Support for an Ad Hoc Advisory Group of the Consortium on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development

近年来，出现了与环境和其他全球进程有关的新的调查路线。这些通常被称为“可持续发展科学”的研究思路试图更好地了解不同的人类和自然系统相互作用的动态，以便更好地确定如何组织和开展人类活动，从而最大限度地提高环境质量和人类福祉得以维持的可能性。这项奖励将提供支助，使特设咨询小组能够协助发展科学和技术促进可持续发展联盟。该联盟是通过国际科学理事会(ICSU)、科学技术促进可持续发展倡议(ISTS)和第三世界科学院(TWAS)的协调活动建立的。该联盟的目标是在世界各地促进和加强努力，以增强科学技术对可持续发展的贡献。特设咨询小组负责就四个主要问题向联合体合作伙伴提出建议：(1)将广泛的地方、部门、区域和国际努力的观点纳入联合体的进程，以加强科学技术对可持续发展的贡献；(2)联合体的研发议程和活动计划，将促进问题驱动的研究和开发，开展此类工作所需的能力建设；以及以促进可持续发展的方式将研究和开发与行动联系起来的计划；(3)战略和机制，使联合体成员能够更充分地共同和单独地应对利用科学技术促进可持续发展方面的挑战和机遇；以及(4)联合体的规划和业务活动的“实施计划草案”，包括资金方面。在知识价值方面，该项目应努力将基础科学和工程研究工作与开发方法联系起来，鼓励各种规模的个人、团体和组织采取政策和行动，以维持环境、社会和经济。通过这种基础广泛的规划活动，可以制定新的协调研究努力的计划，并在研究人员和其他参与科学-社会界面的人中传播。关于更广泛的影响，该项目将为世界各国和各个学科的科学界未来的研究方向和计划提供指导。它将通过鼓励所有国家的科学家之间更多的互动来进一步发展发展中国家的科学能力。如果成功，该项目还可能为整个社会带来相当大的长期利益，因为它确定了基础科学研究如何有助于在未来开展更可持续的活动。

Recent years have seen the emergence of new lines of inquiry associated with the environment and other global processes. Often characterized as "sustainability science," these lines of inquiry seek to better understand the dynamics through which different human and natural systems interact with each other in order to better establish how human activity might be organized and conducted so as to maximize the likelihood that environmental quality and human well-being can be sustained. This award will provide support to enable an ad hoc advisory group to assist in the development of a Consortium for Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. This consortium has been established through the coordinated activities of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS), and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). The goal of the consortium is to promote and strengthen efforts around the world to enhance the contribution of science and technology to sustainable development. The ad hoc advisory group has been charged make recommendations regarding four major points to the consortium partners: (1) A process for bringing into the consortium perspectives from a broad range of local, sectoral, regional, and international efforts now underway to enhance the contribution of science and technology to sustainable development; (2) A research and development agenda and a program of activities for the consortium that will promote problem-driven research and development, the capacity building necessary to carry out such work; and plans for linking research and development with actions in ways that will facilitate sustainable development; (3) Strategies and mechanisms that would more fully enable the consortium members jointly and individually to address the challenges and opportunities in harnessing science and technology for sustainable development; and (4) A "draft plan of implementation" for the programmatic and operational activities, including funding aspects, of the consortium.With respect to intellectual merit, this project should advance efforts to link basic science and engineering research efforts with the development of approaches to encourage individuals, groups, and organizations at all scales to adopt policies and undertake actions that will sustain the environment, society, and the economy. Through broadly based planning activities like this, new plans for coordinated research efforts can be developed and disseminated among researchers and others engaged in the science-society interface. With respect to broader impacts, the project will provide guidance regarding future research directions and plans for scientific communities across a broad range of disciplines and in nations around the world. It will further the development of scientific capacity in developing nations by encouraging greater interaction among scientists in all nations. If successful, the project also could have considerable long-term benefits for society as a whole by identifying ways in which basic scientific research can help lead to more sustainable activities in the future.