Future Earth is an international research program which aims to build knowledge about the environmental and human aspects of
Global change, and to find solutions for
sustainable development. It aims to increase the impact of scientific research on sustainable development.
Future Earth is an interdisciplinary research programme bringing together natural and social sciences, as well as the humanities, engineering and law, and focused on designing and producing research together with stakeholders from outside the scientific community.
Mission and principles
Future Earth's mission is to "build and connect global knowledge to intensify the impact of research and find new ways to accelerate sustainable development". Its vision is for "people to thrive in a sustainable and equitable world". To do this, Future Earth aims to mobilize the international community of global environmental science researchers to:
* Inspire and create interdisciplinary science relevant to major global sustainability challenges
* Deliver products and services that society needs to meet these challenges
* Co-design and co-produce solutions-oriented science, knowledge and innovation for global sustainable development
* Build capacity among scholars world-wide
History
Future Earth was launched in June 2012, at the
UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
A globally distributed consortium was appointed as the Secretariat of Future Earth in July 2014, with offices in
Montreal
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(Canada),
Stockholm (Sweden),
Colorado
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(USA),
Tokyo
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(Japan) and
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
(France).
Amy Luers
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People A–E
* Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress
* Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1 ...
is the Executive Director.
Projects
Scientific research and synthesis in Future Earth is carried out by a number of international networks, known as ‘global research projects’, many of which were launched under the umbrella of the existing four global environmental change programmes,
DIVERSITAS, the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP),
the
International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) and the
World Climate Research Programme
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is an international programme that helps to coordinate global climate research. The WCRP was established in 1980, under the joint sponsorship of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Int ...
(WCRP). Some further projects arose out of the
Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). A formal process for the affiliation of these projects into Future Earth began in 2014. The projects are:
*
AIMES (Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System)
* bioDISCOVERY
* bioGENESIS
* CCAFS – Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, a collaboration among the
CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
* oneHEALTH
* ecoSERVICES
* ESG –
Earth System Governance
* GCP –
Global Carbon Project
* GLP –
Global Land Project
* GMBA – Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment
* GWSP – Global Water System Project
* IGAC –
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
* IHOPE – Integrated History and Future of People on Earth
* ILEAPS – Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study
* IMBER – Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
* IRG – Integrated Risk Governance Project
* LOICZ – Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
* MAIRS – Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study
* PAGES –
Past Global Changes
* PECS –
Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society
* SOLAS –
Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study The Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) is a global and multidisciplinary research project dedicated to understanding the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and the atmosphere. Further, SOLAS seeks to l ...
See also
*
International Council for Science
The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members ...
*
Great acceleration
References
External links
Official website*{{dead link, date=January 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
Research
Research projects