Future Earth Initial Design: Report of the Transition Team

Future Earth is an international research programme launched in June 2012 to provide critical knowledge required for societies to face the challenges posed by global environmental change and to identify opportunities for a transition to global sustainability.

Future Earth Initial Design: Report of the Transition Team

This report sets out the initial design of Future Earth, comprising a research framework and governance structure, preliminary reflections on communication and engagement, capacity-building and education strategies, and implementation guidelines. It was developed by the Future Earth Transition Team, a group of more than 30 researchers and experts from many countries and representative of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, as well as from international organizations, research funders and business.

Future Earth Initial Design: Report of the Transition Team

Future Earth (2013) Future Earth Initial Design: Report of the Transition Team. Paris: International Council for Science (ICSU).

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