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Future Earth is a new 10-year international integrated research initiative that will develop the knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability in the coming decades.
Future Earth will provide: Solution-orientated and focused Earth system research for sustainable development such as understanding the interactions between environmental change, ecosystems and human needs for food, water, energy, health Effective interdisciplinary collaboration across natural and social sciences, humanities, economics, and technology Participation of policy-makers, funders, academics, business and industry, and other sectors of civil society in co-designing and co-producing research agendas and knowledge Capacity building in science, technology and innovation, especially in developing countries Access to scientifically sound and updated information for decision-makers, through enhanced scienceuser links at all scales Engagement and mobilization of a new generation of scientists
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Future Earth arises from the outcomes of a broad consultative process on Earth system research (ICSU-ISSC Earth System Visioning, 20092011) and other similar efforts, such as that of the Belmont Forum of funding agencies. Future Earth is currently being designed by a multi-stakeholder committee on behalf of the partners of the Alliance, and will be presented at the Science and Technology Forum associated with Rio+20 (June 2012). It is expected to be operational in 2013.
Come, learn more and give your views: Future Earth at Planet Under Pressure
Tuesday 27 March: 12:30 (room 11) Key event: Future Earth 18:00 (room 16) Town hall meeting on Future Earth Thursday 29 March: 10:00 (plenary) Johan Rockstrm: Future Earth and a new contract between science and society
www.icsu.org/future-earth
Contact: Roberta Quadrelli, Science Officer at ICSU: roberta.quadrelli@icsu.org + 33 642 79 37 71
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