1. Markku Kulmala, Academy professor, Chair
Tanja Suni, Secretary General
PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP TO MAP OUT KEY
PRIORITIES IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
2. Global warming
Biodiversity loss
Air quality
Fresh water
Epidemic
diseases
Deforestation
Climate
change
Food supply
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Energy
Chemicalisation
Ocean acidification
Backgound:
Scope
of
Global
Grand
Challenges
Demography
3. ESIMERKKI HANKKEEN SIDOSRYHMÄJAOSTA
THE CHALLENGE
Achieving sustainability in a world subject to global change requires
understanding the links among environmental and societal change.
Challenges related to resilience, governance models, resource efficiency,
technology, business, trade, equity, and poverty are interlinked: a change in
one component will cascade to many others.
Creating solutions that will lead to sustainability requires establishing a new
interaction and partnership culture between researchers and society.
Solutions-oriented global change research requires joint framing and co-design
of research between producers and end-users of scientific knowledge.
4. MISSION OF THE TOWNHALL MEETING
Future Earth Townhall Meeting invites scientists and stakeholders from civil society,
governance, and business to discuss and map out the key priorities in global change
research:
• What is essential to understand?
• What kind of information do we need and in which format?
• How should we study the phenomena?
• What is the role of stakeholders in global change research?
Starting point for the discussion: eight key challenges identified in the Future Earth
Strategic Research Agenda.
Organiser: Future Earth Finland - national platform of the new strategic research
initiative on global change, Future Earth.
This Townhall is the first event of the Finnish living lab network on global change
research.
Future Earth Finland and Townhall meeting are supported by:
TIEDEAKATEMIAIN NEUVOTTELUKUNTA
DELEGATIONEN FÖR VETENSKAPSAKADEMIERNA I FINLAND
COUNCIL OF FINNISH ACADEMIES
5. 1. GLOBAL CHANGE
Developing understanding of global change as a
phenomenon. Key issues and opportunities for Finland.
Future Earth Townhall ->
Global change and Finland –seminar series
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FINNISH LIVING LAB NETWORK OF GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
A network connecting research, decision-making, business, and civil society to jointly
advance global change research in Finland.
2. INTERACTION
Networking and consortium-building events for mutual
understanding of stakeholder & researcher needs and
viewpoints.
3. PRACTICE
Pilot projects. Practical testing and improving of co-design
and co-production methods.
6. TODAY: STARTING LIVING LAB LEVEL 1 - GLOBAL CHANGE
Main questions for the Townhall and Global Change and Finland –seminar series:
1. What is global change for Finland?
2. How should we study it?
3. What structures and funding mechanisms could support the research?
Approached in various ways:
• Pre-assignment questions
• Small-group discussions
• Twitter: @FEtownhall
Outcome
• Summary report of ideas and viewpoints for Future Earth Science committee
• Policy brief for Finnish funding agencies and ministries
All workshop material will be used to develop the Living lab of Global Change and the
Global change and Finland –seminar series!
Panel discussion
7. 8.30-09.45: Global change: key challenges
Opening words and Mission of the Townhall meeting
Chair Markku Kulmala, Secretary General Tanja Suni, Future Earth Finland
Future Earth Strategic Research Agenda
Professor Heinz Gutscher, Future Earth Science Committee
The links and scales of global change
Professors Jukka Käyhkö and Sirkku Juhola, Future Earth Finland
Funding global change research
Professor Jari Niemelä, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation
09.45-10.00 Coffee to go
10.00-11.00 Small-group discussions on research priorities and implementation
11.00-11.30 Lunch
11.30-13.00: Co-design of global change research
Stakeholder engagement in Future Earth
Chancellor emeritus Kari Raivio, Future Earth Engagement Committee
Panel discussion: Co-designing global change research in Finland
STRUCTURE OF THE DAY
