{"id":28497,"date":"2021-09-10T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/?page_id=28497"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:48:03","slug":"general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/about\/who-we-are\/general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672792898322{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]The Assembly is an inclusive body representing the full scope of the Future Earth community. It provides a platform for broad consultation and enables the full community to participate in the development of Future Earth core agenda, strategies, activities and structures through an annual gathering. It also elects the <a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/about\/who-we-are\/governing-council\/\" rel=\"noopener\" rev=\"en_rl_none\">Governing Council<\/a>, which prioritizes ideas and activities and enables the Global Secretariat to serve the community and carry out actions to help Future Earth reach its goals and fulfill its mission. \u00a0The Future Earth Assembly has been established in 2021 and meets once a year.<\/p>\n<p>The Future Earth Assembly and Governing Council Terms of Reference are available <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DfDhsumDCL5eIWw3j05kHAauOFyFPVkQ\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener\" rev=\"en_rl_none\">here<\/a>. The reports of the <a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assembly-meeting-Future-Earth-29_30-September-2021-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tvx9lDZtbWlrHnz9_oW_cJj6j5kCmivi\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11W3F7WdOm3N8E5dWnLBZCD67rmGFzkQX\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a> Assembly meetings are also available.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>ASSEMBLY CO-CHAIRS<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]\n                <div class=\"card keyContact\">\n                    <div class=\"card-horizontal\">\n                        <div class=\"img-square-wrapper\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"keyContactImage\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dr-krug-1.jpeg\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                            <div class=\"card-title\"><h4 class=\"personName\">Cornelia Krug<\/h4><\/div>\n                            <div class=\"card-text\"><p class=\"personJobTitle\">Director, bioDISCOVERY; Future Earth Natural Assets Knowledge-Action Network; Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/p><\/div>\n                            <ul class=\"list-inline\">\n                                <li class=\"list-inline-item\"><a href=\"mailto:biodiscovery@futureearth.org\" target=\"_blank\">EMAIL<\/a><\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div class=\"card keyContact\">\n                    <div class=\"card-horizontal\">\n                        <div class=\"img-square-wrapper\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"keyContactImage\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ebi_1.png\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"card-body\">\n                            <div class=\"card-title\"><h4 class=\"personName\">Kristie Ebi<\/h4><\/div>\n                            <div class=\"card-text\"><p class=\"personJobTitle\">Co-chair, Health Knowledge-Action Network, University of Washington<\/p><\/div>\n                            <ul class=\"list-inline\">\n                                <li class=\"list-inline-item\"><a href=\"mailto:krisebi@uw.edu\" target=\"_blank\">EMAIL<\/a><\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672792977516{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #eaeaea !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Global Research Network<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AIMES<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Hannah Liddy<\/li>\n<li>Avit Bhowmik<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>bioDISCOVERY<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Cornelia Krug<\/li>\n<li>Lynne Shannon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Earth System Governance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Cristina Inoue<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Pickering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>EvolvES<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sibylle Schroer<\/li>\n<li>Ella Vazquez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth Coasts<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Xiaoyu Fang<\/li>\n<li>Heath Kelsey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Carbon Project<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Pep Canadell<\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Yosuke&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13057,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Yosuke Niwa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Land Programme<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ariane de Bremond<\/li>\n<li>Sharachchandra Lele<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Eva Spehn<\/li>\n<li>Davnah Urbach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>IGAC<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Langley DeWitt<\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Martin Otto Paul&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13057,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Martin Otto Paul Ramacher<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>IHOPE<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas McGovern<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Morgan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>iLEAPS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Poulter<\/li>\n<li>Semeena Valiyaveetil Shamsudheen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>IMBeR<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dongyan Liu<\/li>\n<li>Fang Zuo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integrated Risk Governance Project<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Peijun Shi<\/li>\n<li>Qian Ye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>MAIRS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jiaguo Qi<\/li>\n<li>Jayaraman Srinivasan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>oneHEALTH<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Chadia Wannous<\/li>\n<li>Paula Ribeiro Prist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>PAGES<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Marie-France Loutre<\/li>\n<li>Maria Eugenia Ferrero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Alta de Vos<\/li>\n<li>Odirilwe Selomane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SOLAS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Li Li<\/li>\n<li>Christa Marandino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Rabi Mohtar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finance and Economics KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Masachika Suzuki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Health KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kristie