At #Unispace50 ESA's @astro_paolo today presented @SDiPippo_OOSA with a space-flown @UN flag with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. "We need to start working together, regardless of our nationality, regardless of our continent." #esa4SDGs https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009400141239996416/video/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009400141239996416

Just as with hazards due to #asteroids, #spaceweather can affect us all, regardless of borders or nationality #Unispace50 We need to build resilient societies #esa4SDGs #ProtectOurPlanet https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009382187697917958/video/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009382187697917958

"We look to Earth, what appears from the @Space_Station this fragile and incredibly beautiful planet. But what we must remember is, it is not the Earth that is fragile, but life on it" - ESA astronaut @astro_paolo talking at #Unispace50 today #esa4SDGs https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009370263509757953/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009370263509757953

Heads of nearly 30 space agencies from around the world met today at #Unispace50 to share their visions for the future and lay out plans for how space can help achieve the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals #esa4SDGs https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009109658244669442/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009109658244669442

Today at #Unispace50, @janwoerner and @sdipippo signed a cooperation agreement between ESA and @UNOOSA to promote space expertise and technologies in achieving #Agenda2030 and the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals #esa4SDGs https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009021166328143873/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1009021166328143873

"...in the next decades we will be more and more in need of a creative and diverse pool of talent to address challenges of the future" - Chief @ESADiversity Officer @ersiliascarpett on ESA's #Diversity Perspective #UNISPACE50 #esa4SDGs
Read more: http://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2018/06/18/esa-diversity-perspective/ https://twitter.com/esa/status/1008714715357380608/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1008714715357380608

The 'Space for Women' panel at the #UNISPACE50 symposium @UNOOSA starts at 15:00 CEST (13:00 GMT). Panelists include @ESADiversity Officer @ersiliascarpett #esa4SDGs
Watch streaming via: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/unispaceplus50/index.html https://twitter.com/esa/status/1008688356539191298/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1008688356539191298

🎥 Of more than 600 000 known asteroids in our Solar System, 18 000 travel close to Earth and could hit us. One of our most important contributions to the @UN's Sustainable Development Goals is helping to hunt for these risky #asteroids. #UNISPACE50 #esa4SDGs https://twitter.com/esa/status/1008289399543685121/video/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1008289399543685121

RT @spaceforearth: Only 1 week to go until @UNOOSA #UNISPACE50. Follow #esa4SDGs to see how we use #space technology to make #Earth a bette… source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1006256441043374080