ESA title

ESA's Commitment to Sustainability 

ESA is dedicated to advancing Europe's space capabilities while ensuring that our activities benefit the world. We also prioritise protecting Earth's environment – guided by the Paris Climate Agreement and the European Green Deal we strive to lead and inspire through our sustainability strategy. While decreasing our own environmental impact, we empower our partners and the broader space sector to drive sustainable progress. Please join us forging a lasting, positive impact on our planet. 

Sustainability
Sentinel-6B release into orbit
Agency

2026 European Space for Sustainability Award is now open fo…

25/03/2026 2058 views 23 likes
Read
Space debris surrounding Earth
Space Safety

ESA Space Environment Report 2025

01/04/2025 77004 views 82 likes
Read
Agency

ESA asks suppliers for self-assessment of their levels of C…

16/12/2024 523 views 0 likes
Read
Rocket Garden
Agency

Winners of Space for Sustainability Award attended Hera lau…

12/11/2024 358 views 0 likes
Read
2024 ESA-EISC S4S Award
Agency

Winners receive Space for Sustainability Award at EISC

01/10/2024 624 views 0 likes
Read
Nitrogen dioxide plumes over Saudi Arabia
Applications

Detecting nitrogen dioxide from power plants with Sentinel-2

05/08/2024 4423 views 34 likes
Read
Space for Europe
Enabling & Support

Ecodesigning satellites for the future

01/08/2024 2280 views 12 likes
Read
GOCE in orbit
Space Safety

Time to build zero-debris satellites

26/06/2024 6169 views 25 likes
Read
Arctic diatoms
Applications

Will climate change turn the Arctic green?

18/06/2024 3790 views 10 likes
Read
Destination Earth (DestinE), is an initiative of the European Union, that aims to develop a digital twin, or replica, of our planet.
Applications

A milestone in digital Earth modelling

10/06/2024 3029 views 18 likes
Read
Zero Debris key visual
Space Safety

Dozens of companies, institutions and NGOs sign the Zero De…

06/06/2024 4643 views 11 likes
Read
Zero Debris key visual
Space Safety

Twelve countries sign the Zero Debris Charter

22/05/2024 6378 views 18 likes
Read
EarthCARE: to understand how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's radiation balance
Applications

EarthCARE mission kit

17/05/2024 4776 views 49 likes
Read
Accounting for vegetation in the climate puzzle
Applications

Vegetation gets a boost with data from space

27/03/2024 2763 views 25 likes
Read
Space for Sustainability award
Agency

Launch of the 2024 Space for Sustainability Award

06/03/2024 1207 views 3 likes
Read
Brazilian tropical forest
Applications

Minding the gap on tropical forest carbon

07/12/2023 2989 views 65 likes
Read
Climate tipping points in Earth’s climate system
Applications

Understanding climate tipping points

06/12/2023 54004 views 138 likes
Read
Components of the climate system
Applications

Taking climate action with Earth observation

30/11/2023 5580 views 56 likes
Read
Cadman Ice Shelf 2023 compared to 2017
Applications

Warming ocean causing rapid glacier retreat

28/11/2023 5179 views 105 likes
Read
CLIP: Simulating Aeolus’s demise: a bird’s eye view
Space Safety

ESA’s Space Environment Report 2023

10/08/2023 28675 views 85 likes
Read
Space for Sustainability Award Winners 2021-22 with astronaut Jean-François Clervoy
Agency

Meet the winners of the Space for Sustainability Award 2021…

12/05/2023 775 views
Read
Agency

Statement for a Responsible Space Sector

21/11/2022 5917 views 10 likes
Read
Award ceremony for the Space for Sustainability Award
Agency

Space for Sustainability Award winners attend EISC

20/09/2022 1358 views 3 likes
Read
Vega and Ariane 5 launch pads at Europe Spaceport
Agency

Greening CSG

08/06/2022 1087 views 4 likes
Read
Agency

Evaluating the European space sector carbon footprint for t…

08/06/2022 3556 views 5 likes
Read
Animated depiction of a spacecraft deploying a drag sail in orbit
Space Safety

Setting sail for sustainable space

28/04/2021 7290 views 84 likes
Read
Space Safety

When the atmosphere isn't enough

19/04/2021 5263 views 64 likes
Read
Geostationary orbit
Space Safety

The current state of space debris

12/10/2020 73708 views 204 likes
Read
1