AccelNet-Implementation: Accelerating Transformations to Sustainability Across the World’s Mountains

山脉覆盖了地球20%的土地，覆盖了地球上近一半的生物多样性热点。它们养活了大量的动植物，并为大约一半的人类提供了水。山区居民对他们的极端环境有深刻的了解，他们面临着气候变暖、积雪减少和冰川融化、野火增加和其他挑战的威胁。该项目建立了山区科学与社会合作(MtnSOS)网络，该网络与不同的山区人民合作，制定维持其土地和生计的战略。MtSOS汇集了来自六大洲和50多个国家的19个网络。该小组由山区居民、科学家和当地专家组成，他们共同努力，确定适应环境变化的措施，增强当地声音，以改进政策和治理，并为山区的可持续发展制定解决问题的方法。该项目通过了解当地和土著知识系统、基于自然的解决办法和治理结构之间的联系，加强国际科学合作。MtSOS通过将科学与不同的实践、知识和参与者相结合，研究山区生态系统向可持续性的转变，从而提供社会效益。山区可持续发展网络科学目标针对山区可持续发展的四个关键知识缺口：1)地方和土著知识对适应和转变的贡献；2)山区系统气候变化的基于自然的解决办法；3)加强地方治理和为可持续生计和政策建立公平伙伴关系的方法；4)综合不同山区背景下的转型路径。网络内的网络利用区域合作网络，包括项目、以科学为基础的山区网络、地方和土著知识网络、团队科学网络和以教育为基础的网络。该网络将融合研究扩展为一种新的科学模式，称为社会变革科学，将科学与行动相结合。一个机器学习组件使用集成的数据集来量化山区特征，并允许参与者探索通往可持续未来的道路。变革性的科学与社会方法改善了公平和机会，并建立了一个结构化的过程，以扩大集体影响。职业生涯初期的个人接受领导力培训，参与网络交流，并参与《联合国气候变化框架公约》的政策进程。MtnSOS支持规划和实施具有社会相关性的研究，例如改善山区资源的保护，并扩大公众对可持续发展科学的参与。通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究(AccelNet)计划旨在加快科学发现的进程，并为多团队国际合作培养下一代美国研究人员。AccelNet计划支持美国研究网络和海外互补网络之间的战略联系，这些网络将利用研究和教育资源来应对需要重大协调国际努力的重大科学挑战。该项目由国际科学与工程办公室(OISE)资助。该奖项反映了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。

Mountains cover 20% of Earth's land and shelter nearly half of Earth's biodiversity ‘hotspots.’ They support abundant animals and plants and provide water to about half of humanity. Mountain peoples possess deep understanding of their extreme environments in which they face threats from warming climates, declining snowpacks and melting glaciers, increasing wildfire, and other challenges. This project establishes the Mountain Science Operating with Society (MtnSOS) network that works with diverse mountain peoples to develop strategies for sustaining their lands and livelihoods. MtSOS brings together 19 networks from six continents and over 50 countries. This group is comprised of mountain peoples, scientists, and local experts who work together to identify adaptations for environmental change, empower local voices to improve policies and governance, and develop problem-solving approaches toward mountain sustainability. This project strengthens international scientific collaboration by understanding linkages between local and Indigenous knowledge systems, nature-based solutions, and governance structures. MtSOS provides societal benefits through research on transformations to sustainability in mountain ecosystems by integrating science with diverse practices, knowledge, and participants. The MtnSOS network science goals address four critical knowledge gaps for mountain sustainability: 1) contributions of local and Indigenous knowledge to adaptation and transformation; 2) nature-based solutions for climate change in mountain systems; 3) approaches to strengthen local governance, and build equitable partnerships for sustainable livelihoods and policy, and 4) synthesis across diverse mountain contexts of transformative pathways. The networks within the network leverage RCN and INCLUDES projects, science-based mountain networks, local and Indigenous knowledge networks, team science networks, and education-based networks. The network expands convergence research into a new model of science called Transformative Science with Society to integrate science with action. A Machine Learning component uses integrated datasets to quantify mountain characteristics and allows participants to explore pathways to sustainable futures. The Transformative Science with Society approach improves equity and access and creates a structured process to expand collective impact. Early career individuals receive leadership training, participate in network exchanges, and engage in the policy process of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. MtnSOS supports planning and implementation of societally relevant research such as improved conservation of mountain resources and expands public participation in sustainability sciences.The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts. This project is funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).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.