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Thorsten Kiefer Future Earth Secretariat
How to spin up research activity on sustainability issues in Future Earth?
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The Anthropocene
Globaia
“It seems appropriate to assign the term ‘Anthropocene’ to the present, in many ways human-dominated, geological epoch.” Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen Former IGBP Vice Chair 1998-2003 Geology of Mankind, Nature 2002
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Planetary Boundaries A safe operating space for humanity
9 Boundaries identified
4 transgressed: • Climate • Biosphere integrity • Land use (deforestation) • Biogeochemical flows (fertiliser)
Steffen et al. 2015, Science
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Steffen et al. 2015, Science
The ‘Doughnut’ A safe AND just operating space
Kate Raworth, Oxfam, 2012
Combining Earth system and social aspects
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Global assessments
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Sustainable Development Goals
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COP21: Paris Agreement
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Future Earth principles: - Solutions - Interdisciplinarity - Stakeholder engagement
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12
WMO
Alliance creating Future Earth morphed into the Governing Council
(observer)
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Transition Team
2011-2012
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2012 Announcement at Rio+20 2013 Transition Plan 2014 Committees & Interim structures & FTIs/Clusters 2015 Secretariat 2016 Launch of Activity
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Research Agenda
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Photo: Fishing in the Mekong © Tan Someth Bunwath / WWF-Cambodia
Increase social resilience to future threats
Deliver water, energy, and food for all
Decarbonize socio-economic systems to stabilize the climate
Safeguard the terrestrial, freshwater and marine natural assets
Build healthy, resilient and productive cities
Encourage sustainable and equitable consumption and production patterns
Improve human health through the improvement of human-environment interactions
Promote sustainable rural futures to feed rising and more affluent populations
8 Focal Challenges to society
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8 Focal Challenges to society
Cities
Health
Consumption
Food, water, energy
Decarbonisation
Rural
Natural capital Gover- nance
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Governance
Increase social resilience to future threats by - building adaptive governance systems, - developing early warning of global and connected thresholds and risks, - and testing effective, accountable and transparent institutions that promote transformations to sustainability.
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3 themes Dynamic
Planet
Global Development
Transformations
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Future Earth’s thematic space Future Earth Themes
2025 Vision Challenges Dynamic Planet Sustainable
Development Transformations to
Sustainability
1. Water, food, energy for all
2. Decarbonise socioeconomic systems & adapt
3. Safeguard natural assets
4. Build healthy, resilient cities
5. Sustainable rural futures
6. Improve human health under GEC
7. Sustainable consumption and prod’n
8. Social resilience to future threats
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Implementation (How?)
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Core elements of Future Earth • Open Network of participants • Core projects • Fast-Track Initiatives • Knowledge-Action Networks • Regional and National structures
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Bio Genesis
Bio Discovery
Earth System
Modeling (AIMES)
iHOPE Air
chemistry Land-air (iLEAPS)
Coasts
Eco Health
Marine (IMBER)
Mountain bio
diversity
Climate change
and food security
Global Land
Project
Monsoon Asia
(MAIRS)
Earth system govern-
ance
Past change (PAGES)
Risk (IRG)
Global Carbon Project
Eco Services
Cities (UGEC)
Research Projects
Global Water
Systems
Eco-system
Change & Society
Surface ocean
(SOLAS)
WCRP
IGBP
Diversitas
IHDP
CGIAR
ICSU
ESSP
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2015 Global Carbon Budget
Le Quere et al 2015 Earth System Dynamics Jackson et al 2015 Nature Climate Change
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European climate vs historical developments
European summer temperatures since Roman times Luterbacher J et al. Environmental Research Letters 29 January 2016
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Plant trait database (TRY)
Geographical distribution of data Diaz et al Nature (2015) Levine Nature (2015) Kunslter et al Nature (2015)
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Future Earth Open Network
people projects
events institutes
organisations
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Fast-track initiatives / Cluster activities
1. Exploring nitrogen in Future Earth 2. Global biodiversity monitoring, prediction and reporting 3. Liveable urban futures 4. Bright spots: Seeds of a good Anthropocene 5. Scientific support for IPBES knowledge generation 6. Extreme events and environments from climate to society 7. Linking earth system and socio-economic models on land use and biodiversity 8. Integrated approach to sustainability for water, energy, and food 9. Solution-oriented, transdisciplinary research for a sustainable Arctic
1st round supported by US NSF
Fast – collaborative – transdisciplinary – on synthesis / community mobilizatin
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• Identify and respond to society’s needs for transformation
• Generate integrated knowledge for interfaces with decision makers
• Cultivate Future Earth-type research
• Add value to research already carried out
• Stimulate new research projects and allocation of funding
Knowledge-Action Networks Collaborative frameworks of Future Earth that facilitate highly integrative sustainability research to generate the multifaceted knowledge required to inform solutions for complex societal issues.
