Beyond 2020: converging crises demand integrated responses: Statement by the RACC International Advisory Committee following the RACC-12 International Forum

Jim Falk^{1

2}, Rita Colwell^{3

4}, Adel El-Beltagy⁵, Peter Gleick⁶, Charles Kennel⁷, Yuan T Lee⁸, Amy Luers⁹, Cherry Murray^{10

11}, Ismail Serageldin¹², Kazuhiko Takeuchi¹³, Chiho Watanabe¹⁴, Tetsuzo Yasunari¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
² University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
³ Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.
⁵ International Drylands Development Commission, and Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Oakland, USA.
⁷ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, and Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ Academia Sinica, [Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1986], Taipei, Taiwan.
⁹ Center for Sustainability in the Digital Age, and Future Earth, Montreal, Canada.
¹⁰ Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
¹¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
¹² The Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
¹³ Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
¹⁵ Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 33144891
PMCID: PMC7594950
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-020-00876-w

Beyond 2020: converging crises demand integrated responses: Statement by the RACC International Advisory Committee following the RACC-12 International Forum

Jim Falk et al. Sustain Sci. 2021.

. 2021;16(2):691-693.

doi: 10.1007/s11625-020-00876-w. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
² University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
³ Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.
⁵ International Drylands Development Commission, and Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Oakland, USA.
⁷ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, and Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ Academia Sinica, [Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1986], Taipei, Taiwan.
⁹ Center for Sustainability in the Digital Age, and Future Earth, Montreal, Canada.
¹⁰ Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
¹¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
¹² The Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
¹³ Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
¹⁵ Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 33144891
PMCID: PMC7594950
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-020-00876-w

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates how the impacts of climate change are beginning to converge with other developing challenges with a likely peak with global population, requiring more integrated responses locally, regionally and globally.

Keywords: COVID-19; Climate change; Convergence; Integrated responses; Sustainability challenges.

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Beyond 2020: converging crises demand integrated responses: Statement by the RACC International Advisory Committee following the RACC-12 International Forum

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