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Earth League Co-Chair, Johan Rockström, Is Awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Earth League co-chair and Director at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Johan Rockström, has won the 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The Tyler Prize recognizes Rockström’s research work on the “Planetary Boundaries” framework to help keep the planet in a safe operating space. The Tyler Prize, established in 1973, is an annual award to recognize global leaders in environmental science, environmental health and energy, and is referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize for Environment’. Rockström will be awarded $250,000 by the Tyler Prize Executive Committee for his “science-based approach to sustainable development for people on a…
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Requesting input for this year’s 10 New Insights in Climate Science
The 10 New Insights in Climate Science series, jointly developed by The Earth League, Future Earth, and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), is an annual synthesis highlighting essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, from natural and social sciences. This influential policy report has been launched every year since 2017 at the climate COP with participation from the UNFCCC Executive Secretary. Every year we rely on an extensive effort of expert consultation across the research networks of the three partner organizations. We are seeking the input of active researchers, across all disciplines, working with issues…
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Top 10 Climate Science Insights Unveiled
The report findings underscore the looming inevitability of overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C global warming target, emphasizing the urgency of a rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out. On December 3, 2023 at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, leading global experts in social and natural sciences unveiled the annual 10 New Insights in Climate Science report, alongside UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Mr. Simon Stiell. The report equips policymakers with the latest and most pivotal climate science research from the previous 18 months, synthesized to help inform negotiations at COP28 and policy implementation through 2024 and beyond. Read the report here: https://10insightsclimate.science. …
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The Earth League will be at COP28
Please join us at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for a series of presentations and discussions featuring the work of the Earth League. 10 Must-haves Panel Discussion, led by Earth League co-chairs Peter Schlosser and Johan Rockström – 4 December 2023, 10:30 –11:30 (GST), Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP8, Dubai, U.A.E 10 New Insights in Climate Science Panel Discussion, led by Earth League co-chairs Peter Schlosser and Johan Rockström – 4 December 2023, 14:30 – 15:30 (GST), Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP8, Dubai,…
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The Earth League is grieving for Saleemul Huq
The Earth League deeply mourns the passing of Professor Saleemul Huq on October 28, 2023. His work and impactful contributions in the field of climate adaptation and development are immeasurable, and his unwavering commitment to justice and transformation leave an impactful mark in the world. Professor Huq will be greatly missed, but his vision lives on and will continue to inspire us and the generations to come. Our heartfelt condolences extend to Professor Huq’s family, friends and colleagues at ICCAD. Learn more about Professor Huq’s legacy with this obituary in TIME and PIK’s words of remembrance.
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‘10 Must-haves’ Intelligence Briefing Published in Global Sustainability
Accelerating transformations for a just, sustainable future: 10 ‘Must Haves’, has now been published as Open Access (OA) in Global Sustainability! The 10 Must-haves initiative aims to identify the pathways of accelerated systemic transformations needed across the globe toward a sustainable and just future where all can thrive on a healthy planet. In this Intelligence Briefing, the authors lay out the rationale for the project, the proposed targets, and set the stage for forthcoming work on action. Explore the full article at https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.14
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Global Futures Conference 2023
The 2023 Global Futures Conference took place over a 3-day period, between September 19th – 21st at the Javits Center in New York City. It coincided with New York Climate Week and the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, adding significance to the occasion. The conference drew a diverse audience of over 300 individuals hailing from the public and private sectors, academia, the scientific community, Indigenous groups, and global youth. The primary goal of the 2023 Global Futures Conference, building upon the progress of the inaugural Global Futures Conference, GF22, and the ongoing efforts of the Earth League, aimed…
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Requesting input for this year’s 10 New Insights in Climate Science
The 10 New Insights in Climate Science series, jointly developed by The Earth League, Future Earth, and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), is an annual synthesis highlighting essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, from natural and social sciences. This influential policy report has been launched every year since 2017 at the climate COP with participation from the UNFCCC Executive Secretary. Every year we rely on an extensive effort of expert consultation across the research networks of the three partner organizations. We are seeking the input of active researchers, across all disciplines, working with issues…
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Leading Scientists Highlight 10 Essential Climate Science Insights for 2022
Researchers stress that only through ambitious mitigation efforts and systemic transformation, can we avoid facing widespread limits to adaptation, and increased losses and damages Read the report here. On November 10, 2022 at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, leading global experts from the natural and social sciences presented ten essential insights on climate change since 2021. Convened by the international networks The Earth League, Future Earth, and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) scientists from around the world released the annual 10 New Insights in Climate Science report with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Mr. Simon Stiell. The 10 New Insights in…
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Expert Elicitation Open Until May 13, 2022
Please join us in developing a bold but actionable set of levers for global transformational change. The Earth League, led by co-chairs Peter Schlosser and Johan Rockström, is committed to answering the question: “What are the non-negotiable ‘must have’s targets and ‘must do’ actions that can accelerate the necessary change to a safe, just, and habitable planet for all?” We invite you to contribute to this effort, initially by responding to this questionnaire by May 13. For additional details on this project, refer to the following overview.