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The Challenge There is mounting evidence of unprecedented, and interconnected, pressure on the global commons. This ranges from a polluted atmosphere and a rapidly changing climate, to deteriorating ocean health, freshwater stress, retreating ice caps and collapsing glaciers, mounting land use change and overall pressure on the biosphere—among many other challenges. If urgent action is not taken, the basic operating condition—the Holocene equilibrium—that has enabled human activity to expand so successfully over the past 10,000 years, will be radically changed. Non-linear and thus difficult to predict negative economic, social and environmental consequences are likely to happen in the not too far future. It is not too dramatic to say that this generation will be the one that must navigate the global commons crossroads. Through the plethora of existing multilateral environmental agreements, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, the world has established targets to aim for by 2030. If met, these can help secure our global commons within the context of sustainable and inclusive development. However, given the scale and urgency of the pressure our global commons are facing, a “business as usual” incremental approach will not be sufficient to achieve these targets. Some form of rapidly scaleable movement, momentum or impulse is needed; more disruptive, “systems change” leapfrogging models are arguably required. The Opportunity Across our world’s economic and social systems, profound advances in digital processing power, technological capabilities and ubiquitous connectivity are taking place. At the same time, global power is rebalancing and becoming more distributed, away from national governments and international organizations. These shifts are in confluence with a rise in various global /local “non-state actor” initiatives, alliances and collaborations, including those in the environmental and natural resource area, as manifested at Rio+20 and more recently in the Paris climate COP. Can these various movements in digital transformation, multidimensional cooperation and new models of finance and risk pricing, distributed power and networked leadership, be harnessed to help transform the key human-driven systems—such as urbanization, land use, energy production, food production and industrial manufacturing—that are currently placing intolerable pressure on our global commons? How might the various levers of systems change be identified, designed and catalyzed through a suite of strategic initiatives, and how could we trigger “tipping points” for such systems to change? What kinds of international platforms and multi-actor collaboration would be required to achieve such systems change by 2030? The Dialogue This unique Dialogue is convened by the Global Environment Facility and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, in partnership with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the World Resources Institute and the World Economic Forum Environmental Systems Initiative. Preceded by a Science Day on October 11, 2016, the Dialogue will be held at the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, and will engage leading environment, innovation and system design thinkers and analysts from across sectors of society in an unprecedented, informal and engaging strategic discussion to (i) assess the latest evidence as to the pressures our global commons face, and (ii) discuss how best to disrupt the systems that drive these pressures. Our Global Commons Assessing the pressures on the global environment and disrupting the systems that drive them 25 years Our Global Commons— An International Dialogue Oct 12-13, 2016 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC Science Day Oct 11, 2016 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC For more information [email protected] globalcommons.earth
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The ChallengeThere is mounting evidence of unprecedented, and interconnected, pressure on the global commons. This ranges from a polluted atmosphere and a rapidly changing climate, to deteriorating ocean health, freshwater stress, retreating ice caps and collapsing glaciers, mounting land use change and overall pressure on the biosphere—among many other challenges.
If urgent action is not taken, the basic operating condition—the Holocene equilibrium—that has enabled human activity to expand so successfully over the past 10,000 years, will be radically changed. Non-linear and thus difficult to predict negative economic, social and environmental consequences are likely to happen in the not too far future. It is not too dramatic to say that this generation will be the one that must navigate the global commons crossroads.
Through the plethora of existing multilateral environmental agreements, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, the world has established targets to aim for by 2030. If met, these can help secure our global commons within the context of sustainable and inclusive development. However, given the scale and urgency of the pressure our global commons are facing, a “business as usual” incremental approach will not be sufficient to achieve these targets. Some form of rapidly scaleable movement, momentum or impulse is needed; more disruptive, “systems change” leapfrogging models are arguably required.
The OpportunityAcross our world’s economic and social systems, profound advances in digital processing power, technological capabilities and ubiquitous connectivity are taking place. At the same time, global power is rebalancing and becoming more distributed, away from national governments and international organizations. These shifts are in confluence with a rise in various global /local “non-state actor” initiatives, alliances and collaborations, including those in the environmental and natural resource area, as manifested at Rio+20 and more recently in the Paris climate COP.
