{"id":24826,"date":"2020-01-31T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/?page_id=24826"},"modified":"2021-04-26T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:45:03","slug":"our-future-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/publications\/our-future-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Future on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1569168958013{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1581004562045{padding-right: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Humanity is at a critical stage in the transition to a more sustainable planet and society. Our actions in the next decade will determine our collective path forward. Our Future on Earth 2020 aims to tell the story of where we are on our collective journey by connecting the dots between what society is currently experiencing \u2013 from fires to food shortages to a rise in populism \u2013 with recent developments in the research community.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24999&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584439967640{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Report `{`Desktop`}`&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;pinkPublications&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1chEx2Aewehp1_0nXYnERwUViJI6qR2hi%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing|title:View%20or%20Download%20Report%20%5BPDF%5D|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Report `{`Mobile`}`&#8221; 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David is also Managing Director of InfoCongo, Central Africa's innovative and interactive news platform. Prior to this, David Akana worked as Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist at the African Development Bank, focusing on the communication of international development finance.<\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal3157\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_gitem-zone-mini\">\n                <div class=\"vc_gitem_row vc_row vc_gitem-row-position-top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 member vc_gitem-col 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           Director General, Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa\n        <\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>    \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"vc_clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n        <div class=\"modal \" id=\"memberModal3157\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"exampleModalLabel\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  style=\"padding-right: 0 !important;\">\n<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\n<div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid memberContainer vc_column-gap-35\">\n        <div style=\"float:right;\">\n            <button class=\"btn btn-default btn-prev\" type=\"button\">\n                <span class=\"close-modal\"><i class=\"sprite sprite-arrow-left\"><\/i><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n            <button class=\"btn btn-default btn-next\" type=\"button\">\n                <span 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He joined Columbia University, Earth Institute (EI) in 2009, where he served as Senior Agriculture Policy Specialist and Director of MDG center for Eastern and Southern Africa. He also has served as the Associate Director of the Agriculture and Food Security Center of the EI. \r\n\r\nDr. Begashaw has over 20 years of experience in agriculture extension and rural development, ranging from a grass-roots development agent to the Minister of Agriculture for Ethiopia.In the past ten years, Dr. Begashaw has done extensive consulting and advisory work to several public and international organizations in the area of food security, poverty reduction and investment, climate change and resilience building, development finance and governance. <\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" 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<h2>Anthony Capon<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Co-chair, Health Knowledge-Action Network<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/anthony-capon\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tony Capon directs the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and holds a chair in Planetary Health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.\u00a0 A public health physician and authority in environmental health and health promotion, his research focuses on urbanisation, sustainable development and human health. Tony is a former director of the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University (UNU-IIGH), and has previously held professorial appointments at the University of Sydney and Australian National University.\u00a0 He is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation\u2013<i>Lancet<\/i> Commission on Planetary Health and the International Advisory Board for <i>The Lancet Planetary Health<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal2422\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a 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              <div style=\"text-align: left\">Owen Gaffney<\/div>\n            <\/div>  \n\n        <div class=\"memberRoleContainer\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-post-meta-field-role memberRole vc_gitem-align-left\"> \n            Former Senior Innovations Fellow\n        <\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>    \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"vc_clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n        <div class=\"modal \" id=\"memberModal2422\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"exampleModalLabel\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  style=\"padding-right: 0 !important;\">\n<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\n<div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid memberContainer vc_column-gap-35\">\n        <div style=\"float:right;\">\n            <button class=\"btn btn-default btn-prev\" type=\"button\">\n                <span 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<h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/owen-gaffney\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Owen Gaffney is a global sustainability writer and analyst at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Stockholm Resilience Centre. He co-founded the Future Earth Media Lab and he is on the faculty of Singularity University. Owen trained as an astronautic and aeronautic engineer and he is a qualified journalist, filmmaker and writer. For a decade he has worked in Earth system science communication. His work focuses on policy, media and business impact of global sustainability research \u00a0and visualizing humanity's impact on the planet through concepts such as the Anthropocene and planetary boundaries, and transformation processes. