File Sustainable development
Get an overview of scientific contributions to sustainable development and especially to the Agenda 2030: SCNAT provides researchers, research funding agencies and political decision-makers with important synthesis reports, projects, event information and news from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and other institutions.
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The challenges of sustainable development affect different regions of the world differently. International research partnerships make it possible to take these differences into account. The KFPE is committed to cross-border and intercultural research partnerships and helps to make such partnerships fair and efficient.
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The Swiss Society for African Studies organises the upcoming 6th Swiss Researching Africa Days.
Research shall contribute to transformations towards sustainable development. How does such research look like and what is needed to promote this kind of research? Will transformative research become the new normal or is it just a short-lived new fashion?
Image: SUDACThe design of efforts by the European Union (EU) and its Member States to recover from COVID-19 will determine the quality of people’s lives for decades to come. Related to the EU’s plans for a green recovery, European Academies urge policymakers to recognise the critical role of science and to step up efforts in three key areas: energy, ecosystem and health.
Image: EASACTo make our food systems sustainable, radical transformation of their complex social, economic and ecological components is needed. Simply increasing productivity is not enough to meet the raising global demand for food in the future.
Image: SAPEAThe growing use of electric scooters and ride-hailing services is transforming how we move in urban centres — but walking, cycling and public transport remain the best way to improve sustainable mobility in cities, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today. A separate EEA briefing on the environmental and climate impacts of transport finds that emissions of greenhouse gases from transport continue to increase, as demand for mobility across Europe keeps growing.
Europe will not achieve its 2030 goals without urgent action during the next 10 years to address the alarming rate of biodiversity loss, increasing impacts of climate change and the overconsumption of natural resources. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest ‘State of the Environment’ report states that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency. The report says, however, there is reason for hope, amid increased public awareness of the need to shift to a sustainable future, technological innovations, growing community initiatives and stepped up EU action like the European Green Deal.
Geht es so weiter, werden die Ziele für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der Uno verfehlt. In der Kritik steht auch die Wissenschaft. Es brauche mehr lösungsorientierte Forschung, fordert der erste Weltnachhaltigkeitsbericht. Eine Initiative der SCNAT will deshalb die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Schweiz stärken.
Die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz begrüssen das aktualisierte Landschaftskonzept Schweiz (LKS) des Bundes. Es berücksichtigt aktuelle Herausforderungen und liefert eine integrale Betrachtungsweise von Landschaft, Natur und Kultur. Die Akademien schlagen bei verschiedenen Zielen Anpassungen vor und betonen, dass konkrete Massnahmen folgen müssen. Zudem sollen sich auch Kantone und Gemeinden an den Grundsätzen und Zielen des LKS orientieren.
Social sciences and humanities play important roles in sustainability-oriented transformative research. A saguf workshop revealed what these roles can look like.
Das Artensterben beschleunigt sich fortwährend und ist bereits 10- bis 100-mal höher als im Durchschnitt der vergangenen 10 Millionen Jahre. Insgesamt sind 0,5 bis 1 Million von rund 8 Millionen Arten gefährdet, warnt der Weltbiodiversitätsrat IPBES am Montag im ersten globalen Bericht zum Zustand der Biodiversität und der Ökosystemleistungen. Der dramatische Zustand der Natur hat enorme Konsequenzen für die menschliche Existenz. So sind 14 von 18 Leistungen der Natur wie Bestäubung oder saubere Luft am Schwinden.
This EASAC report reviews options for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from European transport. It argues for stronger policies to bridge the gap between the GHG emission reductions that will be delivered by current policies and the levels needed to limit global warming to less than 2°C or even 1.5°C (Paris Agreement).
The existing instruments of European and Swiss energy policy in the field of mobility are far from sufficient to achieve the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement. This is the conclusion of a new report by the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC). The report focuses on road transport, which accounts for 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from transport in Europe, and recommends various measures.
Über 12'155 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz unterstützen die Anliegen der Klimastreik-Demonstrierenden. Alleine in der Schweiz sind es 1727 Unterzeichnende. Laut der am Dienstag veröffentlichten Stellungnahme von «Scientists for Future» reichen die derzeitigen Massnahmen zum Klima-, Arten-, Wald-, Meeres- und Bodenschutz bei weitem nicht aus.