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是可持续发展的概念。其核心是努力寻找使文明能够在现在和未来在地球上繁荣的方法。考虑到目前78亿人口，这本身就是一个巨大的挑战。但是，在面对诸如SARS-COV-2大流行、战争、气候变化等紧急威胁时，必须应对这一挑战。在地方一级，这些紧急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“面对紧急威胁的可持续性和复原力”。“为了探索这一主题，并找到可行和可操作的途径来管理它，以下重点问题将在TARDIS 21上得到解决：（1）世界在21世纪世纪面临的最严重威胁是什么？(2)这些威胁中哪些是实现可持续性和促进地方以及全球复原力的关键挑战？(3)减轻这些威胁的最实际和最有效的办法是什么？(4)面对这些威胁，实现复原力和可持续性的最实际和最有用的途径是什么？该研讨会将于2021年10月在匈牙利米什科尔茨举行。与会者的组成将保持平衡，包括学科（工程、物理、化学、经济、政策等）的代表性，（4）少数群体和妇女。参与者将来自欧洲和美国社区，欧洲参与者将获得非NSF资金的支持。主要研究者将与格拉兹技术大学、米什科尔茨大学和奥地利联邦科学部合作编写研讨会的最后报告。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.