Can these various movements in digital transformation, multidimensional cooperation and new models of finance and risk pricing, distributed power and networked leadership, be harnessed to help transform the key human-driven systems—such as urbanization, land use, energy production, food production and industrial manufacturing—that are currently placing intolerable pressure on our global commons? How might the various levers of systems change be identified, designed and catalyzed through a suite of strategic initiatives, and how could we trigger “tipping points” for such systems to change? What kinds of international platforms and multi-actor collaboration would be required to achieve such systems change by 2030?
The DialogueThis unique Dialogue is convened by the Global Environment Facility and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, in partnership with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the World Resources Institute and the World Economic Forum Environmental Systems Initiative. Preceded by a Science Day on October 11, 2016, the Dialogue will be held at the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, and will engage leading environment, innovation and system design thinkers and analysts from across sectors of society in an unprecedented, informal and engaging strategic discussion to (i) assess the latest evidence as to the pressures our global commons face, and (ii) discuss how best to disrupt the systems that drive these pressures.
Our Global CommonsAssessing the pressures on the global environment and disrupting the systems that drive them
25years
Our Global Commons—An International DialogueOct 12-13, 2016
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
Science DayOct 11, 2016
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
For more [email protected]
globalcommons.earth
SCIENCE DAY – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016
Our Global Commons—An International DialogueOctober 12-13, 2016, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
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8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:30 Science Day Opening Gustavo Fonseca, GEF Rosina Bierbaum, GEF Science and Technical Advisory Panel Cyriaque Sendashonga, IUCN
9:15 – 10:00 The State of the Global Commons Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA and Johan Rockstrom SRC
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 11:00 Transformations Through Environmental Conservation Success Penny Langhammer (ASU) and Thomas Brooks (IUCN)
11:00 – 12:15 Facilitated Discussion on Both Presentations
12:15 – 12:30 Setting the Scene for Break-out Sessions Gustavo Fonseca, GEF
12:30 – 1:30 LUNCH
2:00 – 4:30 Taking Stock of Planetary Limits — The Scientific Perspective Biodiversity — Facilitated by Jane Smart, Yan Xie Carbon, Water, & Nutrient Cycles — Facilitated by Annette Cowie, David Grey Rainforests — Facilitated by Thomas Lovejoy, Patricia Zurita Climate System — Facilitated by Carlos Nobre, Rosina Bierbaum Oceans — Facilitated by Biliana Cicin-Sain, Nishan Degnarain Novel Entities — Facilitated by Kent Redford, Piero Genovesi
2:45 – 3:15 SHARED PURPOSE EXERCISE AND COFFEE BREAK
4:30 – 5:30 Feedback and Exchange across Break-Out Sessions
6:00 – 8:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016
08:30 – 09:00 REGISTRATION
09:00 – 11:00 OPENING
From Holocene to Anthropocene: What is the State of our Global Commons? Narrative: Scientists tell us that we are at a critical juncture in the state of our global commons, with various pressures intersecting and pushing us toward a non-stable state, which if not fixed will undermine all efforts of global economic growth, political stability and the 2030 Agenda. The good news is action on the environment is increasing and an economic and business case to do-so is emerging. But it is clear we are just not moving fast enough. Given the scale of the challenge a step-change in cross-sector collaborative effort is required to augment current international, government and individual business efforts; despite some emerging examples, a much more widespread movement needs to be triggered, fast. Session Chair: Naoko Ishii, CEO, the GEF Presentation by Johan Rockstrom, Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre Naoko Ishii in conversation with Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP, and Inger Andersen, Director General, IUCN
11:00 – 11:30 NETWORKING BREAK
11:30 – 12:15 Interactive session: Our vision for the Global Commons
12:15 – 13:30 LUNCH
SCIENCE DAY – TUESDAY, OCTO 6 (DAY 1)WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016 (CONTIN)
Our Global Commons—An International DialogueOctober 12-13, 2016, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
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13:30 – 15:00 New Opportunities for Breakthroughs Narrative: How can we use systems thinking to “flip” where we are to where we need to be; how scientists can engage better with systems thinkers to design for systems change rather than simply suggest policy change; and how business itself needs to radically innovate its own systems for sustainability.
Chair: Homi Kharas, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute Presentation by Andrew Steer, President, WRI and Dominic Waughray, Head of Public-Private Partnerships, WEF Reactions by Gail Whiteman, Professor in Residence, WBCSD; Cyrus Wadia, Vice President, Sustainable Business and Innovation, Nike.
