Markku Kulmala, Academy professor, Chair Tanja Suni, Secretary General

PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP TO MAP OUT KEY PRIORITIES IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

Global warming

Biodiversity loss

Air quality

Fresh water

Epidemic diseases

Deforestation

Climate change

Food supply

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Energy

Chemicalisation

Ocean acidification

Backgound:  Scope  of  Global  Grand  Challenges  

Demography  

ESIMERKKI HANKKEEN SIDOSRYHMÄJAOSTA

THE CHALLENGE

Achieving sustainability in a world subject to global change requires understanding the links among environmental and societal change.  Challenges related to resilience, governance models, resource efficiency, technology, business, trade, equity, and poverty are interlinked: a change in one component will cascade to many others.  Creating solutions that will lead to sustainability requires establishing a new interaction and partnership culture between researchers and society. Solutions-oriented global change research requires joint framing and co-design of research between producers and end-users of scientific knowledge.

MISSION OF THE TOWNHALL MEETING Future Earth Townhall Meeting invites scientists and stakeholders from civil society, governance, and business to discuss and map out the key priorities in global change research:

•  What is essential to understand? •  What kind of information do we need and in which format? •  How should we study the phenomena? •  What is the role of stakeholders in global change research?

Starting point for the discussion: eight key challenges identified in the Future Earth Strategic Research Agenda. 

Organiser: Future Earth Finland - national platform of the new strategic research initiative on global change, Future Earth. This Townhall is the first event of the Finnish living lab network on global change research. Future Earth Finland and Townhall meeting are supported by: TIEDEAKATEMIAIN NEUVOTTELUKUNTA

DELEGATIONEN FÖR VETENSKAPSAKADEMIERNA I FINLAND

COUNCIL OF FINNISH ACADEMIES

1. GLOBAL CHANGE Developing understanding of global change as a

phenomenon. Key issues and opportunities for Finland.

Future Earth Townhall -> Global change and Finland –seminar series

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FINNISH LIVING LAB NETWORK OF GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

A network connecting research, decision-making, business, and civil society to jointly advance global change research in Finland. 

2. INTERACTION Networking and consortium-building events for mutual understanding of stakeholder & researcher needs and

viewpoints.

3. PRACTICE Pilot projects. Practical testing and improving of co-design

and co-production methods.

TODAY: STARTING LIVING LAB LEVEL 1 - GLOBAL CHANGE

Main questions for the Townhall and Global Change and Finland –seminar series:

1.  What is global change for Finland? 2.  How should we study it? 3.  What structures and funding mechanisms could support the research?

Approached in various ways:

•  Pre-assignment questions •  Small-group discussions •  Twitter: @FEtownhall

Outcome

•  Summary report of ideas and viewpoints for Future Earth Science committee •  Policy brief for Finnish funding agencies and ministries

All workshop material will be used to develop the Living lab of Global Change and the Global change and Finland –seminar series!

Panel discussion

8.30-09.45: Global change: key challenges Opening words and Mission of the Townhall meeting

Chair Markku Kulmala, Secretary General Tanja Suni, Future Earth Finland

Future Earth Strategic Research Agenda Professor Heinz Gutscher, Future Earth Science Committee

The links and scales of global change Professors Jukka Käyhkö and Sirkku Juhola, Future Earth Finland

Funding global change research Professor Jari Niemelä, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation

09.45-10.00 Coffee to go

10.00-11.00 Small-group discussions on research priorities and implementation

11.00-11.30 Lunch

11.30-13.00: Co-design of global change research Stakeholder engagement in Future Earth

Chancellor emeritus Kari Raivio, Future Earth Engagement Committee 

Panel discussion: Co-designing global change research in Finland

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