Space Security
Decades of unchecked conflict and the failure to meaningfully address climate change have pushed Earth toward the brink of uninhabitability. Rising sea levels, resource scarcity, and collapsing ecosystems have left nations scrambling for survival, not just on Earth—but beyond it. Space, once a shared frontier for exploration, has become humanity’s final insurance policy.
Governments and corporations alike have begun racing to establish orbital infrastructure, lunar settlements, and off-world habitats in an effort to preserve national interests, cultural identity, and the human legacy itself. As more actors enter space, competition over territory, resources, and technology has intensified, transforming Earth’s orbit and beyond into a new arena of geopolitical tension. Long-standing treaties are strained, militarization accelerates, and the risk of conflict above the planet grows by the day.
Amid this fragile balance, unexplained signals and encounters raise unsettling questions about the presence of unknown life forms beyond Earth. Whether these phenomena represent a threat, an opportunity, or humanity’s greatest discovery remains unclear—but their existence has the potential to upend the already volatile struggle for survival.
Delegates in the Space Security Council must navigate the collapse of Earth-bound norms while preventing conflict from following humanity into the stars. The committee will confront issues of space governance, militarization, climate migration beyond Earth, corporate power, and first-contact ethics, all while deciding whether space will become humanity’s salvation—or the site of its final failure.
