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Future Earth: Vision and implementation

Future Earth: Vision and implementation. Frans Berkhout. Royal Irish Academy 17th September 2014. ‘Great acceleration’. IGBP synthesis: Global Change and the Earth System, Steffen et al. 2004. What is Future Earth ?. A global platform for scientific collaboration

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Future Earth: Vision and implementation

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  1. Future Earth:Vision and implementation Frans Berkhout Royal Irish Academy 17th September 2014

  2. ‘Great acceleration’ IGBP synthesis: Global Change and the Earth System, Steffen et al. 2004

  3. Whatis Future Earth? A global platform for scientific collaboration • Enabling integrated research on grand challenges and transformations to sustainability • Strengthening partnerships between researchers, funders and users of research • Solutions-oriented, building knowledge needed to accelerate transformations to sustainability • Communicating science to society and society to science

  4. Future Earth’s Sponsors: The Alliance 4

  5. Our objective To buildand connect global knowledge to intensify the impact of research and find new ways of acceleratingsustainable development

  6. Future Earth Research Themes And cross-cutting issues: Observing systems, models, theory development, data management, research infrastructures

  7. Models of knowledge production The ‘linear’ model of science and society Co-production of knowledge

  8. Evolution of GEC Programmes

  9. GEC Core Projects WGs and Councils International scientific networks: ~60,000 scientists

  10. Key functions of Future Earthand its core projects 1. Convening global science 2. Setting research agendas 6. Engaging decision-makers 3. Mobilising capacity 5. Communicating research, 2-way 4. Coordinating frontier research

  11. Convening global science • ecoHealth: 2014 conference

  12. Agenda-setting ecoSERVICES: links between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services

  13. Frontier science PAGES: Past Global Changes

  14. Communicating Science • Global Carbon Project: Global Carbon Atlas

  15. Engaging policy Earth System Governance: Global governance for sustainability

  16. Mobilising capacity CLIVAR: Variability and predictability of the ocean-atmosphere system

  17. Inputs to global assessments Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Launched, Apr. 2012, Panama IPBES-1, Jan. 2013, Germany IPBES-2, Dec. 2013, Turkey

  18. Implementing Future Earth Interim Secretariat @ ICSU (July 2013-end 2014) • Completing the architecture • Advancing Future Earth science • Engaging stakeholders • Building awareness • Securing new resources

  19. A. Future Earth governance CoreProject CoreProject Otheractivities Otheractivities CoreProject CoreProject CoreProject CoreProject CoreProject

  20. Completing the architecture • Science Committee: announced June 2013 • Interim Engagement Committee: Nov 2013 • Engagement Committee: announcement Sept 2014 • Future Earth Council: announcement Sept 2014 • Executive Secretariat: announcement of 5-node consortium, July 2014 • Core project affiliation: transition process working smoothly (transition statement, MOU)

  21. Future Earth Executive Secretariat • Global hubs • Canada (Montreal) • France (Paris) • Japan (Tokyo) • Sweden (Stockholm) • United States (Boulder, CO) • Regional hubs (proposed) • Latin America • Asia • Europe • Middle East and North Africa Operational: January 2015 New secured funding: $6-7M/year

  22. B. Advancing science • 2025 vision: Success Factors for Future Earth Publish October 2014 • Strategic Research Agenda 2014: Agenda-setting for funders Launch October 2014 • Short-term initiatives: Fast track initiatives and cluster activities Announced July 2014

  23. 2025 Vision • Approaches: Pioneered approaches to co-design and co-produce solutions-oriented science, knowledge and innovation for global sustainable development • Capacities Enabled and mobilised capacities to co-produce knowledge, across cultural and social differences, geographies and generations • Challenges Inspired and created ground-breaking interdisciplinary science relevant to major global sustainability challenges • Outputs Delivered products and services that our societal partners need to achieve these challenges

  24. Strategic Research Agenda • Request from IGFA/Belmont Forum of funders (September 2013) • Medium term (3-5 year) research priorities for IGFA/Belmont initiatives and national funders • Three sets of inputs: • Consultation with the GEC research community • Engagement with societal partners • Assessment of recent and on-going priority-setting processes

  25. SRA 2014 • Dynamic Planet • Observing and attributing change • Understanding processes, risks and thresholds • Projecting and predicting futures • Global Development • Meeting basic needs and overcoming inequalities • Governing sustainable development • Managing growth, synergies and trade-offs • Transformations to sustainability • Understanding and evaluating transformations • Identifying and promoting sustainable behaviours • Transforming development pathways

  26. Linking our vision to priorities Challenges Outputs, Approaches, Capacities Research Priorities

  27. Short-term Initiatives • Fast Track Initiatives and Clusters • Funding from NSF • 10 new initiatives funded (~$100k each) • Global nitrogen cycle • Biodiversity observation • Seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts for Africa • ….

  28. E. Securing new resources • Commitments towards Executive Secretariat • Funding for short-term initiatives • Dialogue with development funders (ICSU-led) • ISSC T2S programme (ISSC-led) • New funding model: Informing Belmont Forum discussions at their October 2014 meeting

  29. Funding landscape Type A - Glue money for networking/programming (order M€) • Managing/coordinating GEC programs (4 secretariats) • Managing/coordinating GEC projects (circa 30 IPOs) Type B - International research consortia (order 10M€) • Sustaining research teams across boundaries Type C - National emergent programs (order 100M€) • Improving capacity to develop new proactive programs, including interdisciplinary Type D - Blue/grey sky research (order 1000M€) • Sustaining disciplinary research • Building on the large long-term potential of a new generation of scientists

  30. Engaging with Future Earth • Encourage participation in existing GEC projects • Creating national Future Earth platforms • Partnering with Future Earth • 2015 FTI Call (open) • Call for new Future Earth Core Projects/Initiatives (early 2015) • Inputs to 2017 Strategic Research Agenda

  31. Website: www.futureearth.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/futureearth.org Twitter: @FutureEarth

  32. Future Earth and IGFA/Belmont initiatives Via Future Earth High Impact Collaborative Research Actions (CRAs) Belmont Forum Scientific community IGFA Via Funders

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