Future Earth Input Form

The final stages of this consultation will involve development of input from scientists in North America to Future Earth -- its Interim Director and its Scientific Committee; and to ICSU. To this end, you are invited to provide the planning team with your thoughts/advice/recommendations on the questions below and with any other comments you would like to provide. All input received will be compiled and the compilation will be posted on the Future Earth North American Consultation web site (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/futureearth/index.htm). The compilation will also serve as the basis for an interim report to be submitted to Future Earth’s and ICSU’s leadership, and the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability. In thinking about these questions, you may want to draw on the following background information: the Initial Design Report for Future Earth (http://www.icsu.org/future-earth/media-centre/relevant_publications/FutureEarthdraftinitialdesignreport.pdf); the presentations that were made and the discussions held during the first two webinars in this consultation (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/biso/futureearth/index.htm); and the latest Future Earth Newsletter (http://www.icsu.org/future-earth/whats-new/future-earth-newsletter-form).

1. First Name

2. Last Name

3. Affiliation

4. If you would like to receive updates on Future Earth, please provide your email address:

6. Input area (You may choose more than one.): *This question is required.

Governance
Research
General comments

Please specify: *This question is required.

Governance Comments:

Research Comments

General Comments:

7. What do you see as the big questions and challenges related to global change and sustainability, both globally and for North America?

8. Do you feel that the search themes that Future Earth has articulated allow it to address the questions and challenges you identified in question 1 (if "no", please explain)?

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

9. In what unique ways can Future Earth benefit North America?

10. What kinds of contributions would you like to make to Future Earth?

11. What new capacity (infrastructure or human) might be required to enable North American participation in Future Earth?

12. Do you have comments and/or suggestions as to how Future Earth might best be organized and/or how it might best be structured to address these challenges, both globally and in North America?

Future Earth Input Form

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