Research is crucial to sustainable development: a new science platform will support efforts to implement the German Sustainable Development Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals of the global 2030 Agenda. The Science Platform Sustainability 2030 was presented to the public at the 13th Forum for Sustainability (FONA) on 9 May. Hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the conference was opened by the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Johanna Wanka, and the Head of the Federal Chancellery, Federal Minister Peter Altmaier.
The platform’s operations will be jointly organised by the research networks Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany (SDSN Germany) and the German Committee Future Earth (DKN Future Earth), together with the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam.
The science platform is “a decisive step towards the rigorous and effective implementation of the German Sustainable Development Strategy”, explained Dirk Messner, the co-chair of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany (SDSN Germany). “Transdisciplinary debate, drawing on the best available knowledge and involving actors from academia, society, business, and policymaking, is critical to initiating and accelerating processes of transformation towards sustainability. The science platform provides a framework for this.”
The Science Platform Sustainability 2030 will operate as an independent organisation and will develop actionable solutions for transformation processes to create a more sustainable society. Its activities will be underpinned by both the wide-ranging and excellent research landscape in Germany as well as international cooperation.
The Science Platform Sustainability 2030 will contribute to the implementation of the German Sustainable Development Strategy. The platform will receive cross-ministerial support throughout its development and operation, in particular from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), and the Federal Chancellery.
Contact:
Eva Söderman / Anja Krieger
Press & Communications
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
Berliner Strasse 130
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 (0)331 288 22-340/479
Fax: +49 (0)331 288 22-310
E-mail: eva.soederman(at)iass-potsdam.de / anja.krieger(at)iass-potsdam.de
Dr Bettina Schmalzbauer
Secretariat
German Committee Future Earth (DKN Future Earth)
Heilbronner Strasse 150
70191 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 (0)711 49004240
E-mail: schmalzbauer(at)dkn-future-earth.de
Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Anna Schwachula
Secretariat
Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany (SDSN Germany)
Tulpenfeld 6 (c/o DIE)
53113 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0)228 94927-224/270
Fax: +49 (0)228 94927-130
E-mail: kloke-lesch(at)sdsngermany.de / schwachula(at)sdsngermany.de
