What is Future Earth?

A global network of scientists, researchers, and innovators collaborating for a more sustainable planet.

Mission: To accelerate transformations to global sustainability through research and innovation.

Vision: for people to thrive in a sustainable and equitable world.

• Officially announced at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, 2012), to be created as a global initiative to strengthen the interface between policy and science.

• Builds on more than three decades of global environmental change research by Global Research Projects.

• Became fully operational at the end of 2015.• Currently governed by the International Science Council, the Belmont

Forum of funding agencies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations University (UNU), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Science and Technology in Society(STS) Forum.

History

ecoHEALTH

Future (Earth) Coasts

Future Earth Global Research Projects

KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORKS

Collaborative frameworks that facilitate highly integrative sustainability research, aimed to generate the multifaceted knowledge needed to inform solutions for complex societal issues.

• Emergent Risks and Extreme Events

• Finance and Economics• Health• Ocean• Natural Assets• Systems of Sustainable

Consumption and Production• Urban• Water-Energy-Food Nexus

KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production

Goal: Promote a more systemic approach to sustainable consumption and production and enable a transformation in theory and practice.

Challenge:- Address whole provisioning systems:

• consumption practices• production conditions• life-cycle impacts• economic, political, social, and cultural imperatives that

impel consumerist lifestyles- Strengthen collaboration between research and

practice to move toward more holistic and systemic approaches and solutions.

Status: Completed development stage ― Research and Engagement Plan approved by the Future Earth in August 2018.

SCP Evolving and Inter-related Fields

KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production

Structure• Management Team: 7 members

• Steering Committee: 23 members

• Working Groups

(Each has concept paper and welcomes new members.)

- Political Economy of Sustainable Consumption and Production- Sustainable Consumption and Production in Cities- Social change beyond consumerism- Communicating for Sustainable Consumption and Production- Global Value Chains- Circular Economy

• Task Forces

• Affiliated Projects

• Supported by Regional Center for Future Earth in Asia (Kyoto)

Activities• Journal: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (Taylor & Francis)• Concept papers and articles• Grant applications• Research and Engagement Plan• Policy engagement (eg. United Nations High-Level Political Forum)• Workshops/Conferences (eg. ERSCP, GRF )• Webinars• Website & Open Network (SNS by Future Earth)

KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production

https://futureearth.org/networks/knowledge-action-networks/systems-of-sustainable-consumption-and-production/

KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production

Key Publications Advancing sustainable consumption and production in cities - A transdisciplinary research and

stakeholder engagement framework to address consumption-based emissions and impacts (Journal of Cleaner Production)

Degrowth within – Aligning circular economy and strong sustainability narratives Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Resources, Conservation and Recycling)

Transforming systems of consumption and production for achieving the sustainable development goals: moving beyond efficiency (Sustainability Science)

Why achieving the Paris Agreement requires reduced overall consumption and production (Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy)

Circular economy and power relations in global value chains: Tensions and trade-offs for lower income countries (Resources, Conservation and Recycling)