Priority items for the United Nations SPACE2030 Agenda form the perspective of the economic south

Abstract

Space2030 is an agenda under the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, with the vision of using space as a driver for peace and the Sustainable Development Goals. The agenda aims to strengthen the contributions of space technologies by addressing global development challenges, building stronger partnerships, and bridging the space divide between developed and developing States. This paper is an extension of the Team Project "Space2030"; a major component of the 2019 Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program, which was jointly coordinated by the International Space University and the University of South Australia, hosted in Adelaide, Australia. It identifies and recommends priority items to be included in the Space2030 Agenda from the perspective of the Economic South. These are States on or south of the Tropic of Cancer, which consists of developed and developing States, emerging space powers, and States of a growing influence on the world stage. Research and analysis of priority items fall under the established four pillars: Space Economy, Space Society, Space Accessibility, and Space Diplomacy; and a number of recommendations are presented for each pillar. These recommendations can serve as discussion points as the United Nations develop the structure for the implementation plan of the Space2030 Agenda.