Stakeholder  engagement    in  Future  Earth  

Kari  Raivio  Chancellor  

Member  of  Future  Earth  Engagement  Commi;ee  

Some  guiding  principles  behind  Future  Earth  

•  Legacy  of  GEC  research  programs  (WCRP,  IGBP,  IHDP,  Diversitas,  ESSP)  •  Shortcomings:  natural  science  focus,  lack  of  societal  impact  •  Aims  of  FE:  Provide  the  knowledge  for  transformaMons  towards  sustainability  

•  InternaMonal  collaboraMon  •  Inter-­‐  and  transdisciplinary  research  •  SoluMons-­‐oriented  research  •  Co-­‐design,  co-­‐producMon,  co-­‐disseminaMon  with  societal  partners  (stakeholders)  

Two  problems:  Who  is  (are)  stakeholder(s)  and  at  what  level  (village  to  globe)?  What  is  engagement/co-­‐design?  

Co-­‐design  with  societal  partners  

•  WHO?  •  Policymakers,  civil  servants      •  Business          •  Civil  society,  NGO´s        •  CiMzens,  media  

•  WHY?  •  To  promote  evidence-­‐based  decision-­‐making  •  To  exploit  non-­‐scienMfic  knowledge  (experienMal,  tradiMonal)  •  To  bring  societal  concerns  to  the  scienMfic  agenda  

•  HOW?  •  Develop  useful  assessment  and  monitoring  tools  •  Set  up  faciliMes  for  gathering,  processing  and  distribuMng  data  •  Provide  a  forum  for  exchange  of  informaMon  and  agenda-­‐seXng  

Na4onal  and  regional  actors  more  important  than  global  structures!    

How  to  engage  potenMal  stakeholders?  

1.  Set  up  a  network  of  competence  centers  (”FE  observatories”)  •  To  funcMon  as  a  forum  for  interacMon  with  stakeholders  (workshops,  conferences)  

•  To  maintain  databases  of  concurrent  physical,  environmental,  social,  economic  and  health  informaMon  in  a  user-­‐friendly  form  and  open  access  

•  To  foster  co-­‐design  of  soluMons-­‐oriented  research  •  To  establish  an  FE  brand  and  increase  convening  power  (cf.  WEF)  

2.  Set  up  a  network  of  naMonal  and  regional  observaMon  staMons  •  To  patch  the  very  leaky  global  observaMon  network  •  To  provide  the  data  required  by  UN  and  its  bodies  (WHO,  UNICEF,  WMO,  SDGs)  

•  To  build  scienMfic  capacity  in  developing  countries    Na4onal  and  regional  commiAees  are  in  a  key  posi4on  to  implement  these  goals!