Ebi<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Capon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural Assets KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Unai Pascual<\/li>\n<li>Maria Jose Martinez-Harms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEXUS KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Marja Spierenburg<\/li>\n<li>Chrisy Laspidou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ocean KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ngozi&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13057,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Ngozi Oguguah<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Stella Alexandroff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Risk KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jo-Ting Huang-Lachman<\/li>\n<li>Jana Sillmann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SSCP KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Maurie Cohen<\/li>\n<li>Georgina Guillen-Hanson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Urban KAN<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Zeenat Niazi<\/li>\n<li>Taibat Lawanson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>National and Local Committees \/ Structures<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Future Earth Australia<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kate Nairn<\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Wendy&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13057,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Wendy Steele<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Austria (National Committee for Global Change Austria)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Margreth Keiler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee China<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Wenjie Dong<\/li>\n<li>Bojie Fu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Finland<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee France (Comit\u00e9 National Francais des Changements Globaux)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Wolfgang Cramer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Germany<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniela Jacob<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Sonntag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee India<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kalpana Balakrishnan<\/li>\n<li>Swapna Panickal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Japan<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Taro Yamauchi<\/li>\n<li>Nobuko Saigusa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Korea<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Soonchang Yoon<\/li>\n<li>Soojin Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee for Mongolia<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Battogtok Dorjgotov<\/li>\n<li>Suvdantsetseg Balt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Philippines<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Lourdes J. Cruz<\/li>\n<li>Rico C. Ancog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Romania<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Dan&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13057,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Dan B\u0103lteanu <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Diana Dogaru<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Russia<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Vladimir Kolosov<\/li>\n<li>Evgeny Gordov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Spain<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Luis Santamaria<\/li>\n<li>Emilio Casamayor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Switzerland (Sustainability Research Initiative)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Gabriela Wuelser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth Local Committee Taipei<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Candice Lung<\/li>\n<li>Teng-Chiu Lin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee Thailand<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kuaanan Techato<\/li>\n<li>Siwatt Pongpiachan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Earth National Committee UK<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Philip Lewis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Regions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Asia Region<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Anik Bhaduri<\/li>\n<li>Kazuo Nadaoka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>South Asia Regional Office<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaanaki Gooneratne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Global Secretariat Hubs Boards and \/ or Funders<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Secretariat Hub Canada<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>R\u00e9mi Quirion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Secretariat Hub China<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Lin Yin<\/li>\n<li>Tianjun Zhou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Secretariat Hub France<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Olivier Dangles<\/li>\n<li>St\u00e9phane Blanc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Secretariat Hub Japan<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Makoto Taniguchi<\/li>\n<li>Chiho Watanabe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Secretariat Hub South Asia<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Smriti Basnett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Global Secretariat Hub Swede<\/strong>n<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sverker Molander<\/li>\n<li>\u00d6rjan Gustafsson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Secretariat Hub Taipei<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Yue-Gau Chen<\/li>\n<li>Tzu-Ching Meng<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Partners &amp; Custodians<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>ESA: Susanne Mecklenburg<\/li>\n<li>IPCC: Abdalah Mokssit<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Research Initiative: Carolina Adler<\/li>\n<li>START International: Jon Padgham<\/li>\n<li>WCRP: Detlef Stammer<\/li>\n<li>UNU: Shen Xiaomeng<\/li>\n<li>Belmont Forum: Nicole Arbour<\/li>\n<li>ISC: Salvatore Arico<\/li>\n<li>UNEP: Andrea Hinwood<\/li>\n<li>UNESCO: Meriem Bouamrane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Early-Career Researchers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Meng Wang<\/li>\n<li>Jay Dean Pocklington<\/li>\n<li>Sally Torres<\/li>\n<li>Erna Karalija<\/li>\n<li>Ajibola Akanji<\/li>\n<li>Kabir Rasouli<\/li>\n<li>Mais Aljunaidy<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Fernandez<\/li>\n<li>Aakriti Srivastava<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Sustainability Researchers from Low and Middle Income Countries (LICMIC)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Najet Aroua<\/li>\n<li>Jurgenne H. 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