Trans-Atlantic Research and Development Interchange on Sustainability 2021: Sustainability and Resilience in the Face of Emergent Threats

在21世纪，人类面临的主要挑战体现在可持续发展的概念中。它的核心是努力找到使文明在现在和未来在地球上繁荣成为可能的方法。就其本身而言，考虑到目前78亿人口，这是一个艰巨的挑战。但这一挑战必须面对诸如SARS-COV-2大流行、战争、气候变化等紧急威胁。在地方一级，这些新出现的全球威胁可能表现为重大破坏事件，如洪水、干旱、森林火灾、高住院率和死亡率以及经济困境。因此，TARDIS 21的主题是“面对紧急威胁时的可持续性和韧性”。为了探讨这一主题并找到可行和可行的途径来管理它，TARDIS 21将讨论以下重点问题：(1)21世纪世界面临的最严重威胁是什么？(2)这些威胁中的哪些是实现可持续发展和提高地方和全球复原力的关键挑战？(3)缓解这些威胁的最实用和有效的方法可能是什么？(4)面对这些威胁，最实际和最有用的恢复和可持续发展的途径是什么？研讨会将于2021年10月在匈牙利米斯科尔茨举行。将平衡参与者的组成，包括学科(工程、物理、化学、经济、政策等)、机构(学术、政府、私营部门)和地区和国家代表，以及(4)少数群体和妇女代表。参与者将来自欧洲和美国社区，欧洲参与者将得到非NSF基金的支持。国际和平研究所将与格拉茨工业大学、米斯科尔克大学和奥地利联邦科学部合作，编写研讨会的最终报告。这份报告将在公共网站上公布。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In the 21st Century, the dominant challenge to humanity is encapsulated in the concept of sustainability. This is at its core an effort to find ways that make it possible for civilization to prosper on Earth now and in the future. By itself, this is a formidable challenge given the 7.8 billion current human population. But this challenge must be met in the face of emergent threats such as the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, wars, climate change, and others. At the local level, these emergent global threats can manifest as major disruption events like floods, droughts, forest fires, high rates of hospitalization and death, and economic distress. Therefore, the theme for TARDIS 21 is "Sustainability and Resilience in the Face of Emergent Threats." To explore this theme and find feasible and actionable pathways to manage it, the following focus questions will be addressed at TARDIS 21: (1) What are the most critical threats facing the World in the 21st Century? (2) Which of these threats are critical challenges to achieving sustainability and promoting resilience locally as well as globally? (3) What may be the most practical and effective ways to mitigate these threats? (4) What is the most practical and useful path to resilience and sustainability in the face of these threats? The workshop will be conducted in October 2021 in Miskolc, Hungary. The composition of the body of participants will be balanced to include representation with respect to discipline (engineering, physics, chemistry, economics, policy, etc.), institutions (academic, government, private sector) and regional and national representation, and (4) minorities and women. The participants will be from both the European and American communities, with the European participants being supported on non-NSF funds. The PI will work with the Technical University of Graz, the University of Miskolc, and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science to prepare a final report resulting from the workshop. This report will be made available on public websites.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.