Global Future Council on the Future of Space

Global Future Council on the Future of Space

Council mission and objectives

The space sector is transforming and growing rapidly, with new and innovative concepts positioning themselves in an already busy area of the Lower Earth Orbit, and non-space actors starting to engage with existing and new business models. How can international collaboration and public-private partnerships address critical emerging gaps and ensure sustainable and inclusive development on Earth and in space?

Co-Chairs
Carissa Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, BryceTech

Pascale Foing Ehrenfreund, President, Committee for Space Research (COSPAR)

Council Manager
Nikolai Khlystov, Community Lead, Shaping the Future of Mobility, World Economic Forum

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Space Sustainability Rating

The ChallengeIn the near future, space debris will become a critical challenge for the global community, endangering access to space and the benefits this access brings. In recent years, the close to $400 billion glo...

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Space

Space debris is a growing problem. These leaders have a plan to tackle it

Orbital debris is growing, and with it, so is the risk of a catastrophic collision. Experts from the space industry have a plan to tackle the problem.

Nikolai Khlystov 13 Jun 2023

Space

The world's first sustainability rating system for space exploration

The Space Sustainability Rating has been developed to ensure that space exploration missions launched worldwide are managed safely and sustainably.

02 Mar 2023

Space

How solar farms in space might beam electricity to Earth

A European Space Agency plan to harvest energy from the sun and beam it back down to Earth could generate energy equal to that of a nuclear power plant.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes · EcoWatch 09 Nov 2022

Sustainable Development

Here are 5 things to look forward to in the future - according to 1,000 experts

Experts explore what the world might look like in 2025, and suggest how policymakers, decision-makers and the public can achieve these ‘positive futures’.

Jaci Eisenberg 30 Jun 2022

Space

How 3D-printing rockets and living on Mars could help us back on Earth

Tim Ellis is a US aerospace engineer who believes living on Mars can help tackle climate change. His company, Relativity Space, is 3D-printing rockets to achieve this aim.

Victoria Masterson 21 Jun 2022

Davos Agenda

Will the battle for space happen on the ground?

As space-based services become more interlinked with terrestrial technology and geopolitical conflicts draw them in, the risk of cyber-attacks increases.

Algirde Pipikaite, Aarti Holla-Maini, Bryan Ware, and Mark Dickinson 25 May 2022

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