A BRIEF OVERVIEW WHO WE ARE|WHAT WE DO

Amy Luers Executive Director

BUILD ON 30 YEARS OF INTERNAITONAL

COLLABORATION IM CHANGE RESEARCH

2015 -

WHAT WE DO

Facilitate Research on Global Systemic Challenges

Shape the Narrative Sound science in discourse

Build the Field Sustainability research & innovation

WHAT WE DO

OF RESEARCHERS AND INNOVATORS COLLABORATING ON GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY

BUILDING THE FIELD

Early-Career Transdisciplinary

Convenings

Supporting funding for

transdisciplinary research

Global Leadership

Program

ENSURING SOUND SCIENCE IS IN POLICY AND BUSINESS DISCOURSES

SHAPING THE NARRATIVE

Rapid response to policy requests Requested by Patricia Espinosa for Climate COP

Magazine A thought-leader publication for the sustainability

and development world

Facilitate Research on Global Systemic Challenges

Shape the Narrative Sound science in discourse

Build the Field Sustainability research & innovation

WHAT WE DO

GROUNDED IN 20+ GLOBAL RESEARCH PROJECTS & KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORKS

WORKING TO ACCELERATE TRANSFORMATIONS TO GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY

Global

Sustainability

GLOBAL SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES: Cross-cutting societal challenges no one group can work alone.

GLOBAL

SYSTEMIC

CHALLENGES (opportunities)

GLOBAL SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES

1.Earth Targets : Whole Earth system assessment of targets for

sustainability – to support business and urban action

Societal Transformations for Climate Action:

Building a science action plan

1.

2.

“Universal, inclusive and indivisible”

HOW TO CONNECT LOCAL AND SECTORAL DECISIONS

TO EMPOWER WHOLE EARTH ACTIONS

SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS NETWORK

GLOBAL SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES

Science-based pathways Start locally with science & policy context

Bringing science to help

shape local pathways and targets

working with partners in co-design

And then….. Link globally with science & policy context

SCIENCE FOR INTEGRATED EARTH TARGETS

GLOBAL SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES

1.Earth Targets : Whole Earth system assessment of targets for

sustainability – to support business and urban action

Societal Transformations for Climate Action:

Building a science action plan

1.

2.

JUST STARTING TO DEFINE Societal Transformations on Climate Action

EXPLORING WITH PARTNERS TRANSFORMATIONS OPPORTUNITIES

• Earth Targets: Science-based pathways

How can WCRP and Future Earth deepen collaborations?

Global Systemic Challenges

• Societal Transformations on Climate Action