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Space & Sustainability
Compact Agreement Initiative

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Space exploration and the development of many NewSpace applications present both challenges and opportunities for humanity’s long term sustainability. The goal of ACES Worldwide is to help make space activities as productive, safe, sustainable, equitable, peaceful, and secure as possible. Global collaboration in space enterprise with shared worldwide goals could promote significant advancements in space exploration and utilization. The use of space systems to help meet the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals has become a prime mission of ACES Worldwide through its Space & Sustainability program to be undertaken through Compact Agreements.

Our organization is seeking to link potential users/ end-users of space systems to meet one or more of the  U.N. Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and do so by non-binding goal based agreements between providers of space system and user groups. The specific agreements now concluded due to ACES Worldwide efforts are provided below.
 

  1. ​Space and Sustainability Agreement regarding fishing and livelihood of fisherfolks in India between Numer8 and INECC - First agreement under this initiative which was concluded in January 2023.
     

  2. Space and Sustainability Agreement regarding fishing, aquaculture and livelihood in India between Numer8, INECC and Climacrew entered into in September 2024. It is a revised version of earlier agreement between Numer8 and INECC.
     

  3. Space and Sustainability Agreement regarding space education and manufacturing of disaster management satellite in Nepal between Antarkchya Prathisthan Nepal and Navodaya School entered into in June 2024.​

ACES Worldwide Program Development Strategy

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Roundtable Discussions

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Action Agenda Papers

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Space Safety

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Space & Sustainability Compact Agreement Initiative

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Space Debris Removal

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Cosmic Hazards & Planetary Defense

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Education, Training & Capacity Building

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Upcoming Events

Related Literature
 

  1. Trademark application in India for Space and Sustainability Agreement Initiative.
     

  2. Paper presented at 74th International Astronautical Congress 2023 titled "Space & Sustainability Using Compact Agreements - A New Initiative to Realize the Space 2030 Agenda" and co-authored by Dr Joseph Pelton, Dr. Upasana Dasgupta, Dr. Scott Madry and Dr. Ranjana Kaul.
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  3. Paper presented at ITU Kaleidoscope 2024 conference titled "Towards Achieving Education For All: Realizing Sustainable Development Goals through Space Systems and Artificial Intelligence", coauthored by Dr Upasana Dasgupta, Dr Joseph Pelton, Ranjana Sengupta, Sarada Namhata, Sukdev Mahato and Sarthak Sarkar.
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  4. Abstract submitted for World Space Forum 2024 titled "Space and Sustainability Compact Agreement Initiative - Towards better integration of space technology for sustainable development."
     

  5. General Presentation on SSCI project.

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Further, discussions on the said agreement can be found here: 
 

  • 2024 UN Science Summit Session on Space and Sustainability Compacts: Partnerships for Food Security, Healthcare, Education

  • 2023 UN Science Summit on Space and Sustainability Compacts ​

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We are always looking for assistance and possible collaborations. If you wish to get involved, please email upasana.dasgupta@mail.mcgill.ca 

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