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European Science for Sustainability – Achievements and Challenges

European Science for Sustainability – Achievements and Challenges. February 27 – March 2, 2002 Walberberg, Germany. The Walberberg Meeting. Organised by IHDP (Sylvia Karlsson) Organising Committee (Jäger, Jaeger, Cramer, Karlsson, Munda, Svedin)

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European Science for Sustainability – Achievements and Challenges

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  1. European Science for Sustainability – Achievements and Challenges February 27 – March 2, 2002 Walberberg, Germany

  2. The Walberberg Meeting • Organised by IHDP (Sylvia Karlsson) • Organising Committee (Jäger, Jaeger, Cramer, Karlsson, Munda, Svedin) • Funded by German Federal Ministry for Education and Research • Participants: ~20

  3. The European Context • Strong „policy push“ within the EU • 6th Framework Programme (EU Parliament recently approved budget of 16,720 million Euros) • „Networks of Excellence“ (larger, long-term projects)

  4. European Experience • Pattern of non-cumulative research • Participatory Approaches

  5. The Walberberg Themes • Developing an empirical basis for Sustainability Science • Designing a European research project on Sustainability Science

  6. Developing the Empirical Basis • Detecting „seeds of change“ • Well-documented observations of transitions (starting points, drivers of change, patterns of change) • Rapid Start – meta-analysis of patterns of sustainability using historical examples and published case studies (focus on energy sysems, water and land use)

  7. Long-term Strategy • Health, water, biodiversity and land use • Remote sensing, ground-based and socio-economic data • Combining qualitative and quantitative information • „learning by doing“

  8. Designing a European Research Project • Ambitious initiative to explore complex relations between food consumption/production systems and transitions to sustainability • Case studies (examples listed in the report) • Investigating cross-scale linkages

  9. Challenges include..... • Developing a process • Long-term stable funding • Peer review process • Participation of young researchers

  10. Moving Forward • Linking knowledge and action (including education specialists, media, broader stakeholder community) • The EU 6th Framework Programme (letter of interest)

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