IIASA and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM)* are co-hosting a webinar series on Sustainability and the SDGs: Promoting a Dynamic Science-Policy Interface.
Take part in the webinar series on Sustainability and the SDGs: Promoting a Dynamic Science-Policy Interface. The webinars will explore pathways to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals from multiple perspectives:
- An integrated approach to implementing the SDGs that combines multiple research expertise from science to engineering to medicine in order to maximize the synergies and minimize the trade-offs across the goals (webinar 1).
- How can science best inform public understanding and aid in policy decision-making to achieve a sustainable future (webinar 2).
- How can science diplomacy facilitate international cooperation to meet sustainability challenges at global and regional scales (webinar 3).
The webinars, co-hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), will feature two internationally-renown speakers followed by an audience question and answer session.
Series host: Michael Clegg (Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine; Chair of IIASA Council)
Monday, August 31, 11:00am-12:30 pm Eastern
1. Sustainability and the SDGs: Sustainability and The World in 2050
Moderator: Leena Srivastava (Deputy Director General for Science, IIASA)
Speakers: Nebojsa (Naki) Nakicenovic (Emeritus Research Scholar, IIASA) and Franklin Carrero-Martinez (Senior Director, Global Policy and Development & Science and Technology for Sustainability, NASEM)
Question facilitator: Maria Donoso, Florida International University
Monday, September 14, 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern
2. Sustainability and the SDGs: The Science-Policy-Society Interface
Moderator: Marcia McNutt (President, National Academy of Sciences (NAS))
Speakers: Albert van Jaarsveld (Director General, IIASA) and E. William (Bill) Colglazier (Senior Scholar, Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS))
Question facilitator: Simon Levin, Princeton University
Monday, September 28, 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern
3. Sustainability and the SDGs: Science Diplomacy
Moderator: Vaughan Turekian (Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs, NASEM)
Speakers: Frances Colon (President, Jasperi Consulting) and Jan Marco Müller (Science Advisor, European External Action Service)
Question facilitator: David McCollum, Electric Power Research Institute
* Within NASEM, the webinars are co-organized by: (1) the U.S. Committee for IIASA, (2) the Global Science Diplomacy Roundtable, and (3) the Science and Technology for Sustainability Program
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