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Budapest Science Forum

Budapest Science Forum. Knowledge and Action - Environment and Sustainable Development Julia Marton-Lef è vre Executive Director LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) International. Sustainable Development.

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Budapest Science Forum

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  1. Budapest Science Forum Knowledge and Action - Environment and Sustainable Development Julia Marton-Lefèvre Executive Director LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) International

  2. Sustainable Development Development that meets our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs

  3. Ozone depletion

  4. Climate change

  5. Science Test IGBP SCOPE MAB WCRP DIVERSITAS IPCC IHDP CGIAR MA UNFCCD UNESCO UNFCCC GEF IHP WB ICSU GCOS WMO UNEP ISSC WFEO UNCSD GTOS UATI FAO IRI GOOS

  6. Millenium Development Goals • Cut by half the proportion of people: -living on less than $1 per day; -who suffer from hunger; -without access to safe drinking water. • Achieve universal primary education • Reduce by two-thirds child mortality & by three quarters maternal mortality • Stop the spread of HIV/AIDS & malaria

  7. Three knowledge challenges • Integrate developing countries • Involve other stakeholders • Bolder efforts to turn knowledge into action

  8. Millennium Assessment

  9. Integrate Developing Countries • How can human creativity contribute to sustainable development? • How should Invention/Innovation be encouraged in the South? The Lemelson Foundation

  10. Involve other stakeholders • Engage science in sustainable development by building bridges between the scientific and development communities to: -learn to speak each other’s language; -learn to recognize contributions from each other’s communities.

  11. Bolder efforts to turn knowledge into action

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