Each year on March 30th is Zero Waste Day, also known as International Day of Zero Waste. This day is designated by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness about the importance of reducing waste, promoting sustainable consumption and production practices, and encouraging initiatives that aim to minimize waste generation and maximize resource efficiency.  On Zero Waste Day, people from various sectors, including governments, businesses, organizations, and civil society are invited to engage in activities that highlight the significance of waste reduction, recycling, compos ..read more

On April 1st and 2nd, over 80 people from 10 countries gathered in Taitung, Taiwan for the 2024 Ocean Action Symposium, Future Earth Taipei Ocean Working Group’s annual event dedicated to ocean sustainability. Since 2021, the group has organized four Ocean Action Symposiums, focusing on themes such as blue carbon, fisheries, coastal management, and ocean conservation through engaging discussions with stakeholders from government, industry, and NGOs. The Ocean Action Symposium serves as a platform to advance transdisciplinary research addressing issues impacting marine ecosystems and fosteri ..read more

Join leaders from academia, government, civil society, and industry at the intersection of cities, climate science, and innovation at the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference (I4C24), taking place online and in Montreal in September 2024. Building on the success of the previous past Innovate4Cities conferences, the 2024 edition is geared towards contributing valuable insights and best practices to shape global climate policies and advance collaborative solutions, as we navigate the climate challenges of today and tomorrow. The 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference Organizing Team invites contributions ..read more

For the third year, some George Mason University graduate students will spend their summers with Future Earth researchers co-creating and conducting research activities. Nana Ama Obeng Nti, PhD student in Earth Systems and Geoinformation Science (COS), will research nature-based adaptation strategies in Nigeria in collaboration with Future Earth’s Urban Knowledge Action Network. Yukun Zhang, PhD student in Environmental Science and Policy (COS), will be assessing progress towards equity and inclusivity in global sustainability research and policy venues, also in collaboration with Future Ea ..read more

Pacific island countries and areas are among the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change. They face a triple burden of disease; communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases, and the health impact of climate change which causes high morbidity and mortality. Extreme weather events, especially cyclones, floods and droughts, are displacing populations, causing injuries and psychological trauma, and are increasing the risks of infection and malnutrition. These impacts are projected to worsen with additional climate change in the absence of strong and effective mitigation ..read more

その装置は、小型電子機器に電力を供給するのに十分な電気を作り出し、わずか100ミリリットルの水を燃料として数日間作動することができます。 文：Anthropocene Team 2024年3月28日 魅惑的で一見魔法のような動力を持つ、鳥が水を飲む姿を真似する「飲む鳥」のおもちゃを使った科学の授業なしには、子供時代は終われません。現在、研究者たちはこの地味で小さな科学おもちゃを、水から有用な量の電気を発生させるという重要な仕事に活用しています。 この装置は、水が蒸発する際に発生するエネルギーを利用して100ボルト以上を発電します。わずか100ミリリットルの水を燃料として数日間作動することができると、研究者たちは『Device』誌に発表しています。 この飲む鳥のおもちゃは、頭と尾を形成する2 ..read more

繋がった金属の星が、ダイナマイトで破壊されたサンゴの残骸の上に新しいサンゴ礁が成長するための要となります。 文：Warren Cornwall 2024年4月3日 40年前、インドネシアのスラウェシ島南部に住む釣り人たちは、岩礁に棲む魚を捕らえるために、ダイナマイトを投げ込み、気絶し浮上した魚をすくい上げるという、破壊的なほど単純な道具を使っていました。 しかし、この技術には大きな欠点がありました。鮮やかなサンゴ礁を瓦礫の原に変えてしまったのです。この破壊はあまり深刻で、数十年後でも近隣の新しいサンゴの幼生は、サンゴ礁の再建に着手するための足場を得ることができませんでした。 そのような挫折にもかかわらず、今日、かつて破壊されたサンゴ礁の一部は再びサンゴで埋め尽くされつつあります。島の住民、インドネシアとイギリスの科学者たち、そしてコーヒーテーブルほどの大きさの6本足のクモのような巧妙な金属製の仕掛けのおかげです。 「リーフ・スター」と呼ばれるこの装置は非常に効果的であると証明されており、新たな研究によると、生まれたばかりのサンゴ礁は周囲の健全なサンゴ礁に似ていることがわかりました。 「回復のスピードは信じられないほど早い」と、サンゴ礁の復活を追跡したイギリスのエクセター大学のサンゴ礁生態学者、Ines Lange ..read more

Who better to talk about extinction than a dinosaur? On April 11, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo, hosted the event, “The Future of the Earth with Frankie: ‘Geo-Cosmos’ Special Demonstration”. The event featured special guests including Frankie, a dinosaur from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (interpreted by Hideko Hadzialic, Director of the UNDP Representation Office in Tokyo), and Fumiko Kasuga, Director of Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub Japan. About 100 people, including junior high school students, showed up for the event ..read more

The program is now available for the top sustainability science and innovation event of the year. A collaboration between the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress and Finland’s Sustainability Science Days, SRI/SSD2024 will bring together 2000 leading experts from across the world working toward a sustainability transformation. The rich and engaging program features training workshops, interactive roundtables, networking events, cultural excursions, book launches, and more. You’ll have the opportunity to join discussions covering topics such as sustainability education and awarenes ..read more

2024 is the fourth year of implementation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The goal of the framework is to deliver the science we need for the ocean we want by 2030. To work toward that, the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference is being held in Barcelona, Spain from 10-12 April 2024. Members from three of our Global Research Networks focused on ocean sustainability, SOLAS, IMBeR and the Ocean Knowledge Action Network, are at the conference working to galvanize transformative actions for the ocean. If you’re not in Barcelona, you can follow along online. Find below where ..read more