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The first Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future brought together Nobel Laureates and leading scientists with thought leaders, policy makers, and young people to explore solutions to challenges facing our global civilization and discuss the state of the planet at a critical juncture for humanity:
- Mitigate and adapt to the threat posed by climate change and biodiversity loss,
- Reduce inequalities and lift people out of poverty, made even more urgent due to the hardships posed by the pandemic, and
- Harness science, technology, and innovation to enable societal transformations while anticipating and reducing potential harms.
See the Summit recordings here.
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Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Sustainability Science: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
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·2021
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a virtual workshop on November 30-December 2, 2020 to examine scientific progress and gaps in sustainability science around six cross-cutting themes. These themes include the challenges of measuring progress toward sustainability...
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