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研究方向。通常被描述为“可持续性科学”，这些研究线试图更好地理解不同的人类和自然系统相互作用的动态，以便更好地确定人类活动如何组织和进行，从而最大限度地提高环境质量和人类福祉的可能性。这笔奖金将提供支助，使一个特设咨询小组能够协助建立一个科学和技术促进可持续发展联盟。这个联合体是通过国际科学理事会、科学和技术促进可持续发展倡议和第三世界科学院的协调活动建立的。该联盟的目标是促进和加强世界各地的努力，以提高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盟伙伴提出建议：(1)从目前正在进行的广泛的地方、部门、区域和国际努力中纳入联盟观点的程序，以加强科学和技术对可持续发展的贡献；(2)研究与开发议程和联盟活动计划，以促进问题驱动型研究与开发，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与发展与行动联系起来的计划；(3)更充分地使联盟成员共同和单独应对利用科学和技术促进可持续发展方面的挑战和机遇的战略和机制；(4)联合体的方案和业务活动（包括筹资方面）的“实施计划草案”。就智力价值而言，该项目应推动将基础科学和工程研究工作与开发方法联系起来的努力，以鼓励各种规模的个人、团体和组织采取将维持环境、社会和经济的政策和行动。通过这类基础广泛的规划活动，可以制定协调研究工作的新计划，并在研究人员和其他从事科学-社会界面的人员之间传播。就更广泛的影响而言，该项目将为世界各国广泛学科的科学界提供关于未来研究方向和计划的指导。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，该项目还可以通过确定基础科学研究有助于在未来导致更可持续活动的方式，为整个社会带来可观的长期利益。

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.