UN/Austria Symposium 2023 Space for climate action: space applications and technologies for sustainability on Earth
Start Date:
Sept. 12, 2023
End Date:
Sept. 14, 2023
City:
Graz
Country:
Austria
Description:
The 2023 UN/Austria Symposium "Space for climate action: space applications and technologies for sustainability on Earth" is part of a series to discuss the important contributions of space applications and technologies in tackling the challenges of climate change. The focus of the symposium is to showcase the most recent initiatives, experiences and best practices in mitigating and adapting to climate change and supporting sustainability on Earth.
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and Austria are responsible for organising the Symposium. It is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, the European Space Agency, AUSTROSPACE, the City of Graz, the Province of Styria, Joanneum Research and the Graz University of Technology.
Targeted Audience:
To raise awareness of relevant space-related activities, services and cooperation programmes among different user groups, the symposium will gather government officials, the diplomatic community, UN and international agencies, private companies, academia, as well as NGOs.
Expected Outcomes:
The symposium has the following objectives:
To promote the exchange of best practices and solutions to meet the demand and needs of developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
To demonstrate how initiatives based on space applications have been successfully developed and implemented in different countries.
To share experiences and explore how space-based services can be used to comply with or support policies about climate action according to national priorities, and how sustainability policies are being applied in the space sector.
To present available toolboxes that have already been implemented through case studies or pilot projects at a country level to comply with regulations related to climate action, with the aim of encouraging the adoption of tested tools and approaches.
To raise awareness of relevant space-related activities, services and cooperation programmes among different user groups, in particular government officials, the diplomatic community, UN and international agencies as well as NGOs.
To report to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space through the Scientific and Technical Sub-committee.
Host:
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and Austria.
Organizer:
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and Austria.
