Transcript FUTURE EARTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP KUALA LUMPUR

FUTURE EARTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP
KUALA LUMPUR
Breakout session 3:
Options and recommendations to
implement Future Earth in the region
Key messages
Group 2
Participants
1. Md Mafizur Rahman (Chair)
2. Anantha Duraiappah (TT)
3. Ailikun
4. Shaharuddin Mohd Ismail
5. Mitsuo Uematsu
6. Meine Van Noordwijk
7. Takashi Kohyama
8. Taniguchi Makoto
9. Christine Chan
10. Aysun Uyar
11. Andrew Matthews
12. Toshio Yamagata
13. Sharizad Dahlan (Rap.)
1. What would the vision for a Future Earth
interface/node in Asia-Pacific be?
• An open network of people not limited to
Academies
• Challenge is in the coordination
• Engagement of the right people
• Need support from the higher political level
• Flexible approach in looking for diverse partners
• Transparent
• Minimalist approach and effective
communication
• Opportunity for young scientists involvement
2. What should the regional interface/node of Future
Earth look like?
• Asia – Pacific region
• Virtual network - web based -Facebook /
mailgroup
– Minimal bureaucracy
– National contact point
• Leverage on existing regional network like APN;
APEC; START; ASEAN; ADB; GEOSS; UNESCO;
UNU; CGIAR; WHO; UNISDR; MAIRS; UNITAR on
who can contribute list of experts to Future Earth
3. Who should be engaged?
• For example APN; APEC; START; ASEAN; ADB;
GEOSS; UNESCO; UNU; CGIAR; WHO; UNISDR;
MAIRS; UNITAR
4. Where do we start? Who is ”we”?
5. What are the next steps?
• Next step
– Determine more complete regional participation list
– Strengthening Asia’s perspective (research challenges
and representation)
– Is Regional secretariat needed immediately?
– Integrating Future Earth into the national funding
programme is a challenge because each national
programme has its own agenda
– Challenge is to communicate Future Earth (beyond
Ministry of Environment) as a ground breaking
initiative in line with countries’ strategy in global
change research
6. How would we fund it?
• Funding is not the biggest problem, regional
implementation is
• Suggest to tap into global private climate
finance. For example engage with CSR
movement
7. How do national committees contribute?
• Need a country specific strategy