15:00 – 15:30 NETWORKING BREAK
15:30 – 17:30 Catalysts for Systems Disruption Format: 2 parallel sessions, each with 2 x 60 minute segments
Parallel Session 1 Chair: Peter Lacy, Global Managing Director Growth, Strategy and Sustainability, Accenture Part 1: Mobilizing Movements Narrative: On the importance and tactics of moving citizen/ voters/consumers, business leaders, and politicians; how many seemingly small approaches, rather than necessarily one big project, can build to a sea-change/systems “flip”.
Jo Confino, Executive Editor, Impact and Innovation, Huffington Post; Keith Tuffley, Managing Partner and CEO, B Team; Brett Jenks, CEO, Rare
Part 2: On the Digital and Technology Revolution Narrative: On the increasing influence of disruptive technologies to “flip” existing systems such as energy, oceans management and farming; rise of big data /digital transformation as an enabler in this process.
Craig Hanson, Senior Director, World Resources Institute; Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio, Chairman, Space Time Ventures; Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, Lanza Tech.
Parallel Session 2 Chair: Celine Herweijer, Partner, Global Lead Climate Change and International Development, PwC
Part 1: Coalitions and Public-Private Leadership Models Narrative: On the increasing influence of collaborative platforms and multi-actor partnerships to help deliver goals and reshape wider global agendas – and what it takes to lead the change.
Nigel Topping, CEO, We Mean Business; Carter Roberts, CEO, WWF; Peter Bakker, CEO, WBCSD; Robert Orr, Dean, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland Part 2: Making the Message “Sticky”: Communicating the Global Commons Narrative: We have seriously failed to convey the urgency of the Global Commons in a manner that provokes action. Why have we failed? What would it take to change this?
Geoffrey Lean, Environmental Journalist; Sally Adee, Technology Features Editor, New Scientist; Anna Armstrong, Senior Editor, Nature
17:30 – 18:00 Co-creating Systems Disruption
18:30 – 20:30 DINNER IN THE GREAT HALL, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Special remarks by Gary Knell, President and CEO, National Geographic Society
SCIENCE DAY – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 (DAY 1)THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and Recap—Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO Narrative: Building on yesterday’s plenary sessions, today will focus on digging deeper into how we can disrupt key economic systems.
09:30 – 11:00 Parallel Discussion Sessions: Designing Widespread Systems Disruption Narrative: Starting with a blank page, how might we begin designing—from where the agenda stands today—the ideal multi-dimensional, cross-institutional play that brings influential constituencies and efforts together to collectively disrupt the given global system, such that by 2030 this combined effort has helped to “flip” where we are today into a better state that also reduces pressure on our global commons?
Session 1: Flipping Our Urban Systems – Ani Dasgupta, Global Director of WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities; Guido Schmidt-Traub, CEO, SSDN; Liz Yee, Vice President, Cities Solutions, 100 Resilient Cities
Session 2: Flipping To Clean Energy Systems – Benoit Lefebre, Director, Climate, Energy and Financing, WRI; Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, Lanza Tech; Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
Session 3: Flipping Our Land, Terrestrial Food and Agriculture Systems – Peter Bakker, President and CEO,WBCSD; Dan Zarin, Director of Programs, CLUA; Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020
Session 4: Flipping Our Production and Consumption Systems – Peter Lacy, Global Managing Director, Accenture; Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator, US EPA; Jonathan Horrell, Director of Sustainability, Mondelez; Cyrus Wadia, Vice President, Sustainable Business and Innovation Nike
Session 5: Flipping Our Oceans and Marine Food Systems – Andreas Merkl, CEO, Ocean Conservancy; Rupert Howes, CEO, Marine Stewardship Council; Nishan Degnarain, Senior Oceans Adviser, WEF; Greg Stone, Executive Vice President, Conservation International
11:00 – 11:15 TRANSITION BREAK
11:15 – 13:00 Interactive Session: Creating the Outcome We Need
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
13:40 – 14:00 Special Session: Our Water Management Systems
14:00 – 15:15 Bringing It Together What have we learned from this Dialogue; and what are next steps? Moderated by Geoffrey Lean Panel: Inger Andersen, Naoko Ishii, Johan Rockstrom, Andrew Steer, Dominic Waughray
15:15 - 15:30 Closing Remarks and Thanks, Naoko Ishii
Our Global Commons—An International DialogueOctober 12-13, 2016, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
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