Transcript Criteria for Future Earth Research

Future Earth workshop – Kuala Lumpur
Breakout session 1: Developing a regional
vision for Future Earth
Key messages
Participants
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Tandong Yao (TT)
Anne Larigauderie (TT)
Anne-Sophie Stevance (Rap)
Yukio Himayama
Ailikun
Andrew Matthews
Cindy Shirata
Jan Sopaheluwakan
Neda Farahbakhshazad
Nobuko Saigusa
Shaharuddin Mohd Ismail
Bach Tan Sinh
Md Mafizur Rahman
1. What is your vision for global change and sustainability
research for the region and how do you see Future Earth
contributing to it? (1/2)
• Need a common vision that binds the regional scale and have both a
short and long term horizon (multiscale)
• Asia = hot spot and many active Asian and international research
communities
• FE could help develop socio-economic and human dimensions in
GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) monitoring
system
• Traditionally, science is interest- and problem-oriented and not
solutions oriented: transformation of knowledge into meaningful policy
decisions would be a key outcome of Future Earth in the region
• Combination of bottom-up and top-down
• Share good practices and facilitate networking and linkages
• Address language differences and local knowledge (provide
opportunities and incentives to disseminate research to international
community)
1. What is your vision for global change and sustainability
research for the region and how do you see Future Earth
contributing to it? (2/2)
• Foster intra-regional collaboration (including between least developed
countries and more advanced countries) and networks between Asian
countries (share understanding of local issues at the regional level and
look for and share solutions)
• GloCal - Develop visions of sustainability taking into account the
unique characteristics of the Asia Pacific region (diversity of geography,
culture and development)
• Identify and provide inputs in the forums where science-policy interface
is taking place at global, regional and local levels
• Develop understanding on what the points of entry into policy arena
are and how to influence policy-making taking into account the different
cultural backgrounds.
2. What would success look like for Future Earth in the
region? What impacts could Future Earth make in the region?
• Ground the overarching framework into sub-regional contexts
(through national focal points and nodes)
• Develop global sustainability indicators that need to be continuously
checked for relevance at regional and sub-regional levels
• Provide or identify science-policy platforms to make current
knowledge available (to inform policy-makers) - portals
• Foster networks for scientists across regions, fields and stakeholders
• Influence public opinion and improve environmental education
• Translation of what sustainability means at the national level
(different cultural contexts)
3. What would key requirements and success indicators be?
• Develop methodology on transdisciplinarity (science-policy interface):
how to collaborate with stakeholders and across countries
• Translate and share models on how to influence policy-makers and
businesses and successful science-policy dialogues
• Provide platform and networks for stakeholders to access relevant
information
• Indicators could be different for different countries to capture the
diversity of contexts and sustainability pathways