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(Months)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "## TLDR : \n\n# Problem statement:\n- There is no international legal framework that really binds space operators not to produce space debris.\n- As space debris has little intrinsic value, there is no interest to collect it.\n- There is no real economic incentive to organize the recovery of debris. The limited public subsidies do not allow to consider a lasting market in this matter. \n- Citizens and companies outside the space sector are not aware of their extreme dependence on satellite capabilities. They do not realize that the preservation of orbits is also their problem.\n\n# Solution:\n- Create a community of citizens, companies and public institutions involved in orbit management \"As a Commons\" within a common platform.\n- Create an indicator, the Outer Space Footprint, to assess the impact on the entire value chain.\n- Create a label to identify responsible operators at the consumer level to encourage the adoption of sustainable behavior in a \"bottom-up\" approach. \n- Create an economic, reputational and legal incentive to finance orbit maintenance, mainly for companies outside the space industry.\n\n# Next steps for 2023:\n- Publication of the first report on the OSF. Search for partners to develop the concept and relay it to citizens, industry and public authorities.\n- On-chain operationalization of the DAO and first work on our consumer-chain.\n\n# Objective for 2024: \nCarry out the first campaign to label a company by the Cosmos Rangers community.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project in a few paragraphs (ideally including a problem statement, solution, roadmap, and timeline for implementation)", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "- One of the objectives of C4H is to enable the funding of research projects in the field of sustainable development of space activities, currently poorly supported by TradSci. \n- The projects to be supported are to be determined by the community (the Cosmos Rangers), through public and transparent discussions validated by an on-chain vote.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project support the mission or goals of DeSci?", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "See above.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe how funds from the grants program will be used for your project.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds (i.e. DeSci GR15) using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here.", "questionId": 11, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "hhrvx/wNmRrKcG7pa7S6u/RcV/XVEnryd/1sexth9ac=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "12494a566653995c7a9faf5708035e3f9fbb2d42fbf301f42bcb0ccd7f206566d287368118e61aa34ab8368caff4d7087ad09011b26600563ae51446fa228a077f2a56dcc8308358d976053fe223b5266e964c570b0658aa4d3e38a7ca6a33b2e42d8edc1b69ebe09673ab7b5164b30269ecdf369cfc7df55ee095bab81b537b000000000000002086eedff075859e2a935a8fb657576e313e97fa9c3501c5a4eeb9c9bf6ef8e5df1711f852c86b09863821c3676c37cd8b"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "On March 22, 2023, Claire participated in the [Meet-up Atechna](https://twitter.com/lepinechristell/status/1639620779066159106?s=20) organized by Starburst and CNES to share her experience as a woman in the space industry in general and in the sustainable development of space activities in particular. (Special mention to [Paige](https://twitter.com/PaigeDonner) from [Frontier DAO](https://twitter.com/FrontierDAO) who came to support Claire on this occasion!).\n![alt text](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsEaZ9nWIAI38Mh?format=jpg&name=large)\n", "hidden": false, "question": "If this project participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones since the last round.", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "\nAdditional information :\n\nConcerning the mentioned research team, it is currently struggling to find funding to further its work in the field of the economics of space sustainability especially to finance the recruitment of young post-docs.  \n\nAlthough the scope of this work is crucial to raise awareness of the economic cost of unsustainable orbital management and to propose solutions, the selection procedures of TradSci as well as its current focus unfortunately suggest that this project has little chance of being supported in France. \nAs a reminder, as C4H discovered in the context of a rescript procedure with the French tax authorities, Space and Earth orbits are not considered as an environment to be protected. In some ivory towers, talking about the management of Earth orbits as Commons is a laughing matter. \n\nWe do not accept it.