Década Internacional das Ciências para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável: 2024-2033

BACKGROUND

From climate emergency and biodiversity loss to global health, the complex challenges facing our world demand innovative and holistic approaches that transcend traditional boundaries. In pursuing a sustainable coexistence between humanity and our planet, the role of sciences has become more critical than ever before.

The decade aims to raise awareness of the importance of all sciences for sustainable development, and to actively concur, in accordance with national priorities, with the promotion of a coordinated, collaborative, scientific approach providing policy-makers with evidence-based analyses and data necessary for establishing and effectively implementing policies in such a way that no one is left behind.

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Rooted in the 2030 Agenda, this Decade seeks to harness a more effective and inclusive global approach to sustainability based on the synergic cooperation of all sciences and all knowledge forms in an integrative and transformative way to inform policymaking and the implementation of the SDGs.

The ISC does not only support this approach but goes beyond, advancing that the codesign of research and action should be embraced as the standard practice in sustainability science, and be considered an essential and integral addition to the traditional scientific paradigm. This framework, referred to as “Mission Science for Sustainability,” envisions a model where the sustainability science agenda is tailored to the unique needs of regional communities and

stakeholders. This alignment, facilitated by a globally funded and empowered network of Centros Regionais de Sustentabilidade, incentivaria a colaboração e enfrentaria a mentalidade fragmentada e competitiva para impulsionar uma abordagem genuína de “grande ciência” aos desafios do desenvolvimento sustentável.