News

Article published in Nature

Authors involved with Future Earth have published a paper in Nature - "Sustainable development goals for people and planet". The article is (paywalled) on the Nature website and there is also a Reuters story about it.

Future Earth newsletter

Have a look at the latest Future Earth newsletter, published in January 2013.

Future Earth at Rio+20

Future Earth was launched at the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development and at other key events throughout Rio+20.

Go to the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development website.

You can watch the recorded session of the Future Earth launch event.

Milestones

• Future Earth at Planet Under Pressure
  7 March 2012
  The Planet Under Pressure Conference on 26-29 March 2012, a major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge, provided a unique opportunity for Future Earth to share its vision with a wider audience and stakeholders. Future Earth was presented there at a key event on March 27.
  Download the State of the Planet declaration.

• "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.