Budapest Science Forum

Knowledge and Action - Environment and Sustainable Development

Julia Marton-Lefèvre

Executive Director

LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) International

Sustainable Development

Development that meets our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to

meet theirs

Ozone depletion

Climate change

Science Test

IGBP SCOPE MAB

WCRP DIVERSITAS IPCC

IHDP CGIAR MA UNFCCD

UNESCO UNFCCC GEF IHP

WB ICSU GCOS WMO UNEP

ISSC WFEO UNCSD GTOS

UATI FAO IRI GOOS

Millenium Development Goals

• Cut by half the proportion of people:

-living on less than $1 per day;

-who suffer from hunger;

-without access to safe drinking water.• Achieve universal primary education• Reduce by two-thirds child mortality &

by three quarters maternal mortality • Stop the spread of HIV/AIDS & malaria

Three knowledge challenges

• Integrate developing countries

• Involve other stakeholders

• Bolder efforts to turn knowledge into action

Millennium Assessment

Integrate Developing Countries

• How can human creativity contribute to sustainable development?

• How should Invention/Innovation be encouraged in the South?

The Lemelson Foundation

Involve other stakeholders

• Engage science in sustainable development by building bridges between the scientific and development communities to:

-learn to speak each other’s language;

-learn to recognize contributions from each other’s communities.

Bolder efforts to turn knowledge into action