David Many

<h1>Who are we ?</h1><p>Cosmos for Humanity is a <a href="https://cosmosforhumanity.eu/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">non-profit NGO based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland</a>. We aim to defend an environmentally and economically sustainable access to outer space for humanity. Faced with the problem of space pollutions and space debris, we are all responsible: governments and the space industry, but also us, citizens and companies.</p><p><img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmbDprPzDV98nM5w6UkSky9QNoCRWJXhWH3idomEgRYHX4" style="display: block; margin: auto;"></p><p><br></p><p>Today, without us really being aware of it, humanity tends to depend on satellites as much as it depends on electricity: if tomorrow all satellites disappeared<a href="https://youtu.be/jVzbs81bDy0)," rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> our civilization would falter.</p><div class="ql-video-wrapper"><iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVzbs81bDy0?showinfo=0"></iframe></div><p>Similarly, our efforts to combat global warming and the pursuit of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals <a href="https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/space4sdgs/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">depend on our satellite capabilities</a>: it is now essential to maintain them.</p><p><br></p><h1>What are our missions ?</h1><ol><li><strong>Educate </strong>and structure a community of citizens committed to preserving sustainable access to space for humanity.</li><li><strong>Enable </strong>citizens and businesses to choose space operators on the basis of their environmental performance thanks to an indicator, the Outer Space Footprint (OSF).</li><li><strong>Encourage </strong>operators and companies committed to a sustainable approach to space activities through a collaborative label.</li><li><strong>Help </strong>companies meet the environmental challenges associated with space activities and to integrate citizens into their CSR approach thanks to the C4H label and C4H's public utility status in Switzerland. </li><li><strong>Promote </strong>the incorporation of orbit protection as the 7th EU environmental objective so that OSF documentation is made mandatory for European companies <a href="https://finance.ec.europa.eu/capital-markets-union-and-financial-markets/company-reporting-and-auditing/company-reporting/corporate-sustainability-reporting_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NFRD / CSRD directives</a> and that sustainable space activities are considered as "sustainable activities" in the sense of the <a href="https://finance.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-finance/tools-and-standards/eu-taxonomy-sustainable-activities_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Green Taxonomy.</a></li></ol><p><br></p><h1>Our "MVP" ?</h1><ul><li>A non-profit NGO recognized as being in the public interest in Switzerland that allows companies to specifically finance the sustainable development of space activities by benefiting from advantageous taxation.</li><li>An indicator, the Outer Space Footprint (OSF) :</li></ul><p><br></p><p><img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmU3YnaC1mTUT4XVWy3AWefj3dMR1dmqsxiitCLdm3TF96" style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="167"></p><p><br></p><h1>Our long term objectives :</h1><ol><li><strong>Advocating </strong>widespread adoption of the Outer Space Footprint.</li><li><strong>Create </strong>a citizen-led eco-label dedicated to studying the outer space environmental impact of companies. Our goal is to create a new way of looking at consumer labels, without the use of trusted third parties and in particular auditing firms <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/26/blue-ticked-off-the-controversy-over-the-msc-fish-ecolabel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">that have conflicts of interest with companies</a>.</li><li><strong>Develop </strong>a neutral platform of Space Traffic Management to preserve the Orbits as a Commons: <a href="https://spacedao.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SpaceDAO</a>.</li></ol><h1><br></h1><h1>Last updates :</h1><ul><li>C4H is <a href="https://esoc.esa.int/supporting-zero-debris-charter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a signatory of the ESA (European Space Agency) Zero Debris Charter</a>. It is the only NGO among the first 70 signatories to this charter.&nbsp;</li><li>C4H has officially integrated SpaceDAO into its structure.</li><li>C4H DAO is <a href="https://launchpad.ixo.world/entity/did:ixo:entity:c30394ed20769f5c3799d39a25bcd03d/overview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">live</a> on ixo.</li><li>Claire Elss <a href="https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/forum/video/forum-des-idees-cosmos-for-humanity-long-qui-defend-un-espace-durable?urn=urn:rts:video:14657675" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">presented C4H on the program "Le Forum des idées"</a> broadcast live on RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse francophone) on 26 January 2024.</li><li>C4H was the subject of its <a href="https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/suisse/claire-elss-fondatrice-de-cosmos-for-humanity-l-espace-doit-etre-protege-comme-les-forets-et-les-oceans-1353682" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">very first article</a> in the French-speaking Swiss regional daily newspaper "Arc info" on 11 January 2024.</li><li>In December, we have  presented the results our study, carried out in partnership with CNES, on the architecture of a space industry pivot towards sustainable space activities. </li><li>C4H and the <a href="https://launchpad.ixo.world/entity/did:ixo:entity:2f22535f8b179a51d77a0e302e68d35d/overview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ImpactsDAO Cooperative</a> have <a href="https://impacts.ixo.world/we-are-stopping-unsustainable-exploitation-of-earths-orbits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">officialized their partnership</a> to build the C4H label's infrastructure on ixo.