PERSPECTIVES ON AN EMERGING 18TH SDG ARTICULATION – AN SRI SIDE EVENT AT COPUOS LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE

Space Renaissance International (SRI) will organize a high-level side event during the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee on 16 April 2026 at UNOOSA (Vienna), proposed and convened by Dr. Gülin Dede, titled “Operationalising Space as a Cross-Cutting Enabler of Sustainable Development: Perspectives on an Emerging 18th SDG Articulation.”

The session will bring together legal, policy, industry, and Global South perspectives to examine how outer space is evolving from a sectoral domain into a critical enabling infrastructure for the 2030 Agenda, while simultaneously requiring stewardship as an environment in its own right.

Positioned as an early contribution to shaping how space sustainability is framed within the broader UN system, the event will also be broadcast by the United Nations, extending its reach beyond the room to a global audience.

As part of SRI’s Space 18th SDG Coalition, now bringing together 120 partner organizations worldwide and supporting the 18th SDG articulation, the initiative aims to strengthen institutional coherence, reinforce the role of space within global sustainability governance, and support the continued development of this emerging framework.

SRI committed to add an 18^th SDG focused on Civilian Space Development to the UN 2030 Agenda in 2021. This goal was mentioned in the SRI 3^rd World Congress Final Resolution. In 2023 we initiated the campaign at COPUOS, in partnership with the National Space Society, that advanced this proposal already in 2018. The Space 18^th SDG Coalition has now grown up to 120 organizations world-wide. It is now time to reach the next institutional level!

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