\n\nOur \"DeSci\" goal for this Beta Round is to try to show that community engagement can provide an answer where TradSci has failed.\n\n(While we are aligned with this team and have regular exchanges, we have no official ties to it or with the [CRESE](https://crese.univ-fcomte.fr/en) and do not act on their behalf. Furthermore, although we do not share the solution that they put forward  (a global tax to finance the management of orbits), we think it is very important that this hypothesis be explored).\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Is there any other information you would like to share about your project, previous work, other project affiliations, or potential conflicts of interest? (or anything not covered elsewhere in this application that you feel is relevant to share)", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Does 50% of your team reflect the diversity of the community your project serves with a particular emphasis on including women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC), individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community?", "questionId": 14, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "+OxZIeOaOnfa32IaZHovJrB9+xMiq+SyCjEatCNAZ9c=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "9f7d9b4454d2574cb761117a79c32e83ab06f606ca7a88f157ba8641b92c98e94736f5f6205b0d15bdb2044d6aaaaf11cf9e85e3b92bde2773f316bfad10e7b29b29b3d72ddf2d6cb3c4bf51f9a002bce686e10a256ea8d796b82d83e94cf8ae3227ee3e2de19318a5ebd135e4b8a7db33aeff935f0bbf7566e4c69c1adb791e0000000000000020cd0227d8a2c001df361524511b1dad882fbd998a497f5d13ae96727dec2b171f815fc3742481b2c02bd5485ef1eabfa3"}}], "project": {"id": "1:0x03506eD3f57892C85DB20C36846e9c808aFe9ef4:296", "title": "Cosmos for Humanity | C4H", "logoImg": "bafkreicqeap3lsrquxtjjiuk7s76fjibff4jltklsc7lfzyctihyyfkicm", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreibuwuewj4mhfdpihnfkv6jrv55tqtayhswkjkotkdhvr7kemkv76a", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://cosmosforhumanity.eu/en", "bannerImg": "bafybeihw6lsoddo3oivlpvmc6duehzgnfa2k33i36ezy267d3hfpszebie", "createdAt": 1680591816481, "userGithub": "CosmosForHumanity", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..PiN5lpoL-pXWU5iRgVDwlZI-husV5RgId90tRVDarfDSIU1fitJuj63FGPR2y8vpJgTn6xnyPrbXNVS3vtRVCg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-04T06:41:48.029Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-04T06:41:48.029Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-03T06:41:48.029Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x65ad2BF7E09af2597C140dF6386a3003d0F5f8Ee", "hash": "v0.0.0:96X1zJjztt9cPnLLyxsmB7xYb6jFEatIutJXaQ9o4Nw=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#Cosmos4Humanity"}}}, "description": "# Who are we ?\n\nCosmos for Humanity is a [non-profit NGO based in Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland](https://cosmosforhumanity.eu/en). 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.\n\n![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/q6EbElt.gif)\n\nToday, 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](https://youtu.be/jVzbs81bDy0), our civilization would falter.\n\n\nSimilarly, our efforts to combat global warming and the pursuit of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals [depend on our satellite capabilities](https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/space4sdgs/index.html): it is now essential to maintain them.\n\n![alt text](https://www.unoosa.org/images/ourwork/SDGs/Space4SDGs_Logo_Vertical_1_Large.jpg)\n\n-----------------------------\n\n# What are our missions ?\n\n1.  Develop an indicator (the Outer Space Footprint - OSF) that allows to evaluate the environmental impact of the use of satellite data on the whole value chain: from launchers and satellites operators to end-users, citizens and companies. This indicator is currently being designed in partnership with CNES (the French space agency).\n    \n2.  Fund the development of an ecosystem dedicated to the sustainable development of space activities. Researchers and startups are currently struggling to find funding because space sustainability is not \"hype\" or \"profitable\" at the moment. We need to help them.\n    \n3.  