Pillar I	The responsibility to act–scientists have produced knowledge that effectively rearticulates the social contract by revealing new insecurity and means to address it. The response can be authorized only by states with their sovereign authority. When a state, or a group of states, possesses the capability to respond, it has a moral (albeit non-binding) duty to do so, irrespective of whose territory might fall within the risk corridor, because the planetary defense is concerned with safeguarding the planet as a whole.
Pillar II	The responsibility to develop the capability–if a state, or a group of states, lacks the capability for the response, it has the responsibility to generate it and contribute whatever it can to bolster the collective planetary defense capabilities.
Pillar III	The holistic understanding of planetary defense–the eventual security regime should be designed as multigenerational, financially sustainable for decades, and beneficial to international scientific and industrial cooperation21.