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Expert MeetingScience & Technology for Sustainable Development GoalsSDSN and UN-DESANew York16th December 2013

Prof. Johan RockströmStockholm Resilience Centre

A world transformation to a Safe Operating Space

The need for global scientific collaboration

From stability and into the unknown – Holocene to the Anthropocene

“Global sustainability has become a prerequisite for human

development at all scales, from the local community to nations

and the world economy. “

Global Challenges Foundation

Risks related to agreed global goal of 450 ppm

Probability of Exceedance

Average Global Temp rise at Equilibrium (C)

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1,6%

The planetary safe operating space

Planetary Stewardship:Transitions to Global

Sustainability

1. An energy revolution – Facilitating a global energy transformation (>80 % reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050)

2. Future food - a food system transformation to achieve +70% production by 2050 through Sustainable Intensification

3. An urban planet - Achieving sustainable urban living

4. The rising billion - Adapting to the population transition and preparing for a world of 9 billion people

5. Protect, restore & sustain - A biodiversity Management Transformation

6. Strengthen global governance - A private and public Governance transformation

Six necessary & desirable Transformations

Building on adaptive Innovation

A triply green approach to sustainable intensificationrn

Conservation agriculture

Rainwater harvesting

Sustainable sanitation

Green energy

Solar PV installations leading countries Wind power in leading countries

A new direction: People and PlanetSetting the agenda on Sustainable Development Goals

New collaborations for global sustainabilityWBCSD, World Resources Institute & SRC

Future Science for a rapidly changing earth

Key Messages1. The world needs a rapid global transformation to a

new development paradigm of human prosperity within the Safe operating Space on Earth

2. This new ”Anthropocene logic” places sustainability at the forefront of all development

3. The challenge? Global ”Revolutions” on food and energy; new approaches to urban development, transport, circular economic development; global governance

4. Science and technology can and must play a key role in delivering integrated systems solutions for world prosperity within Earth’s SOS

5. Planetary challenge, requires Global network of scientific collaboration