NSERC CREATE in Science Leadership for Global Sustainability

人类活动正在以威胁气候和生态系统稳定的方式破坏我们的星球。世界各国领导人已承诺通过可持续发展目标（sdg）以及《巴黎协定》的气候目标来解决这一不断加剧的危机。与此同时，数字革命正在推动社会创新和变革达到前所未有的水平，利用数字创新来支持实现可持续发展目标的挑战具有巨大潜力。未来的可持续发展领导者将需要跨学科和基于系统的思维，以及以一定的速度和规模进行变革的能力，从而使全球变革能够纠正当前的环境轨迹。我们与“未来地球”合作，提出了一项培训计划，以调动对当前可持续性危机的科学认识，并确定利用数字工具和技术加速向全球可持续性过渡的机会。培训将寻求发展跨学科合作、系统思考、集体领导和政策沟通所需的技能，并进一步提高未来领导人所需的基本软技能。学员将有机会参加未来地球的实习，在加拿大领导的或国际的全球可持续发展项目中工作。通过“未来地球”广泛的全球网络，以及与国际科学政策论坛代表团的联系，将实现国际流动性。该项目的主题组成部分将包括：1)减缓气候变化和抵御能力；2)推进基于系统的可持续发展目标方法；3)在数字时代实现可持续发展的变革力量。实现向可持续社会的过渡是人类的一项基本优先事项。我们的培训计划旨在为下一代研究人员提供应对这一挑战所需的技能、知识和经验。

Human activities are disrupting our planet in ways that threaten the stability of our climate and ecosystems. World leaders have committed to address this accelerating crisis through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. In parallel, the digital revolution is driving an unprecedented level of societal innovation and change, and there is considerable potential for digital innovation to be mobilized in support of the challenge of achieving sustainability goals. Tomorrow's sustainability leaders will require interdisciplinary and systems-based thinking as well as the ability to make changes at a pace and scale that will enable global transformations to correct current environmental trajectories. In partnership with Future Earth, we propose a training program to mobilize the scientific understanding of the current sustainability crisis, and identify opportunities for digital tools and technologies to be used to accelerate the transition to global sustainability. Training would seek to develop the skills required for interdisciplinary collaborations, systems thinking, collective leadership, and policy communication, and to further sharpen essential soft skills required for future leaders. Trainees will have the opportunity to participate in internships with Future Earth to work either on Canadian-led or international global sustainability projects. International mobility will be enabled through Future Earth's extensive global network, as well as access to delegations in international science-policy forums. Thematic components of the program will include 1) climate change mitigation and resilience, 2) advancing systems-based approaches to SDGs, and 3) enabling the transformative power of sustainability in the digital age. Achieving the transition to sustainable societies is an essential priority for humanity. Our training program aims to equip the next generation of researchers with the skills, knowledge and experience required to rise to this challenge.