At ESA, we believe that we have a responsibility to use our space technologies, applications and services to benefit planet Earth and humankind.
In 2018, ESA became the first space agency to have a catalogue of space projects supporting the SDGs. Anybody can browse the catalogue; it provides examples of how space is already supporting the SDGs, creating visibility for the added value of space data, applications, and technologies for tackling the global challenges we are facing today.
"All our space assets are deployed in monitoring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals," says ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher. "Thanks to our satellites, we provide crucial indicators and information about targets and the achievement of goals. For those goals related to poverty, food security or water quality, for example, we use Earth observation satellites combined with telecommunications and navigation services to monitor agriculture, evaluate crop yields and ensure that people have access to food."