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the BBC and the world\u2019s leading academic journals Science and Nature. His work on visualisations with Felix Pharand Deschenes have been shown at the UN Rio+20 Summit and the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal2972\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_gitem-zone-mini\">\n                <div class=\"vc_gitem_row vc_row vc_gitem-row-position-top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 member vc_gitem-col vc_gitem-col-align-\">\n            <div 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<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8\">\n            <div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1551806072252\">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n                            <div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  memberFristAndLastName\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                            <h2>Daniela Jacob<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Chair DKN Future Earth<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/daniela-jacob\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Daniela Jacob is Director of the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), a scientific organizational entity of Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, and visiting professor at Leuphana University, Faculty of Sustainability.\r\n\r\nShe is member of the European Commission\u2019s Mission Board on \u201cAdaptation to Climate Change including Societal Transformation\u201d and was one of the coordinating lead authors of the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 \u00b0 C above preindustrial level and one of the leading authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group 2).\r\n\r\nShe is chair of the German Committee for Sustainability Research (DKN) and member of several other committees as well as member of the \"Earth League\", an international alliance of prominent scientists from first-class research institutions. Her main research fields and areas of interest are regional climate modeling and the hydrological cycle. Moreover, Daniela Jacob is Editor-in-Chief of \"Climate Services\", a scientific journal she founded together with the Elsevier publishing house. <\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal2746\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_gitem-zone-mini\">\n                <div class=\"vc_gitem_row vc_row vc_gitem-row-position-top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 member vc_gitem-col vc_gitem-col-align-\">\n            <div 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class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  contactData\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                \n                                                \n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8\">\n            <div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1551806072252\">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n                            <div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  memberFristAndLastName\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                            <h2>Amy Luers<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Senior Advisor, Sustainability in the Digital Age<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/amy-luers\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy Luers is the Senior Advisor of the Sustainability in the Digital Age Initiative and senior advisor to Future Earth. Luers also sits on the Foresight Committee of the Veolia Institute. She has over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. A former assistant director on climate resilience and information in the Obama White House and senior environment manager at Google, she is a member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations and has served on committees of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the National Academies of Sciences. Dr. Luers started her career working in rural water development in Latin America as co-founder and the first executive director of Agua Para La Vida (Water for Life). She spent a number of years directing the water and climate security work at the Skoll Global Threats Fund. She sits on several advisory boards including the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative, STS Forum Regional Climate Action, the IEEE Committee on Ethically Designed AI for a Sustainable Planet, the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies, and the US National Council for Science and the Environment. Amy Luers holds a Ph.D. in environmental science and an M.A. in international policy studies, from Stanford University; a B.S. and M.S. in environmental systems engineering from Humboldt State University; and a B.A. in philosophy from Middlebury College. She has published in both peer-reviewed and popular media on big data and the digital age, science communication, climate policy and vulnerability and resilience of human-environmental systems. <\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal2773\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_gitem-zone-mini\">\n                <div class=\"vc_gitem_row vc_row vc_gitem-row-position-top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 member 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vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n                            <div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  memberFristAndLastName\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                            <h2>Johan Rockstr\u00f6m<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Co-Chair, Advisory Committee<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/johan-rockstrom\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Johan Rockstr\u00f6m is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University.\r\n\r\nRockstr\u00f6m is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues, where he led the development of the new Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change. He is a leading scientist on global water resources, with more than 15 years of experience from applied water research in tropical regions, and more than 100 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability.\r\n\r\nAside from his research helping to guide policy, Rockstr\u00f6m consults several governments and business networks. He also acts as an advisor for sustainable development issues at noteworthy international meetings, such as the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences (UNFCCC). Supplementarily, he chairs the advisory board for the EAT Foundation and the Earth League.