1. Stakeholder
engagement
in
Future
Earth
Kari
Raivio
Chancellor
Member
of
Future
Earth
Engagement
Commi;ee
2. 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?
3. 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!
4. 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!
