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Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability

The Earth System Science Visioning Process (2009 - 2011)

Led by ICSU in cooperation with the ISSC

The Belmont Forum (2009

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Representing the main (national) funders of global environmental change research

ICSU – ISSC Visioning Cape Town Meeting Oct 2010

Converging towards a single, unified strategic framework

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A new Science & Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability

WMO as observer 4

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Future Earth: building from the GEC programmes Global Environmental Change Programmes and Projects

1980 1986 1991 1996

FUTURE EARTH

2001

and their partnership

2013 6

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Some of the challenges we face

• Feeding 9 billion people within sustainable planetary boundaries • Valuing and protecting nature’s services and biodiversity • Adapting to a warmer and more urban world • Transitioning to low carbon societies • Providing income and innovation opportunities through transformations to global sustainability • Reducing disaster risks • Aligning governance with stewardship 8

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Future Earth: research for global sustainability

WMO as observer Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability 10

Future Earth

To provide the knowledge required for societies in the world to face risks posed by global environmental change and to seize opportunities in a transition to global sustainability

Future Earth attributes

A global platform for international research collaboration • augments earth system science with impacts of environmental change on

people

, adaptation and transformation • delivers

interdisciplinary

research on global environmental change for sustainable development • strengthens partnership between researchers/funders/users (

co-design

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The Transition Team

Many disciplines, sectors, regions for a co-design effort 17 individual capacity members, 12 ex-officio (ICSU, ISSC, Belmont Forum, UNESCO, UNU, UNEP) and Global Environmental Change Programme Directors 13

Consultative process: Timeline Planet Under Pressure

March 2012 •Presentation •Town Hall 29 August – 28 September

Africa Asia Pacific

31 October-2 21-23 November 2012 November 2012

Latin America/ Caribbean

3-5 December 2012 •

North Africa/ Middle East

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Europe/North America

January – June 2013

2012 GEC consultation on research framework

programmes and projects

Regional workshops Online Consultation

time TBC

2013 Rio +20

June 2012 •Launch Science Forum •Side event Rio Centro

4th Transition Team meeting

20-21 September 2012

GEC project meeting

28-29 November 2012

AGU

Town Hall 6 December 2012

AAAS

Symposium 16 February 2013

EGU

Town Hall April 2013