1. Sustainable Development – the Role of International Science
ICSU Headquarters, Paris
February 2002

2. The Paris Meeting
Organised by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Funded by an ICSU grant
Co-ordinated by IHDP (Sylvia Karlsson and Jill Jäger)

3. Participants (Alphabet Soup)
ICSU
IHDP
IGBP
WCRP
START
DIVERSITAS
SCOPE
IUBS
IUGS
IGU
IGOS

4. Themes of the Workshop Contributions so far Planned contributions
Justifying the role of science for sustainable development
How science will have to change
Commitments to change

5. The Role of Earth System Science
Global Change and the Earth System: A planet under pressure. IGBP Science Series No. 4, 2001
Challenges of a Changing Earth: Proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, July 2001

6. How has science contributed to solving sustainability issues?
Example: cities where science has contributed to the reduction of air and water pollution
Future challenge: urbanisation and the increasing number of megacities

7. Earth System Science since Agenda 21 (a self-evaluation)
Monitoring (**)
Models (* - **)
Education (*)
Integrated Research (*)
Training and Capacity Building (*)
Communication (**)

8. Commitments of the Earth System Science Community
Building an improved, integrative, participatory and usable science, applicable from local to global scales
Responding to the urgent needs for monitoring, model development, integrated research, training and capacity building, education and communication