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Transforming Development Trajectories for Sustainable Futures in a Dynamic Planet

This document explores the complexities of global development within the context of a dynamic planet, highlighting the interplay of biophysical, socio-economic, and governance factors. It addresses key issues like climate change, urbanization, and food and water security, emphasizing the importance of informed development trajectories. The paper also discusses the roles of new technologies, trade relations, and social diversity in shaping sustainable futures. Furthermore, it advocates for improved science-policy links and collaborative approaches to integrate research across disciplines, aiming to foster meaningful transformations towards sustainability.

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Transforming Development Trajectories for Sustainable Futures in a Dynamic Planet

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  1. Dynamic planet • Data, observing systems, metrics and indicators • States and trends • Drivers • Variability • Thresholds • Permanence of change • Coupled models • Biophysical (land/atmosphere/ocean) • Biophysical and socio-economic • Understanding and predicting • Priority issues • Poverty • Urbanisation • Social-ecological diversity and gradients • Wealth of natural resources

  2. Global development • Food and water security • Climate change impacts • Urbanisation impacts • Social cultural practices and change • Trade offs between food, water, energy security • Choosing informed development trajectories • Impact of trade and trade relations on HWB and social change

  3. Transformations towards sustainability • Alternative development trajectories for Africa • Including energy (alternatives and cost efficiency) • Impacts of new technologies (communication, nano) • Governance trajectories • Development of scientists for transformation (students and careers) • Research on how to do outreach / comms / mainstreaming • Behaviour change • Reward sustainability • Improving science-policy links • Current and future sustainability • Models of desired futures and ways to get there • Governance models for sustainability (accountable government)

  4. On-going programs and gaps • More ongoing in dynamic planet less as we move to transformations towards sustainability • Key engagement with African Ministerial Councils • Lack of coordination between initiatives and therefore duplication • Natural science and social science communities not connected

  5. Thoughts • How can we go about this “business unusual”? • Moving beyond paper to implementation (practical problem solving actions) • Co-design • Accountable governance • Integrating across research themes to avoid silos • Cross cutting capabilities • Synthesis • Outreach

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