Promote the incorporation of orbit protection as the 7th EU environmental objective so that OSF documentation is made mandatory for European companies ([NFRD / CSRD directives](https://finance.ec.europa.eu/capital-markets-union-and-financial-markets/company-reporting-and-auditing/company-reporting/corporate-sustainability-reporting_en)) and that sustainable space activities are considered as \"sustainable activities\" in the sense of the [European Green Taxonomy](https://finance.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-finance/tools-and-standards/eu-taxonomy-sustainable-activities_en).\n\n------------------\n\n# Our \"MVP\" ?\n\nA 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.\n\n--------------------------\n\n# Our long term objectives :\n\n1.  Create 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 [that have conflicts of interest with companies](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/26/blue-ticked-off-the-controversy-over-the-msc-fish-ecolabel).\n    \n2.  Develop a consumer-chain, thanks to the [Cosmos ICS](https://interchainsecurity.dev/), dedicated to the certification of our label so that the certification can be carried out in a transparent, independent, traceable and unfalsifiable way.\n    \n3.  Encourage other teams to fork our stack to see other sister labels emerge on the same model for ocean preservation, forest preservation, or simply to verify carbon footprint data provided by companies and make sure it is consistent.\n\n------------------------\n\n# Updates since GR15 and Alpha Round :\n\n-   We got the [3rd place](https://polygon.nftscan.com/0x115cc61a1980295e43f813adec68769c50057088/45) in the Swiss ranking of the European Commission\u2019s Cassini Hackhaton with [a small tool](http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cosmos-for-humanity-space-debris-falls_829034#3/44.84/29.62) to visualize on a map the space debris falls listed in the last 10 years.\n    \n-   We have delivered the second part of our partnership with CNES concerning the OSF. This part is about the general use case of the OSF and of our label, and 4 adoption scenarii.\n    \n-   We recruited 3 interns to support us this summer, partially thanks to the Alpha round funds received by the \u201cAct Now !\u201d Climate advocacy & activism bundle. Valentina and Rebecca will support us in the field of law and public policy to refine our work on the 3rd part of our CNES partnership. They will also be responsible for making our work and our DeSpace x ReFi perspective accessible to the Italian web3 community. As for Antoine, he will make his first steps with us as a web3 dev in the Cosmos ecosystem!\n    \n-   We participated [to our first ReFi event IRL](https://twitter.com/MontyMerlin/status/1639309438594039830?s=20)! (in March 2023, during the Paris Blockchain Week).\n----------------------------------\n\n\n# What we will do next :\n\n -  Participate in the translation of \"[Greenpilled](https://store.gitcoin.co/products/green-pill-book-digital-edition)\" into French in order to make the documentation accessible to the ReFi communities in West Africa. These communities could indeed develop by having a particular link with Space thanks to the use of dMRV tools and analysis of satellite imagery data from projects such as [Shamba](https://twitter.com/shambanetwork).\n       \n - Create educational content to make the English-language studies on \"[Space as a Commons](https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/03/09/space-is-great-commons.-it-s-time-to-treat-it-as-such-pub-84018)\" accessible to the French, German and Italian-speaking communities to develop the ReFi x DeSpace community in Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy.\n\n - Deliver the 3rd part of our partnership with CNES and publish our report on the OSF concept.\n\n - Operationalize our DAO using the tools offered by [DAO_DAO](https://daodao.zone/) on Juno.\n\n-------------------------------------\n\n# How your donations will be used :\n\n-   Securing funding for two interns starting in October.\n\n-   Creation of educational content related to the OSF, ReFi and the Commons in French, Italian and German.\n\n-  Participate in the funding of a team of researchers [currently working on the management of outer space as a Commons](https://hal.science/hal-03909662v1) and the economic impact of space debris.\n\n----------------------------------\n\n![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/XbogaZI.jpg)\n> **_First French New Space Conference, 7-8 of July 2022_**\n*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.*\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "CosmosForHumanity", "projectTwitter": "cosmos4humanity"}, "recipient": "0x65ad2BF7E09af2597C140dF6386a3003d0F5f8Ee"}}