1. research for global sustainability
NASA
Future Earth Open House: What is your Future of Earth?
#MyFutureEarth
May 11, 2017
2. • Introduction
• State of the Planet
• Opportunities at Future
Earth & the
sustainability
community
• Networking!
• Facebook Live @ 16:00
#MyFutureEarth
Outline
3. Thank you to the Montreal Global Hub
Funders & supporters!
4. Audience Questions
•Sectors of work & study?
– Student / Recent Grad
– Science/Academy
– Private sector
– NGO
– Policy/Government
• Do you know Future Earth? 100, 50, 1%
•Do you know the SDGs? COP21 Climate
Treaty?
5. What is Future Earth?
INRA/C. Maitre
Erik Pihl
Erik Pihl
NASA
6. ockholm Resilience Center, 2016
Sustainable
Development
Goals
• Top 1% with as
much wealth
as bottom 99%
• 6th Great
Extinction -
~50% world's
biodiversity
gone
• $5-7T/annum
investment
until 2030 to
achieve SDGs
7. • By building global
communities of practice
around key themes in
sustainability
• By promoting research that
informs solutions to real
problems around the world
• By bringing together
researchers, policy experts,
businesses, leaders in civil
society and more
How can we address the SDGs?
19. 4th November
Paris Agreement
comes into force
14th November
Global Carbon Budget released
8th November
Trump elected
14th November
Hottest year on record
20th November
Arctic sea ice
November rollercoaster
20. The Global Living Planet Index shows decline of
58%
between 1970 and 2012
21. 40% GLOBAL LAND SURFACE
USED FOR FOOD
70%ADDITIONAL CALORIES
NEEDED BY 2050
29. research for global sustainability
NASA
Opportunities at Future Earth & the Sustainability
Community
30. Youth unemployment
● More than 12 per cent of Canadians between the
ages of 15 and 24 are unemployed and more than a
quarter are underemployed, meaning they have
degrees but end up in jobs that don't require them.
● The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show that
the unemployment rate for 15-to-24-year-olds is
almost twice that of the general population.
31. • As per A-H’s budget
• & overall list here
Paid Internships at Future Earth MTL Hub
32. • Knowledge-Action
Network: Open
Network curation &
engagement
• Help with some
ICSS/SDG Lab work?
• Media Intern
expansion: market
analysis, grant writing
Volunteer Opportunities
33. • Crowdfunding
Campaign on
experiment.com
• Hosting of additional
events, seminars, at the
hub
• Submission to Case
Competitions?
• Project Endorsement
Project Development Ideas
34. • Others in the audience with projects / initiatives they would like to introduce or share?
Community & Partnership Opportunities
35. • Montreal Design Summit - Oct 16 -25 in Montreal
• Concordia Sustainability Internship Programme / MITCAS
• UN SDG Action Campaign
• ~16 Sustainable Development Degree Programmes in Canada
• FSI-PRI 6000$ scholarship for best research on responsible investment
• Other!!!
○ SDSN Youth, IPCC Cities, Sustainable Dialogues Canada, SDTC, Canada,
Sustainable Youth Canada, Green Initiative Canada, ECOCanada, IMPACT,
Natural Step, McConnell Foundation Sustainability.
Community & Partnership Opportunities
36. #MyFutureEarth
- What is your view of the future of
earth?
- What are the current ways in which
you learn and get information
about the future of earth?
- What is missing, which you would
like to see, in learning and
preparing for the future of earth?
We will be on Facebook Live at 4pm EST
to discuss these questions! Follow along
online with #MyFutureEarth
What is your Future [of] Earth?