introducing the belmont and future earth...
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A key Interna+onal Network of
Funders of Environmental Research
Introducing the Belmont and Future Earth Forums
Timothy Killeen Vice Chancellor for Research and President of the Research Founda5on, The State University of New York GSS IP6: Science and Green Growth October 9th, 2014
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Physique/Climat
Chimie/Carbone
1986 1980
Evolu8on of Global Environmental Change Programs
2001
Financeurs de la recherche
S&T Alliance for Global
Sustainability
2011
2014- 2024…
1991
Biologie/Diversité
1996
SHS
2009
Research Communi8es
ICSU & ISSC Earth System Visioning
Research Funders
1990
G7+CE+BICS
>>> Co-‐design between funders and researcher communi8es, a key for success
S & T Alliance for Global Sustainability
WMO as observer
Funders Academics
UN bodies
>>> A cri8cal mass with strong interna8onal visibility hBp://igfagcr.org
an Alliance ini5a5ve
To provide the knowledge required for socie5es in the world to: i) face risks posed by global environmental change ii) seize opportuni+es in a transi5on to global sustainability
• The Belmont Forum gathers the world’s major and emerging funders of global environmental change research, and interna<onal science councils
• Ac<ng as Council of Principals for IGFA
• Australia/CSIRO • Austria/BMWF • Brazil/FAPESP • Canada/NSERC • China/NSFC • European Commission/DG R&I • France/CNRS&ANR • Germany/DFG&BMBF • India/MoES
• Japan/MEXT&JST • Norway/RCN • South Africa/NRF • United Kingdom/NERC • United States/NSF • Interna+onal Council for Science
(ICSU) • Interna+onal Social Sciences Council
(ISSC)
Collabora8ve Research Ac8ons (CRAs)
• A yearly interna<onal opportunity fund for 2 -‐ 3 thema<c • Main goals: – Address the Belmont Challenge priori8es -‐ Deliver knowledge needed for ac<on
– Support Future Earth by promo<ng innova<ve types of research – Bring together new partnerships of natural, geo scien<sts, humani<es and social scien<sts, and stakeholders
• A flexible tool – Open to any funder (BF, IGFA or not) – Everything is held in common (scoping, call, selec<on, follow-‐up) except the money
– Possibility of joint ac8vi8es with other interna<onal ini<a<ves
2012 CRA
• CRAs on Freshwater Security and Coastal Vulnerability, joint with G8HORCs, aligned with FP7 and NSERC
• 130 pre-‐proposals, involving more than 1000 partners from ∼ 140 countries (high number of partners from non-‐BF member countries, coming on board with their own funding)
• 53 full proposals • 13 funded projects, 20 M€ total • Medium size projects, 1-‐2 M€, 2-‐3-‐year
• E-‐infrastructure and Data Management – Interna8onal knowledge hub & foresight – 10 countries (incl. EC), 18mth – Governance & Interoperability – 120+ experts from environment, ICT & users
• Food Security and Land Use Change – Type 1: Community building projects (12-‐18 months;150-‐300k€)
– Type 2: Integrated projects (3-‐5 years; 2-‐3M€)
2013 CRA
• Arc8c Observing & Research for Sustainability – Scoping in Oslo, October 22-‐23, 2013 – Open March 28th, 2014, close July 30th, 2014
2014 CRA
• Scenarios of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services – Scoping in Paris, October, 21-‐22, 2013 – 1st Call Open May 2nd , 2014, close July 2nd – 2nd Call envisioned in 2017 with ERA-‐net
• Towards Decadal Predictability of Regional Climate – Scoping in Goa, October 23-‐25, 2013, joint
JPI Climate – Pending decision in Fall 2014
• Mountains as Sen8nels of Change – Co-‐led by CNR (Italy) and NSF (US) – Scoping in Torino, June 10-‐11, 2014
• Transforma8ons to Sustainability – Co-‐led by NRF (South Africa) and ISSC – Networking call by ISSC with SIDA support, open – Research call in place 2014
2015 CRA under “scoping”
an Alliance ini5a5ve
To provide the knowledge required for socie5es in the world to: i) face risks posed by global environmental change ii) seize opportuni+es in a transi5on to global sustainability
Future Earth Forum Theme Transforma8on
towards Sustainability
Dynamic Planet
Global Development
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And cross-‐cu\ng issues: Observing systems, models, theory development, data management, research infrastructures
Introducing the Forum
Annual, global, mul8stakeholder events showcasing and exploring how the global research community can create the knowledge and partnerships we need to help solve human welfare issues, become involved, and learn from state of the art prac<<oners and experts.
Date: September 24th, 2014 following the UN Climate Summit 2014 (September 23rd)
Theme of First Mee<ng: Managing systemic risk (finance, insurance, marke<ng, science)
Size: 55 global leaders and stakeholders from business, policy, academia, civil society, UN bodies, media and funding ins<tu<ons
Website: www.futureearth.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/futureearth.info Twiber: @FutureEarth
Thank you
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