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Title: Budapest Science Forum


1
Budapest Science Forum
  • Knowledge and Action - Environment and
    Sustainable Development
  • Julia Marton-Lefèvre
  • Executive Director
  • LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development)
    International

2
Sustainable Development
  • Development that meets our needs without
    compromising the ability of future generations to
    meet theirs

3
Ozone depletion
4
Climate change
5
Science Test
  • IGBP SCOPE MAB
  • WCRP DIVERSITAS IPCC
  • IHDP CGIAR MA UNFCCD
  • UNESCO UNFCCC GEF IHP
  • WB ICSU GCOS WMO UNEP
  • ISSC WFEO UNCSD GTOS
  • UATI FAO IRI GOOS

6
Millenium Development Goals
  • Cut by half the proportion of people
  • -living on less than 1 per day
  • -who suffer from hunger
  • -without access to safe drinking water.
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Reduce by two-thirds child mortality
  • by three quarters maternal mortality
  • Stop the spread of HIV/AIDS malaria

7
Three knowledge challenges
  • Integrate developing countries
  • Involve other stakeholders
  • Bolder efforts to turn knowledge into action

8
Millennium Assessment
9
Integrate Developing Countries
  • How can human creativity contribute to
    sustainable development?
  • How should Invention/Innovation be encouraged in
    the South?

The Lemelson Foundation
10
Involve other stakeholders
  • Engage science in sustainable development by
    building bridges between the scientific and
    development communities to
  • -learn to speak each others language
  • -learn to recognize contributions from each
    others communities.

11
Bolder efforts to turn knowledge into action
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