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Dear SDG-L subscribers,
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), together with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the POST2015 Project, invite you to the symposium "Science and the Sustainable Development Goals" to be held in Tokyo, Japan on 15 November 2014, featuring keynote speeches by H.E. Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi (Co-Chair of the Open Working Group on the SDGs) and Mark Stafford Smith (Chair of the Future Earth Science Committee).
Specifically, this event will focus on the following topics:
- assessment of the ongoing process on the SDGs and the post-2015 development agenda, including scientific inputs at Open Working Group meetings, and suggestions for moving ahead;
- the role of scientists in shaping the SDGs at global, national, and local levels to help integrate sustainability concerns into actions; and
- engagement between local and international science communities with policymakers, civil society, and citizens to reorganise their questions and research to assist in efforts towards crafting the post-2015 development agenda and the implementation of sustainable policies.
We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.
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"Science and the Sustainable Development Goals"
Venue: Roppongi Academy Hills (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 49F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Dates/Times: Saturday, 15 November 2014, 14:00-17:00
Organizers: UNU-IAS, Tokyo Institute of Technology, POST2015 Project
Fee: Free
Online registration: http://ias.unu.edu/en/events/upcoming/science-and-the-sustainable-development-goals.html
The post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will rely significantly on scientists and scientific communities in order to be effective. These scientific actors will be challenged to create systemic understandings with policy relevance at local, national, and international levels.
The SDGs will rely upon good scientific input in a number of different ways. Scientists were crucial in providing important inputs at the Rio+20 conference in 2012 and into the process at the Open Working Group meetings, which formed the content of the SDGs. However, the role of scientists and scientific communities does not end with these inputs. It will be necessary for these actors to help shape the SDGs at all levels, to integrate sustainability concerns into other decisions. Implementation, monitoring and reassessment of the SDGs will require continual engagement with science and scientific communities.
In addition, the SDGs offer a unique opportunity for local and international science communities to reorganise their questions and research to assist in efforts towards sustainable policies. The systemic focus of the SDGs can allow productive, transdisciplinary and cross-national engagement by scientists and scientific communities. Efforts that take advantage of these opportunities have already begun in the Future Earth programme and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
This symposium will focus on opportunities and challenges related to including inputs from scientists in the SDGs, and fostering interaction between policy processes and science. The event will feature keynote speeches by H.E. Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi (Co-Chair of the Open Working Group on the SDGs) and Mark Stafford Smith (Chair of the Future Earth Science Committee and Science Director of the Climate Adaptation Flagship at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).
For more information, including the event programme, please visit the event page on the UNU-IAS website (http://ias.unu.edu/en/events/upcoming/science-and-the-sustainable-development-goals.html).
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Makiko ARIMA (Ms.)
Communications Associate
United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5467-1212
Email: arima@unu.edu
URL: http://www.ias.unu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNU.IAS
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Subscribe to all other IISD Reporting Services' free newsletters and lists for environment and sustainable development policy professionals at http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
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Dear SDG-L subscribers,
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), together with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the POST2015 Project, invite you to the symposium "Science and the Sustainable Development Goals" to be held in Tokyo, Japan on 15 November 2014, featuring keynote speeches by H.E. Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi (Co-Chair of the Open Working Group on the SDGs) and Mark Stafford Smith (Chair of the Future Earth Science Committee).
Specifically, this event will focus on the following topics:
- assessment of the ongoing process on the SDGs and the post-2015 development agenda, including scientific inputs at Open Working Group meetings, and suggestions for moving ahead;
- the role of scientists in shaping the SDGs at global, national, and local levels to help integrate sustainability concerns into actions; and
- engagement between local and international science communities with policymakers, civil society, and citizens to reorganise their questions and research to assist in efforts towards crafting the post-2015 development agenda and the implementation of sustainable policies.
We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.
--------------------------------
"Science and the Sustainable Development Goals"
Venue: Roppongi Academy Hills (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 49F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Dates/Times: Saturday, 15 November 2014, 14:00-17:00
Organizers: UNU-IAS, Tokyo Institute of Technology, POST2015 Project
Fee: Free
Online registration: http://ias.unu.edu/en/events/upcoming/science-and-the-sustainable-development-goals.html
The post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will rely significantly on scientists and scientific communities in order to be effective. These scientific actors will be challenged to create systemic understandings with policy relevance at local, national, and international levels.
The SDGs will rely upon good scientific input in a number of different ways. Scientists were crucial in providing important inputs at the Rio+20 conference in 2012 and into the process at the Open Working Group meetings, which formed the content of the SDGs. However, the role of scientists and scientific communities does not end with these inputs. It will be necessary for these actors to help shape the SDGs at all levels, to integrate sustainability concerns into other decisions. Implementation, monitoring and reassessment of the SDGs will require continual engagement with science and scientific communities.
In addition, the SDGs offer a unique opportunity for local and international science communities to reorganise their questions and research to assist in efforts towards sustainable policies. The systemic focus of the SDGs can allow productive, transdisciplinary and cross-national engagement by scientists and scientific communities. Efforts that take advantage of these opportunities have already begun in the Future Earth programme and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
This symposium will focus on opportunities and challenges related to including inputs from scientists in the SDGs, and fostering interaction between policy processes and science. The event will feature keynote speeches by H.E. Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi (Co-Chair of the Open Working Group on the SDGs) and Mark Stafford Smith (Chair of the Future Earth Science Committee and Science Director of the Climate Adaptation Flagship at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).
For more information, including the event programme, please visit the event page on the UNU-IAS website (http://ias.unu.edu/en/events/upcoming/science-and-the-sustainable-development-goals.html).
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Makiko ARIMA (Ms.)
Communications Associate
United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5467-1212
Email: arima@unu.edu
URL: http://www.ias.unu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNU.IAS
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Subscribe to all other IISD Reporting Services' free newsletters and lists for environment and sustainable development policy professionals at http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
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