Mission

To establish a network of international researchers from natural and social science disciplines that advances and promotes integrative and transformative research on Earth and societies through interdisciplinary collaboration and transdisciplinary dialogue.

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Vision

An inspiring and productive international platform advancing integrative and transformative research on Earth and societies

Overall Goals

To advance the understanding of the Earth system and societies interlinkages across spatial and temporal scales and societal levels.

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To identify system performance instructive as science-based rationales for setting societal goals and targets as well as analysis of institutional arrangements for negotiating, implementing and monitoring those goals and targets.

To identify and explore levers and capacities of transformations that consider the Earth system and societies interlinkages and science-based and societally agreed goals and targets for a sustainable Anthropocene

Overarching Thematic Questions

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Which (non-linear) dynamics determine the interactions in the Earth system and where are the boundaries between a "stabilised" state and unknown extreme developments of the Earth?

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How are the dynamics of an increasingly networked humanity, such as ongoing urbanisation, globalisation and resource consumption, progressing, and what effects are associated with them for the Earth system?

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Which scientific findings (e.g., tipping points) can serve as societal goals and targets (e.g., planetary boundaries) and how can they be negotiated and incorporated into political, economic and civil society processes in different countries and internationally?

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Which technological, economic, social and political innovations can reduce both the societal impacts on the Earth system and the societal effects of Earth system changes in a timely and sustainable manner, and how can inequalities be reduced and peace and security be promoted?

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What societal capacities do exist for transformations towards a sustainable Anthropocene and how can they be enhanced also considering inequalities, peace and security?