Climate Change & the Environment
Subhead
Environmental and weather monitoring has been a long-standing cornerstone of the space sector, however the earth faces increasingly drastic consequences to climate change. CSPS research investigates how the space sector can address those challenges and align with global and national environmental priorities.
Featured Papers
How NEPA Applies to U.S. Space Activities
Although NEPA has rarely been applied directly to space activities, two recent executive orders have prompted U.S. federal agencies to review its application, leading to an examination of the NEPA process and its intersections with historical and current U.S. public and private space efforts.
By Lindsay DeMarchi
Published Date
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/papers/how-nepa-applies-us-space-activities
The Green Circularity: Life Cycle Assessments for the Space Industry
Can environmental life cycle assessments (E-LCAs) be used to understand the space sector’s cradle-to-grave impacts across space and terrestrial environments?
By Karen Jones
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/green-circularity-life-cycle-assessments-space-industry
Implications of a Growing Spaceflight Industry: Climate Change
Given the fact that little scientific attention has been paid to the impacts of rocket launches and space debris reentries on global climate and stratospheric ozone, what information will policymakers need in the future to make effective regulatory decisions regarding industrial emissions and fossil fuel use?
By Karen Jones
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/implications-growing-spaceflight-industry-climate-change
Latest Papers, Events & News
Space Agenda 2021 Showcase
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode040-space-agenda-2021-showcase
Light Pollution From Satellites
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/light-pollution-satellites
Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-based-solar-power-near-term-investment-decision
The Arctic: Space-based Solutions to Infrastructure and National Security Needs
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/arctic-space-based-solutions-infrastructure-and-national-security-needs
Locating Methane Super-emitters in California: A San Joaquin Valley Case Study
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/locating-methane-super-emitters-california-san-joaquin-valley-case-study
Locating Methane Super-Emitters from Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode015-locating-methane-super-emitters-space
Closing the Arctic Infrastructure Gap: National Security and Commercial Considerations
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode007-closing-arctic-infrastructure-gap-national-security-and-commercial
Closing the Arctic Infrastructure Gap
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/closing-arctic-infrastructure-gap
The Policy and Science of Rocket Emissions
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/policy-and-science-rocket-emissions
Near-term Space Support for Arctic Operations
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/near-term-space-support-arctic-operations
Climate Change & the Environment Podcasts
Featured Experts
Karen Jones
Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/karen-jones