<\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal3158\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_gitem-zone-mini\">\n                <div class=\"vc_gitem_row vc_row vc_gitem-row-position-top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 member vc_gitem-col vc_gitem-col-align-\">\n            <div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_\">\n                <figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RobertScholes.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"vc_single_image-img memberImage\">\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"hoverMember\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"vc_custom_heading memberNameGrid vc_custom_1548452142837 vc_gitem-post-data vc_gitem-post-data-source-post_title\">\n                <div style=\"text-align: left\">Robert Scholes<\/div>\n            <\/div>  \n\n        <div class=\"memberRoleContainer\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-post-meta-field-role memberRole vc_gitem-align-left\"> \n            Distinguished Professor, Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute, 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class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  contactData\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                \n                                                \n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8\">\n            <div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1551806072252\">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n                            <div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  memberFristAndLastName\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                            <h2>Robert Scholes<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Distinguished Professor, Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute, Witwatersrand University<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/robert-scholes\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bob is a Professor of Systems Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is a systems ecologist with a particular interest in the savannas of Africa. He trained under Prof Brian Walker at the University of the Witwatersrand and Prof Pedro Sanchez at North Carolina State University and has over three decades of field experience in many parts of Africa and the world. He is among the top 1 per cent of environmental scientists worldwide based on citation frequency, publishing widely in the fields of savanna ecology, global change, and earth observation. He has led several high-profile studies, such as the Assessment of Elephant Management, Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change and Strategic Assessment of Shale Gas Development, as well as large research campaigns, such as the SAFARI 2000 and Southern African Millennium Assessment. Scholes is the author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, third, fourth and fifth assessments. He has been on the boards of the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, the South African National Parks and South African National Space Agency. He is a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the CSIR and the Royal Society of South Africa, a member of the South African Academy, a research associate of the CSIR, a National Research Foundation A-rated scientist and a winner of the National Science and Technology Forum Lifetime Contribution to Science Award.<\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal2612\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div 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vc_align_left\">\n                                        <figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n                                            <div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\">\n                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Alistair-Scrutton-new.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-top: 46px;width:200px;height:300px;object-fit:cover;\">\n                                                \n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/figure>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div 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            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8\">\n            <div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1551806072252\">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n                            <div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  memberFristAndLastName\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                            <h2>Alistair Scrutton<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Future Earth (Former)<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/alistair-scrutton\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alistair Scrutton spent more than two decades as a foreign correspondent covering wars, elections, Olympic Games and royal weddings across four continents \u2014 in between managing to annoy Fidel Castro, Messi and the Dalai Lama with awkward questions. After university, he spent several years as a freelance journalist in Spain and Latin America working for the likes of the FT, Economist, San Francisco Chronicle and the Australian. He then joined Reuters for a 19 year career, first as correspondent in Peru and Buenos Aires before then moving to Washington, DC, as Latin America editor. He switched continents to cover South Asia from New Delhi, reporting on the war in Afghanistan as well as environmental challenges in Bhutan and India. His last assignment before joining Future Earth saw him as head of Nordic and Baltic editorial operations, working on pieces ranging from Greenland's adaption to climate change to the threat of Russia. He holds a Masters Degree in international relations and contemporary war from King\u2019s College, London.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div>\n            \n        <div class=\"col\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#memberModal3159\"><div class=\"vc_grid-item-mini vc_clearfix\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-animated-block \"><div class=\"vc_gitem-zone vc_gitem-zone-a memberFix\" style=\"height: 300px;\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_gitem-zone-mini\">\n                <div class=\"vc_gitem_row vc_row vc_gitem-row-position-top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 member vc_gitem-col vc_gitem-col-align-\">\n            <div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_\">\n                <figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gail-Whiteman.