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Knowledge-Action Network initial set Themes
Challenges Dynamic Planet Sustainable
Development Transformations to
Sustainability
1. Water, food, energy for all
2. Decarbonise socioeconomic systems & adapt
3. Safeguard natural assets
4. Build healthy, resilient cities
5. Sustainable rural futures
6. Improve human health under GEC
7. Sustainable consumption and prod’n
8. Social resilience to future threats Finance
Transform-ations
Future Oceans
SDGs
Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Future cities
Future health
Natural assets
Disaster reduction
(with IRDR)
New Technologies
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Conceptualisation Scoping (Mobilising communities, Co-designing work plan and products) Knowledge generation (“Research”) Synthesis/products User-engagement/dissemination
Elements in the development of Knowledge-Action Networks
Expression of Interest
Allowing connected parallel streams
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Research program: architecture The international Future Earth OPEN NETWORK (a light-touch coalition of institutes and projects committed to
the vision of Future Earth)
KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORKS – structured networks catalysing new research and deep engagement with society
Existing CORE PROJECT COMMUNITIES, mostly contributing to one or more KANs
Rolling set of Fast Track Initiatives for innovation
and synthesis
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Funding of Knowledge-Action Networks
Internal Support: - Seed workshop support possible from Future Earth - Management support from Future Earth - Communication support from Future Earth External funding: - Belmont Forum - National (regional) funders - Workshop organisers - Donors and Foundations
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Organisation
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Science Committee and Engagement Committee
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The Secretariat is organised along five core functions:
• Coordination - Montreal • Capacity Building – Tokyo, Boulder, Paris • Research Enabling – Boulder, Stockholm • Synthesis & Foresight – Paris, Montreal • Communication & Outreach – Stockholm, Paris, all
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Website www.futureearth.org Twitter @FutureEarth
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1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Research milestones
DDT Acid rain
Ozone Climate
Ozone hole Ice cores Ecosystem services
1990: 1st IPCC report 1995: 2nd IPCC 1999: 420,000 climate record
2000: Anthropocene 2001: 3rd IPCC report 2004: Great Acceleration 2007: 4th IPCC report 2009: Planetary Boundaries
2014: 5th IPCC report 2015: Planetary boundaries update, Great Acceleration update
Network Evolution
Global Atmospheric Research Programme (GARP)
1979: WCRP 1987: IGBP – a study of Global Change 1988: IPCC
1991 DIVERSITAS 1996: International Human Dimensions Programme
2001: Amsterdam Declaration Earth System Science Partnership
Future Earth
Political milestones
1972 UN Conference on the Environment, first environment ministers
1987: Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances 1987: Brundtland Report
1992: Earth Summit 1992: UNFCCC, Convention on Biological Diversity
2002 UN Johannesburg (Rio+20) 2005: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
2012: Rio+20 Sustainable Development Goals COP21 2014: IPBES
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Research for Global Sustainability
Photo: Sun on earth from the International Space Station © ESA / NASA
Generate new knowledge through
international research coordination
RESEARCH Catalyze transformation
through a solutions agenda and greater societal engagement
SOLUTIONS
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Co-design and co-production