Future Earth - research for global sustainability
Future Earth: a new 10-year initiative which aims to deliver knowledge to enable societies to meet their sustainable development goals in the coming decades.
ICSU, the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the Belmont Forum, a high level group of major funders of global environmental change research, together with UNEP, UNU and UNESCO, and with WMO as observer, are jointly establishing this new 10-year initiative.
Take five minutes to become familiar with the Initiative design by watching this PowerPoint slideshow.
News
- Successful Working Group meetings
20 February 2012
Working groups 1 and 2 of the Transition Team met over last week at ICSU to prepare for the 3rd Transition Team meeting, taking place in London at the end of March. Working Group 1 is defining the research strategy for Future Earth, while Working Group 2 is designing its institutional design.
More information on the Working Groups page.
- Future Earth at Planet Under Pressure Conference
30 January 2012
The Planet Under Pressure Conference on 26-29 March 2012, a major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge, will provide a unique opportunity for Future Earth to share its vision with a wider audience and stakeholders. Future Earth will be presented there at a key event on March 27.
For more information, see the Planet under Pressure website.
- Outcomes of the 2nd Transition Team meeting
17 January 2012
The second meeting of the Transition Team, the committee designing ‘Future Earth - research for global sustainability’, was held on 9-11 December 2011 in San Francisco. As outlined in the meeting summary, further progress was achieved to define a conceptual framework, a research strategy and a governance for Future Earth.
Milestones
- "Future Earth" is born
14 December 2011
The second Transition Team meeting just concluded in San Francisco agreed that the Initiative will be called "Future Earth - research for global sustainability". The meeting worked towards the formulation of a conceptual framework, a research strategy and an institutional design for Future Earth.
- ICSU General Assembly approves establishment of new Initiative
28 September 2011
The ICSU General Assembly approved the establishment, in cooperation with the other partners of the Alliance, of a new 10-year initiative on Earth System Sustainability. Read the press release.
Contact
Roberta Quadrelli, Science Officer at ICSU, roberta.quadrelli@icsu.org
Members Area
An internal folder for Team members, click here.