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"vc_single_image-img memberImage\">\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"hoverMember\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"vc_custom_heading memberNameGrid vc_custom_1548452142837 vc_gitem-post-data vc_gitem-post-data-source-post_title\">\n                <div style=\"text-align: left\">Gail Whiteman<\/div>\n            <\/div>  \n\n        <div class=\"memberRoleContainer\"><div class=\"vc_gitem-post-meta-field-role memberRole vc_gitem-align-left\"> \n            Professor, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)\n        <\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>    \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"vc_clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n        <div class=\"modal \" id=\"memberModal3159\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"exampleModalLabel\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  style=\"padding-right: 0 !important;\">\n<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\n<div class=\"modal-content\">\n    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid memberContainer vc_column-gap-35\">\n        <div style=\"float:right;\">\n            <button class=\"btn btn-default btn-prev\" type=\"button\">\n                <span class=\"close-modal\"><i class=\"sprite sprite-arrow-left\"><\/i><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n            <button class=\"btn btn-default btn-next\" type=\"button\">\n                <span class=\"close-modal\"><i class=\"sprite 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class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  contactData\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                \n                                                \n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8\">\n            <div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1551806072252\">\n                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n                        <div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n                            <div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  memberFristAndLastName\">\n                                        <div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n                                            <h2>Gail Whiteman<\/h2>\n                                            <h5 class=\"job-title\">Professor, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)<\/h5>\n                                            <h6 class=\"profile-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/contacts\/gail-whiteman\/\">Full profile<\/a><\/h6>\n                                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professor Gail Whiteman is Director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, and founder of Arctic Basecamp, a unique science-solutions outreach platform held annual alongside the World Economic Forum\u2019s meeting at Davos.\r\nShe is an expert on global risk from sustainability challenges, and is an invited speaker and regular contributor to the World Economic Forum.  Her research utilises organisation theory on knowledge to analyse how a range of actors (companies, civil society, and local communities) make sense of ecological change and risk, and how these actors transform and build resilience across scales given environmental pressures and social inequities.\r\n \r\nProfessor Whiteman is also the Professor-in-Residence at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and was actively involved in building science-based targets including those for a future low-carbon economy. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Ecology &amp; Society, and Nature, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584385159899{padding-top: 40px !important;background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584464315176{padding-right: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Global launch events highlight Our Future on Earth 2020 around the world<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the launch of Our Future on Earth 2020 on February 6, its media and global impact has increased thanks to the hard work of the international Future Earth community helping to promote this new report. Online coverage has expanded to over 200 international media outlets, in 60 countries and a dozen languages. Notable pieces included articles by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/feb\/06\/humanity-under-threat-perfect-storm-crises-study-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20200207175812-v7duh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thomson Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and op-eds in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/222-scientists-say-cascading-crises-are-the-biggest-threat-to-the-well-being-of-future-generations-131551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Conversation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/biggest-risks-to-planet-are-interconnected-by-amy-luers-2020-03?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic-social&amp;utm_campaign=page-posts-march20&amp;utm_post-type=link&amp;utm_format=16:9&amp;utm_creative=quote-card&amp;utm_date=03-16-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Syndicate<\/a>.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/2020\/02\/07\/we-have-launched-the-our-future-on-earth-2020-report\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future Earth\u2019s regional structures mobilized to host events that consider the report\u2019s key theme (interconnected social and natural science underpinning current events) within a regional context. Here are some highlights.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25222&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 13, Bengalaru, India<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Future Earth South Asia Regional Office, Divecha Center for Climate Change (DCCC), and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) hosted an event open to nearly 300 students and faculty from colleges in and around Bengalaru. It featured contributions from K. Kasturirangan, former Chariman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), among other distinguished regional scientists and politicians, and resulted in local media coverage.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25229&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 19, Taipei, Taiwan<\/strong><br \/>\nFuture Earth Taipei and the Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica held a panel discussion gathering 40 participants including scientists, experts, government officers and funders to discuss the report\u2019s findings. A series of videos and a description of the event are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfss.sinica.edu.tw\/index.asp?url=304&amp;cno=18&amp;ano=107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25388&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 27, Dakar, Senegal<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A French-language event was organized by Editorial Board member David Akana\u00a0 in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the agricultural non-profit CORAF. The event welcomed about 60 participants, (UN agencies, NGOs, media, scientific and diplomatic community) and featured <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1Gs7mWOx_RvJy0fhruO5rsQKyECEs7cvb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a video address<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Robert Blasiak, lead author of the Ocean chapter. Media coverage of the regional launch include articles in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scidev.net\/afrique-sub-saharienne\/changements-climatiques\/actualites\/repenser-activites-humaines-sauver-planete-06032020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scidev<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seneweb.com\/news\/Afrique\/les-pays-africains-invites-a-trouver-un-_n_310120.