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UNITED NATIONS 'SPACE4YOUTH COMPETITION 2020'

Space4Youth Competition 2020

STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (aged 18 - 35)

Are you passionate about space and sustainable development? Do you want to make a difference and contribute to achieve SDG 13 Climate Action?

 

Participate in the 2020 Space4Youth Competition!

Space4Climate
Space as a tool to address climate challenges: examples from local communities

Climate change is the defining issue of our time. From shifting weather patterns to rising sea levels, the impact of climate change is global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Action is needed and young people play a key role. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) wants to give a voice to your ideas on how space, in all its aspects, can mitigate climate challenges.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?

Submit an essay on "Space as a tool to address climate challenges: examples from local communities". The focus of the Competition is on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13: Climate Action. We want to hear your ideas on how space can be used to tackle climate challenges underlining concrete, realistic and original examples of how space policy, space law, international cooperation in space, space technologies and other applications can address climate change in local communities.

winning incentive(s):

The selected winner(s) will:

  • Be invited to participate to 19th Space Generation Congress 2020 and present his/her essay during one of the planned events. Due to current COVID restrictions, the Congress will be organized virtually.
  • Have the abstract of the essay submitted in the form of a Conference Room Paper at the 63rd session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) to be presented to delegates from Member States.
  • Have the essay uploaded on the "Space4Youth" webpage of UNOOSA.

The winner(s) may also be invited to participate to other events.

To apply, please read the guidelines and eligibility criteria in the call for essays 

Submission Deadline: 3 JunE 2020

If the form indicated in the call for essays does not work, please send an email to space4youth@un.org with name, surname, country of citizenship, and date of birth.

The Competition is open to all students and young professionals from any Member States of the United Nations.

 

Do not miss this opportunity!

Check out the experience of the winners of the 2019 Competition at https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/space4youth/competition/2019/index.html

For any questions, please contact: space4youth@un.org

 

 

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