , |

Youth4Climate 2021

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, in collaboration with the Space Generation Advisory Council, is launching the 2021 edition of the Space4Youth Competition! Are you passionate about space and climate? Climate change is the defining issue of our time. Young people play a key role. UNOOSA and SGAC want to give a voice to and promote youth's ideas on how space can foster climate adaptation and mitigation.

2021-04-29T15:53:59+02:00March 19th, 2021|Tags: , , , , |

Voices from global youth on leveraging satellites for better lives

In this webinar, we will hear the winners of the UNOOSA/SGAC Space4Youth competition, that asked young people worldwide contributions to leverage space applications for sustainable development, present their ideas.

2020-10-02T14:14:29+02:00October 2nd, 2020|Tags: , , , |

UNOOSA and SGAC announce winners of Space4Youth competition 2nd edition

VIENNA, 8 September 2020—The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) announced the winners of the second Space4Youth Competition, that asked youth all over the world to provide their ideas and examples from their community to leverage space for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action.

2020-09-08T14:11:56+02:00September 8th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , |

UNOOSA / SGAC Space4Youth Competition Winners Announcement

On 8 Sep. at 15:00 CET, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and and SGAC will host a special webinar to announce the winners of the Space4Youth competition, which asked young people from all over the world for ideas on how to use space to counteract climate change.

2020-09-03T13:00:33+02:00September 3rd, 2020|Tags: , , , , |

Space for Youth Competition

Climate change is the defining issue of our time. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of flooding, the impact of climate change is global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Action is needed and young people play a key role. UNOOSA and SGAC want to give a voice to and promote youth’s ideas on how space, in all its aspects, can mitigate climate challenges.

UN/China Cooperation on the Utilisation of the CSS initiative

In May 2018, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Chinese Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced a call for projects, open to all countries of the United Nations, to be flown aboard the Chinese Space Station in 2022. In total, 42 projects were presented from 27 different countries. From that, 17 were shortlisted at the beginning of 2019 and finally, last Wednesday during the general session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, a list of the final 9 selected projects was disclosed; one of these selected projects was presented by six SGAC members from Peru, Colombia and Spain, in the Peruvian and the Spanish chapters of The Mars Society.

2019-06-17T08:38:01+02:00June 17th, 2019|Tags: , , , , |
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