Sustainabiliy initiative in the marginal seas of South and East Asia.

2. Reasons for undertaking
• Scientific understanding has to be translated
into a roadmap for society;
• Long lag-times between scientific discovery
and society’s response (e.g. harmful effects of
lead in gasoline; ocean acidification);
• To achieve global sustainability societies have
to more resilient
• Need to go beyond piecemeal approach –
systems, multiple disciplines

3. Planning: Adopting framework of
Future Earth
• A global platform for international research collaboration on
GEC and SD
• Integrated research for transformations to sustainability
• Strengthening partnerships - researchers, funders and users
of research
• Solutions-oriented
• Communicating science to society and society to science
• A more nimble innovation system for global sustainability

4. Source:

5. Engagement: co-designing and co-producing research
Source: Mauser et al., COSUST, 2013

6. 6
WMO
(observer)
Science and Technology Alliance
for Global Sustainability

7. Future Earth: structure
Core
Project
Other
activities
Core
Project
Core
Project
Core
Project
Other
activities
Core
Project
Core
Project
Core
Project

8. Criteria for Future Earth Research
• Fundamental to use-inspired
• Complex questions requiring
international collaboration
• Regional to global scale
• Integrates natural, economic,
engineering, arts, humanities
and social sciences

9. Marine ecosystems at risk from
multiple pressures

12. SIMSEA Programme Vision
An international alliance of physical, ecological
and social scientists working together to
generate policy and community-relevant
knowledge towards sustainability of the
marginal seas of South and East Asia

15. By 2025 we will have...
1. New knowledge
– New science linked to sustainable solutions of key problem
areas of the marginal seas
– Concepts and methodologies for generating transformative
solutions and a lasting legacy for wider use
2. New ways of working
– Proven new ways of working, collaborating, engaging and
communicating
3. New communities
– Thriving new communities, able to develop sustainable
solutions, transformative understandings and new ways of
collaborating and engaging, in the marginal seas of Asia.
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16. Thank you for your attention.