</li><li>C4H's president Claire Elss spoke at a conference in November on <a href="https://en.arcep.fr/news/press-releases/view/n/satellites-and-environnement-event-ademe-arcep-cnes-201123.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">satellites and orbital preservation</a> organised by the French telecoms (ARCEP), environmental protection (ADEME) and space (CNES) agencies.</li><li>We applied to the Space 4 Sustainability award of the European Space Agency (ESA) in June 2023. We didn't win, but we did have the opportunity to get feedback on OSF from ESA officials. And more: we understood that the good contact to "sell" the OSF was not the ESA, but the EUSPA (European Union Agency for the Space Program).</li><li>In a <a href="https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/targeted-consultation-eu-space-law_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">survey </a>released the 27th of September 2023, the EU Commission asked to European space stakeholders their opinion on a "EU Space label". We are not alone anymore to back this idea !</li><li>We have delivered the third part of our partnership with CNES concerning OSF. Our aim now is to convince the French space agency to promote OSF within the European Union.</li><li>We produced our first educational content in <a href="https://medium.com/cosmos-for-humanity-english" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">English</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/cosmos-for-humanity-fran%C3%A7ais" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">French</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/cosmos-for-humanity-italiano" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Italian</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/cosmos-for-humanity-deutsch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">German</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/cosmos-for-humanity-espa%C3%B1ol" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spanish</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/cosmos-for-humanity-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russian</a> on the sustainable development of space activities.</li><li>We participated in the French translation of GreenPilled, as part of the GreenPill Afrique Francophone Chapter. The eBook is available&nbsp;<a href="https://greenpill.network/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;!</li><li>We had the opportunity to promote OSF at the "Regen Ignite" event during ETHCC in Paris at the invitation of Sparx Lab (Thank you Jake !), and alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/JimiCohen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jimi</a>&nbsp;!!</li><li>We got the 3rd place in the Swiss ranking of the <a href="https://polygon.nftscan.com/0x115cc61a1980295e43f813adec68769c50057088/45" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Commission’s Cassini Hackhaton</a> with a <a href="http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cosmos-for-humanity-space-debris-falls_829034#3/44.84/29.62" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">small tool </a>to visualize on a map the space debris falls listed in the last 10 years.</li></ul><h1><br></h1><h1>What we will do next :</h1><ul><li>Open membership of our NGO to all citizens. The onboarding process will be carried out on <a href="https://cosmosforhumanity.charmverse.io/welcome-cosmos-ranger-5742007595330765" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our space on Charmverse</a>, and the governance organize through <a href="https://launchpad.ixo.world/entity/did:ixo:entity:c30394ed20769f5c3799d39a25bcd03d/overview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our DAO</a>.</li><li>Organize our first <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/lecosmosafterwork7166334759671951360/comments/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmos Rangers events</a> in Neuchâtel (CH) to raise awareness on the space pollutions issue among the citizens.</li><li>Publish our&nbsp;report "Citizens, New Space actors ?".</li><li>Organize a counter-event of the IAC 2024 in Milano to bring citizens into space policy and Earth's orbits preservation.</li></ul><h1><br></h1><h1>How your donations will be used :</h1><ul><li>To develop, in the framework of a partnership the ImpactsDAO Cooperative, the Web3 tools that we need for our C4H's citizen label.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmRMkVNopGkBddv5Sj2Cra2jaxiYVGLQmBvaXEZLonZcmB" style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="521"></p><blockquote><strong>"Le Forum des Idées", live on RTS<em> </em>(Radio Télévision Suisse francophone), 26 January 2024</strong></blockquote><p><em>Claire Elss presenting Cosmos for Humanity, the first NGO dedicated to space sustainability.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmNXix6ZDgNFnQvWKvaUrPJ5CS95iztr46hfRaJf5k9xRZ" style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="505"></p><blockquote><strong>Satellites and the environment Conference, 20 November 2023</strong></blockquote><p><em>Claire Elss participating among the panel on technical solutions to the proliferation of space debris. Event hosted&nbsp; by ADEME, Arcep and CNES.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmdR5ak98fgCw4Nt4UNBpSsguWvBrBRqHfcND2rWckkCjm" style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="502"></p><blockquote><strong>First French New Space Conference, 7-8 of July 2022</strong></blockquote><p><em>Cosmos for Humanity's Chairwoman, Claire Elss, debating the issue of a European ESR label to support the sustainable development of space activities with Andrea Vena, ESA's Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer and Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, CNES' Head of Sustainable Development.</em></p>

WHO ARE WE ?
Cosmos for Humanity is a non-profit NGO based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. We aim
to defend an environmentally and economically sustainable access to outer space
for humanity. Faced with the problem of space pollutions and space debris, we
are all responsible: governments and the space...

NGO Cosmos for Humanity