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seneweb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.allafrica.com\/stories\/202002280652.html?fbclid=IwAR1H-6dMz-DOO3MzeoObq19OwB9iUpmd3omvLJfTRHyFpF0IxU5gUgJvn5E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All Africa.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/aps.sn\/actualites\/societe\/article\/les-pays-africains-invites-a-trouver-un-equilibre-entre-securite-et-developpement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">APS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afriqueactudaily.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/01\/afrique-de-louest-le-fida-pour-plus-dinvestissements-dans-lagriculture-et-la-capture-du-dividende-demographique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afrique Actu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudonline.sn\/le-fida-revele-cinq-facteurs-de-crise-systemique-mondiale_a_46611.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sud Quotidien<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25225&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 13, Pretoria, South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Future Earth Regional Office for Southern Africa (FEROSA) Secretariat hosted a launch event during its Stakeholder Platform meeting held at the National Research Foundation (NRF). The Africa Launch was attended by over 70 delegates from eleven 11 countries across the continent; Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The launch began with Professor Robert Scholes, a member of the report\u2019s Editorial Board, provided an engaging account of the report\u2019s purpose and origin. This was followed by a presentation from Dr Odirilwe Selomane, a co-author on the report\u2019s Biodiversity chapter.\u00a0 The launch was also attended by Professor Richard Calland, Politics Chapter lead author, and Coleen Vogel, Transformations Chapter co-author. Professor Calland also published <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/countering-climate-denialism-requires-taking-on-right-wing-populism-heres-how-131693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an article in the Conversation Blog<\/a> and in local media (South Africa Saturday Star), highlighting the report and his chapter\u2019s message for the need to face climate denialism and right-wing populism.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25387&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 21, Bucharest, Romania<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Romanian National Committee of Future Earth presented the report during their annual meeting at the Romanian Academy. The meeting was attended by 21 members and colleagues from diverse research institutes and universities. The topics raised in the 11 chapters of the report were concisely exposed by Dr. Diana Dogaru, while Dr. Mihaela Sima focused her talk on the Future Earth survey of the scientists\u2019 perception regarding global risks. Acknowledging the multidisciplinary character of climate change topics and the fact that business as usual cannot be a solution for sustainability, and consenting on the key topics of the Our Future on Earth Report 2020, the participants evoked the need for continuity for collaborative and transdisciplinary projects in Romania for climate change mitigation and adaptation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25384&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 19, Hamburg, Germany<\/strong><br \/>\nThe German Committee Future Earth and the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) gathered three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climate-service-center.de\/about\/news_and_events\/news\/084594\/index.php.de\">video statements<\/a> from the report\u2019s authors and broadcast an open <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Df-b5e7cBGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webinar<\/a> in German, hosted by Daniela Jacob, a member of the report\u2019s Editorial Board and Director of GERICS.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25233&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;350&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Feb 22, Sikkim, India<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) &#8211; Sikkim Chapter (<a href=\"http:\/\/inmi.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inmi.in<\/a>) in association with Eco-Tourism &amp; Conservation Society of Sikkim (ECOSS), Gangtok; World Wildlife Fund, Sikkim and Darjeeling; and Sikkim University in partnership, with the Future Earth South Asia office at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change (DCCC) organized a launch event for students, policy representatives and the non-profit sector. The event was covered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesikkimchronicle.com\/integrated-mountain-initiative-inaugurates-first-future-earth-report-2020-event-in-sikkim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local media<\/a>. The counselor of IMI Sikkim, Mr P.D. Rai, former Member of Parliament (Lok-Sabha, India) and member of the Future Earth South Asia Governing Council convened the event and published an opinion article in the Sikkim Express and Summit Times.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584383566101{padding-right: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Related News<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/2020\/02\/07\/we-have-launched-the-our-future-on-earth-2020-report\/\">Our Future On Earth 2020 Report Launched<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/2020\/02\/27\/global-launch-events-highlight-our-future-on-earth-2020-around-the-world\/\">Global Launch Events Highlight Our Future on Earth 2020 Around the World<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1569168958013{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1581004562045{padding-right: 50px !important;}&#8221;] Humanity is at a critical stage in the transition to a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/publications\/our-future-on-earth\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":24827,"parent":494,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24826\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}