31 August 2020 - 28 September 2020
Virtual
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:
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)
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
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
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
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313