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Major international conference focussing on solutions

Launch a new COMPACT between Science and Society

From 1992 to 2012Setting Rio+20 in a new context – key messages

We are now a prime driver of change at the planetary level – the Anthropocene

Humanity is driving the Earth system towards dangerous thresholds

Solutions exist, but time is the natural resource in shortest supply

A “State of the Planet”

assessment for Rio+20

Narrative

The conference2500 participants

40% from developing countries

4 Days

Day 4: High-Level Policy

Demand exceeding expectations: 450+ session proposals

100+ selected

Who is it for?Scientists:

– Natural

– Social

Policy

Industry

Investment

Media

LondonGlobal political, economic and media hub

Capital city

Royal Society host

Easy access

Theme A

Meeting global needsfood, energy, water and other ecosystem services

Theme B

Transforming our way of livingdevelopment pathways under global environmental change

Theme C

Governing across scales innovative stewardship of the Earth system

Conference sessionsGoverning the global commons

State of world’s cities

Food security

Tipping points

People and planet

Geoengineering

Nitrogen management

……+ special events

ExCeL CentreHosted 2009 G20 meeting

Strong sustainability policy

Easy access to centre of London

Many hotels

Visitor attractions

Next to Thames Barrier

Chief Scientific AdvisorProfessor Elinor Ostrom

Nobel Laureate Economics

University of Indiana

Expertise: managing common resources

Co-chairProfessor Lidia Brito

Science-Policy Director, UNESCO

Former Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mozambique

Co-chairDr Mark Stafford-Smith

Director, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship

Former Vice Chair, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

Scientific organizing committee

Science (Natural and Social)

Insurance industry

United Nations Rio +20 (Felix Dodds pictured)

International Council for Science

International development

Africa

World Trade Organization

Chinese Meterological Oranization

Board of patronsUK Chief Scientific Advisor (John Beddington, pictured)

Joseph Alcamo, Chief Scientist of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

JJ Irani, Former Managing Director, Tata Steel, India

Jan-Eric Sundgren, Volvo, Senior Vice President

Board of patronsSunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment, India

Robert WatsonDefra Chief Scientific Advisor, UK

Julia Marton-Lefèvre, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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Plenary speakersProfessor Richard Wilkinson, Social epidemiology, author of the spirit level (pictured)

Professor Oran Young, international governance, former chair IHDP

Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director Climate Change Institute, Australia National University

Plenary speakersConnie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action (pictured)

Professor Sybil Seitzinger, Director, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

Achim Steiner, Director United Nations Environment Programme

PolicyUN’s Rio+20

Links to Ban Ki-moon’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability

9 policy briefs

Planet Under Pressure Seminars in National Science Academies

Outreach24 hour Planet Under Pressure events in science and technology centers around the world

Press conferences, editorials, TV

Media hub, online streaming

Social networks

YouthPlenary space for young scientists and schoolchildren

Engage with Rio+20 Voice of Young People

UK developing youth strategy alongside international efforts

Data VisualizationEngage a technology partner – Google?

Commission data visualizations

Bring data visualization experts to conference

Assign data visualization people to sessions

MediaPress releases

Daily press conference

Media workshops

Fund developing country journalists

Media-related parallel sessions: social tipping points

MediaPromotion at the 2011 World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha (ICSU grant)

Advisory committee including Fred Pearce (Guardian), Andy Revkin (New York Times), Richard Black (BBC), Science Media Center

Planetary StewardshipStockholm workshop, June 2011

3 days

30 leading scientists develop “Planetary Stewardship” concept for Planet Under Pressure conference

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