Future Earth is an international research program which aims to build knowledge about the environmental and human aspects of

Global change Global change in broad sense refers to planetary-scale changes in the Earth system. It is most commonly use to encompass the variety of changes connected to the rapid increase in human activities which started around mid-20th century, i.e. the ...

, and to find solutions for

sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

. It aims to increase the impact of scientific research on sustainable development. Future Earth is an interdisciplinary research programme bringing together natural and social sciences, as well as the humanities, engineering and law, and focused on designing and producing research together with stakeholders from outside the scientific community.

Mission and principles

Future Earth's mission is to "build and connect global knowledge to intensify the impact of research and find new ways to accelerate sustainable development". Its vision is for "people to thrive in a sustainable and equitable world". To do this, Future Earth aims to mobilize the international community of global environmental science researchers to: * Inspire and create interdisciplinary science relevant to major global sustainability challenges * Deliver products and services that society needs to meet these challenges * Co-design and co-produce solutions-oriented science, knowledge and innovation for global sustainable development * Build capacity among scholars world-wide

History

Future Earth was launched in June 2012, at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). A globally distributed consortium was appointed as the Secretariat of Future Earth in July 2014, with offices in

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(Canada),

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(Sweden),

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(USA),

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(Japan) and

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(France). Amy Luers is the Executive Director.

Projects

Scientific research and synthesis in Future Earth is carried out by a number of international networks, known as ‘global research projects’, many of which were launched under the umbrella of the existing four global environmental change programmes, DIVERSITAS, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the

International Human Dimensions Programme The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) was a research programme that studied the human and societal aspects of the phenomenon of global change. IHDP aimed to frame, develop and integrate social science ...

(IHDP) and the

World Climate Research Programme The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is an international programme that helps to coordinate global climate research. The WCRP was established in 1980, under the joint sponsorship of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Inter ...

(WCRP). Some further projects arose out of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). A formal process for the affiliation of these projects into Future Earth began in 2014. The projects are: * AIMES (Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System) * bioDISCOVERY * bioGENESIS * CCAFS – Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, a collaboration among the

CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food ...

* oneHEALTH * ecoSERVICES * ESG –

Earth System Governance Earth system governance is a recently developed paradigm that builds on earlier notions of environmental policy and nature conservation, but puts these into the broader context of human-induced transformations of the entire earth system. The in ...

* GCP –

Global Carbon Project The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is an organisation that seeks to quantify global greenhouse gas emissions and their causes. Established in 2001, its projects include global budgets for three dominant greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide (), methan ...

* GLP –

Global Land Project {{unreferenced, date=April 2017 The Global Land Project hanged to Global Land Programme in 2016is a research initiative of Future Earth (originally the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Progra ...

* GMBA – Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment * GWSP – Global Water System Project * IGAC –

International Global Atmospheric Chemistry The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) project is a non-profit organization created in the late 1980s to address growing international concerns over rapid changes observed in Earth's atmosphere. It developed under joint sponsorship ...

* IHOPE – Integrated History and Future of People on Earth * ILEAPS – Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study * IMBER – Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research * IRG – Integrated Risk Governance Project * LOICZ – Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone * MAIRS – Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study * PAGES –

Past Global Changes The past is the set of all events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future. The concept of the past is derived from the linear fashion in which human observers experience ...

* PECS –

Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) is a core project of Future Earth. PECS is an international research network that aims to connect and integrate research on the stewardship of social–ecological systems, how these systems support ...

* SOLAS – Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study

References

External links

Official website
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Research Research projects

Mission and principles

History

Projects

See also

References

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