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DLR Climate Change Conference Cologne, Germany 17 19 April 2018 Space technology for lowemission and

1 DLR Climate Change Conference Cologne, Germany April 2018 Space technology for lowemission and resilient societies: The 2030 Space Agenda Juan Carlos Villagran de Leon United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

2 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS (UNOOSA) VISION Bringing the benefits of space to humankind COPUOS 2016 in Vienna, Austria MISSION STATEMENT The core business of the Office is to promote international cooperation in the use of outer space to achieve development goals

UNIQUE ROLES OF THE UNOOSA CAPACITY BUILDER: UNOOSA brings the benefits

promotion of the peaceful uses of outer space.

3 UNIQUE ROLES OF THE UNOOSA CAPACITY BUILDER: UNOOSA brings the benefits of space to humankind by building space capacity of non spacefaring countries. GLOBAL FACILITATOR: UNOOSA plays a leading and facilitating role in the promotion of the peaceful uses of outer space. GATEWAY TO SPACE: UNOOSA is the main UN agency on space matters and facilitates the coordination of UN activities using space technology to improve lives around the world.

MAIN PROGRAMS AND PLATFORMS OF THE UNOOSA Secretariat to COPUOS Works with MS, IGOs, NGOs (space related) Programme on Space Applications UN wide coordination UN Space UN

4 MAIN PROGRAMS AND PLATFORMS OF THE UNOOSA Secretariat to COPUOS Works with MS, IGOs, NGOs (space related) Programme on Space Applications UN wide coordination UN Space UN Register of Space Objects UN SPIDER OUR WORK International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) More info:

employed to protect space as a limited resource for the benefit of

5 UNOOSA AND SDGs UNOOSA is currently developing new approaches to address the targets enshrined in the SDGs; Our joint vision has to be employed to protect space as a limited resource for the benefit of humankind. The Space 2030 Agenda, tobedevelopedbycopuos,tocontribute to the SDGs

CLIMATE ACTION GOAL 13 International cooperation to promote the use of space technologies to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.

6 CLIMATE ACTION GOAL 13 International cooperation to promote the use of space technologies to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. UNOOSA will continue to advocate for the use of space technologies to address the challenges posed by climate change. During the UN/Germany International Conference on International Cooperation for Low Emission, Resilient Societies held in Bonn in Nov. 2017; participants endorsed the Bonn Declaration addressing the use of space technologies to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the SDGs and the Sendai Framework. During the One Planet Summit in Paris on 12 December 2017, the space community launched the Space Climate Observatory to contribute to the systematic observation of the climate on a long term basis.

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7 Contributing to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement The Paris Climate Agreement commits all Member States to work together: To hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2⁰C above pre industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5⁰C above pre industrial levels; To increase the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and to foster climate resilience as a way to contribute to sustainable development.

8 UNISPACE+50 UNISPACE+50 will mark the 50 th anniversary of UNISPACE I and will be the first event of this kind of the 21 st century. This milestone anniversary will renew and strengthen the mandate of COPUOS as a unique platform for interrelationship between major space faring nations and emerging space nations. UNISPACE+50 will articulate the long term vision for space called Space2030 and will outline the vision for space as a commonly shared human experience Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

9 UNISPACE+50 PROCESS

10 Thematic Priorities: 1. Global partnership in space exploration and innovation 2. Legal regime of outer space and global space governance: current and future perspectives 3. Enhanced information exchange on space objects and events 4. International framework for space weather services 5. Strengthened space cooperation for global health 6. International cooperation towards low emission and resilient societies 7. Capacity building for the 21st Century

11 Thematic Priority 6: details United Nations/Germany International Conference: International Cooperation for Low-Emission, Resilient Societies Addressing climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development; Inputs compiled from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ; the SDGs, and several international and regional expert meetings and symposia; Flagship Conference: United Nations/Germany International Conference: International Cooperation for Low Emission, Resilient Societies.

12 Contributing to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement: the Bonn Declaration UNOOSA, UNFCCC, the space community and relevant partners to promote the combined and complementary use satellite technologies for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change; Member States, UN entities, space agencies, the research and education community, the private sector and non governmental organizations to enhance the knowledge and skills of stakeholders in charge of the implementation of the SDGs and the Paris climate agreement; UNOOSA, WMO and other relevant UN entities, GEO and other relevant organizations to work together to facilitate the identification of relevant satellite data and information as a way to respond to the demand for such data and information by stakeholders.

13 Contributing to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement UNOOSA will work with the space community and relevant partners to enhance systematic observations related to the monitoring of essential climate variables and the understanding and prediction of extreme fast and slow onset weather events that may trigger disasters; UNOOSA will approach the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to identify geospatial resources needed for adaptation; On the basis of this identification, UNOOSA, UNFCCC and the space community will develop Supplementary Guidelines on the use of space based and in situ data to assess vulnerability to climate change and to identify potential adaptation measures as part of the process of elaborating national adaptation plans, as foreseen in the Climate Change Convention.

14 Contributing to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement: The Space Climate Observatory The SpaceClimateObservatory(SCO), launched during the One Planet Summit in Dec under the leadership of CNES, to support the monitoring of many of the Essential; Climate Variables (ECVs) used to understand the climate and to gain new insights into climate change; The SCO will act as a hub to pool climate data acquired from space and make them readily available to the international scientific community.

15 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SDGs Anewglobal partnership under the coordination of the UNOOSA appears to be the most appropriate solution to support the Sustainable Development Goals; In order to better contribute to the SDGs, International space cooperation should be strengthened and unified; This unique partnership will help countries get a comprehensive support and assist them in achieving SDGs. The partnership can bring together the greatest variety of stakeholders and encompass all space related areas.

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SDGs Identify the specific needs countries have and attempt to close the existing gaps between countries; Improve cost effectiveness of the process; Support and coordinate

16 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SDGs Identify the specific needs countries have and attempt to close the existing gaps between countries; Improve cost effectiveness of the process; Support and coordinate programmes which focus on emerging space nations and those with limited space capabilities; Introduce exchange programme aimed at capacitybuilding; Strengthen the role of Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education;

17 SPACE2030 & PARTNERSHIP The Partnership is envisioned as one of the core elements of the Space2030 Agenda to be developed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space; It will serve as an important implementation mechanism, focusing on support and achievement of the SDGs, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sendai Framework for DRR

Building Resilience through Integrated Applications - Contribution from Space

23-25 October 2017 7 th UN-SPIDER Conference, Beijing Building Resilience through Integrated Applications - Contribution from Space Shirish Ravan United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs United Nations