{"id":66425,"date":"2023-07-11T19:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.science\/?post_type=publications&#038;p=66425"},"modified":"2024-06-06T09:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T09:10:51","slug":"a-model-for-implementing-mission-science-for-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/council.science\/publications\/a-model-for-implementing-mission-science-for-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"A Model for Implementing Mission Science for Sustainability: proposed by the Technical Advisory Group to the Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>International scientific collaboration is at the heart of innovative solutions with the<br>potential for worldwide impact. But until now, sustainability science for has not<br>been given the opportunity and resources to help advance long-term sustainable<br>development at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This report offers a model proposed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/current\/news\/technical-advisory-group-to-support-the-global-commission\/\">Technical Advisory Group<\/a> (TAG),<br>established to assist with the Commission\u2019s work. The TAG is composed of twelve leading scholars and practitioners with broad experience in sustainability transformations and co-chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/profile\/matson\/\">Pamela Matson<\/a> (Co-Director of Stanford University Change Leadership for Sustainability Program) and <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/profile\/albert-van-jaarsveld\/\">Albert van Jaarsveld<\/a> (Director-General of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/TAG_report_cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66438\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p><strong>A Model for Implementing Mission Science for Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">International Science Council, 2023. A Model for Implementing Mission Science for Sustainability, Paris, France, International Science Council.<br>DOI: 10.24948\/2023.09.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"btn btn--tertiary\" href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TAG-report-2023.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the report<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The strategy proposed by TAG flips the more traditional science model, allowing the agenda and priorities to be determined by regional communities and stakeholder needs, and engaging science in service to society in which science communities collaboratively design, produce, integrate, implement and evaluate potential pathways to achieve sustainability outcomes. It also aims to break down silos and radically increase regional capacity to understand and address nexus issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve the above-mentioned goals, the TAG proposes the establishment of a globally funded and empowered network of regional Sustainability Hubs . Each Hub will serve as a boundary-spanning platform for mobilization, coordination and alignment of diverse relevant actors and existing initiatives to address regionally identified complex nexus sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on these recommendations, the <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/actionplan\/funding-science-global-commission\/\">Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability<\/a> (convened in December 2021 by the ISC to rise to the challenges posed by existential risks to humanity and the planet) has developed a new approach to support and carry out mission science to significantly accelerate humanity\u2019s progress on the path towards sustainability. This approach developed in the report, Flipping the Science Model: A Roadmap to Science Missions for Sustainability, to be <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/events\/harnessing-the-power-of-science-hlpf\/\">introduced at the 2023 UN High-Level Political Forum<\/a> (HLPF) at the UN Headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-light-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>You might also be interested in<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:180px\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover2-791x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66664\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/publications\/flipping-the-science-model\/\"><strong>Flipping the Science Model: A Roadmap to Science Missions for Sustainability<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Based on the recommendations from the TAG, this report describes and advocates for mission science for sustainability as an urgently needed new form of science for the SDGs. It also serves as a call, inviting all stakeholders, both familiar and unconventional, to unite with the science community in this endeavour of collectively catalyzing science\u2019s power to drive transformative action towards a more sustainable world for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:11px\">International Science Council, 2023. Flipping the science model: a roadmap to science missions for sustainability, Paris, France, International Science Council. 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