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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)
6
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