1 Regional Workshop on Sustainability Science: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development

The document proposes a regional workshop on sustainability science to explore the intellectual foundations, research strategies, and institutional infrastructure needed for sustainable development. It builds on a previous global meeting in Sweden that concluded the current global development path is unsustainable and is undermining the Earth's life-support systems. The proposed workshop aims to integrate global processes with local ecological and social characteristics, resulting in a multi-lingual report and the creation of a regional network on sustainability science.

• A previous global gathering of scientists in October 2000 concluded that current global development is unsustainable and that efforts to support a growing population are damaging the Earth's essential life-support systems.
• Sustainability science is intended to expand the understanding of nature-society interactions, specifically by integrating global processes with the ecological and social characteristics of specific sectors and places across scales from local to global.
• The challenges facing sustainability include the interaction between global environmental changes—such as climate warming, land transformation, and biodiversity loss—and social transformations including urbanization, aging populations, and increasing economic inequality.

APA

Gallopín, G. (2001). 1 Regional Workshop on Sustainability Science: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/24_RWSS.pdf

Chicago

Gallopín, G.C. 1 Regional Workshop on Sustainability Science: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2001. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/24_RWSS.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{gallopn2001regional, author = {Gallopín, G.C.}, title = {{1 Regional Workshop on Sustainability Science: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2001}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/24_RWSS.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }