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Title: Corell, Robert. 2002. A progress report on a series of regional workshops around the world designed


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Corell, Robert. 2002. A progress report on a
series of regional workshops around the world
designed to broaden and deepen an agenda for
science and technology for sustainability.
Presentation at the Science and technology for a
transition toward sustainability symposium,
American Association for the Advancement of
Science Annual Meeting. 17 February 2002. Boston,
MA.
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AAAS ANNUAL MEETING 2002Session on Development
Needs for Sustainability Science
A Progress Report on a Series of Regional
Workshops Around the World Designed to Broaden
and Deepen an Agenda for Science and Technology
for Sustainability
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These Regional Workshops Seek to Engage
  • Environment and development communities
  • Natural and social sciences
  • Multiple sectors of human activity
  • Geographic and temporal scales
  • Scholars and practitioners
  • Knowledge and action

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These Regional Workshops are
  • Exploring the scientific questions and research
    strategies that are relevant to their region,
  • Identifying the institutions and infrastructure
    needed to address these questions and strategies,
  • Identifying the means of overcoming the barriers
    to implementing such an agenda, and
  • Identifying those areas of knowledge where we
    know enough to inform action, but where that
    knowledge is not being used.

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Regional Science and Technology for
Sustainability Workshops
Africa Nov. 13-15, 01 Abuja, Nigeria
Asia Feb. 4-6, 02 Chiang Mai, Thailand
Europe Feb. 27-March 1-6, 02 Bonn, Germany
Latin America March 4-6, 02 Santiago, Chile
N. America March 24-25, 02 Ottawa, Canada
Integration and Synthesis May 21-24, 02 Mexico
City, Mexico
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Some Initial Observations from the Preliminary
Findings of these Workshops ?
  • S T for Sustainability that Addresses
  • Scale Matters (Geographical scales are
    particularly critical, vulnerabilities,
    resilience, and sensitivities are very scale
    dependent)
  • Improved Recognition of Temporal Scales
    (Adaptive capacity is fundamentally dependent on
    the time scale)
  • Regionally-Specific Sectors Matter ( Each region
    or locale has specific sectoral issues of
    critical importance, e.g., water, human health
    and well-being, food availability and
    agriculture, coastal margins, etc)
  • Institutions and Infrastructure (The issues of
    enabling institutions and infrastructure are
    particularly critical in developing countries. It
    is likely, too, that there will need to be
    changes in the more highly economically developed
    countries as well)
  • Enabling Information Technology (A range of
    issues have been raised from the internet to
    monitoring and data/information systems -- all
    being seen as critically important to further ST
    for sustainability)

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Some Initial Observations from the Preliminary
Findings of these Workshops ?
  • S T for Sustainability that Addresses (cont)
  • Traditional or User/Local Knowledge (New
    strategies to incorporate traditional or
    Local knowledge into the S T process. This
    issues of engaging traditional or user/local
    knowledge was very frequently noted --
    integrating it through the concepts of
    co-production of knowledge is essential.)
  • Resilience and Adaptive Capacity (Understanding
    and developing methodologies to estimate or
    project adaptive capacity is essential as well as
    strategies for enhancing the resilience of local
    institutions and communities, particularly in the
    context of urbanization and demographic shifts,
    globalization of markets, global/local
    environment change, and human well-being.)
  • Gender Issues (Gender issues have been critically
    important in most all of the discussions and ST
    should address them, e.g., equity, roles in S
    T, education, employment, access, etc.)

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Some Initial Observations from the Preliminary
Findings of these Workshops ?
  • Three Summary Points
  • ISTS Framework is Widely Endorsed (The ISTS
    framework to (i) Expand, deepen an active
    research agenda for science and technology for
    sustainability, (ii) strengthened infrastructure
    and capacity for conducting and applying such
    research, and (iii) build closer and more
    effective connections between science and policy
    for sustainability.)
  • Re-Articulate the Broader Agenda (There appears
    to be a need to re-articulate the broader issues
    of anchoring the ST agenda concerning the human
    condition ST research not in current agenda of
    science, that is to feed, house, nurture, educate
    and employ a slowing in rate but growing world
    population, while conserving the basic life
    support systems and biotic diversity of the
    planet.)
  • Dialogue (It is clear that major and creative
    efforts should be made to enhance the quality and
    effectiveness of the dialogue between scientists
    decision makers, with a focus on enhanced
    decision support systems for public policy and
    citizen awareness.)

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Integration and Synthesis Workshop May 21-24,
02 Mexico City, Mexico
A Synthesis and Integration Gained from these
Various Perspectives to Identify
  • Regional Workshops
  • Workshops on Institutions
  • ICSUs WSSD Insights
  • InterAcademy Perspectives
  • Other ST Planning for WSSD
  • Fundamental Issues,
  • Commonalities,
  • Regional Textures, and
  • The Important Patterns and Trends in the ST for
    Sustainability
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