Events

The Earth League co-convenes 3 COP27 events

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP27

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

10 New Insights in Climate Science 2022 official press conference

  • Date: Thursday 10 November 2022
  • Time: 11.00 am local time EET (Note that this time may be subject to change)
  • Location: UNFCCC Press room, COP27 Blue Zone, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
  • Overview: Official press conference presenting the 10 New Insights in Climate Science which outlines 10 salient insights from climate change research, stemming mainly from literature published in 2021 and 2022. Taken together, they reveal the complexities of the interactions between climate change and other drivers of risk, such as conflicts, pandemics, food crises and underlying development challenges – pushing us ever closer to breaking past the socioecological limits within which people and ecosystems must remain to be able to thrive.
  • Speakers
    • Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
    • Prof. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Earth League)
    • Prof. Mercedes Bustamante, Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia
    • Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Nigeria
    • Dr. Lisa Schipper, University of Oxford, University of Bonn
    • Dr. Aditi Mukherji, International Water Management Institute, New Delhi
    • Dr. Wendy Broadgate, Global Hub Director (Sweden), Future Earth [moderator]

10 New Insights in Climate Science 2022 panel discussion

  • Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
  • Time: 3:30 pm local time EET
  • Location: “Climate Registry / Pathways to 1.5°C Pavilion”, COP27 Blue Zone, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
  • Overview: Dynamic discussion of the topics that comprise the 10 New Insights in Climate Science, coproduced by the Earth League, as pertinent to the COP27 agenda including losses and damages, limits to adaptation, health, vulnerability hot spots and security.
  • Speakers
    • Dr. Peter Schlosser, Vice President and Vice Provost, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University (Earth League)
    • Prof. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Earth League)
    • Mr. Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General, Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
    • Prof. Saleem Huq, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh
    • Dr. Kristie L. Ebi, Professor in the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Future Earth Governing Council Co-Chair
    • Dr. Joyashree Roy, Bangabandhu Chair Professor at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata

10 Must Haves Initiative presentation & panel discussion

  • Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
  • Time: 4:20 pm local time EET
  • Location: “Climate Registry / Pathways to 1.5°C Pavilion”, COP27 Blue Zone, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
  • Overview: Dynamic discussion of the “10 Must Haves” initiative, which explores with the urgency required the question: What are the planetary-scale, must-have transformations for global society to halt and reverse the course of our unsustainable actions and enable an acceleration toward a society that lives in harmony with Earth’s systems? Answering that question is the purpose of the “10 Must Haves initiative,” driven by the urgency of the crises humankind faces and awareness that we are on a trajectory to miss many existing targets. An outcome of the Global Futures Conference in New York City in September, this report provides an initial effort across 10 foundational areas to help decision makers in both the public and private sectors lead the necessary changes that we know are possible to provide an opportunity for all to thrive.
  • Speakers
    • Dr. Peter Schlosser, Vice President and Vice Provost, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University (Earth League)
    • Prof. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Earth League)
    • Maja Groff, International lawyer based in The Hague, Convenor of the Climate Governance Commission
    • Dr. Youba Sokona, Special Advisor for Sustainable Development at the South Centre, & former Vice-Chair of the IPCC (2015)
    • Alexandria Villaseñor, Founding Exec. Director of Earth Uprising, & co-founder of U.S. Youth Climate Strike

Global Futures Conference 2022: Shaping Tomorrow, Today

September 20-22, 2022
New York City, Javits Center

Global Futures Conference 2022: Shaping Tomorrow, Today is a space for a broad global stakeholder community to respond to the following inquiry: “What are the non-negotiable ‘must have’ targets and ‘must do’ actions that can accelerate the necessary change to a safe, just, and habitable planet for all?” In an interactive format, experts across disciplines, sectors, and worldviews will collaboratively formulate a bold but actionable set of levers for global transformational change.

Curated, produced, and disseminated in an accessible format as a manageable number of critical action steps – bold in framing and consequence – the outcomes will guide discourse and policy-making substantively. This event is co-convened by the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory based at Arizona State University, and will take place amidst the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week in Manhattan.

https://globalfuturesconference.org/

Earth League Annual Workshop 2020

Fellows convened for the annual Earth League scientific symposium virtually, over two days in October, 2020, joined by students, colleagues, and invited guests. In addition to the topics below, participants engaged in discussions around such questions as, What are we, as scientists, able to say to the world now enduring the shock of COVID-19, and engage more deeply beyond traditional publications about what has to happen in the coming decade and act as a catalyzing force?

  • COVID-19: an accidental experiment that improved air quality at the global scale (led by Guy Brasseur)
  • COVID-19 modeling research in the Center for Earth System Science at Tsinghua University, related to international collaborative control of COVID-19 in the future (led by Peng Gong)
  • Greening the COVID 19 Response, Recovery and Redesign: Building Blocks of a Coherent Planning Framework – Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (led by Takeuchi Kazuhiko and Eric Zusman)
  • How will COVID-19 shape our future? (led by Daniela Jacob, Kristie Ebi, and Rachel Warren)
  • The decade of transformations – our role as the Earth League (led by Johan Rockstrom)
  • Tipping positive change towards the COP26 / UNFCCC objectives (Tim Lenton, Simon Sharpe)
  • What is the state of Fridays for Future during the pandemic (isolation), and what is the future of youth climate activism? (Alexandria Villasenor)

2019 Annual Earth League Workshop: Towards a 1.5 °C world: Challenges and Solutions

3rd of July 2019
Climate Service Center Germany, Hamburg

On the 3rd of July 2019, the annual Earth League meeting took place at the
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) in Hamburg. Earth League
members, Earth Docs and invited guests gathered for a scientific symposium
entitled Towards a 1.5 °C world: Challenges and Solutions.

How can we realise the goals of the Paris Agreement? Led by this overarching question, participants discussed the status in research, technology and society in regard of a just transition towards a sustainable future for Humanity on a healthy Planet Earth. Talks and panel discussions covered aspects such as sustainable infrastructure, societal transformations towards sustainability, the Youth climate movement, and energy systems transformation.