2021 Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future Proceedings of a Summit (2021) / Chapter Skim
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3 Breakthroughs.
3 Breakthroughs.
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introduced herself as a 19-year-old climate justice activist born and raised in Mexico. She noted she is one of many young people demanding climate justice by protesting and organizing strikes to stop investment in fossil fuel spending and infrastructure and, instead, promote investment in climate education, renewable energy, and meeting the 1.5 °C temperature target contained in the Paris Agreement.
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He noted his government's full endorsement of the recent work of Sir David Attenborough and his conclusion that "the living world is a unique and spectacular marvel, yet the way we humans live on Earth is sending it into a deep decline." Panuelo drew on Attenborough's (2020) film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet and this statement from the film to describe what climate change means for his country and actions the global community should take.1 As of April 2021, FSM comprises 607 islands covering more than 700,000 square kilometers of land and more than 2.2 million square kilometers of ocean territory.
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President Marcia McNutt several days after participating in the April 22– 23, 2021, Leaders Summit on Climate convened by President Biden.4 At that gathering, he reported, the world leaders present announced ambitious targets to reduce emissions to keep the goal of limited global warming to 1.5 °C within reach. McNutt asked Kerry what 24 scientists could do to help meet those targets.
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moderated a panel on the Main Stage about breakthrough ideas in different fields. Participants included Nobel Prize laureate Sir Richard Roberts (New England Biolabs)
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She said she supports thoughtful regulation to stop nefarious use cases and that company leaders must also take a stand and refuse business that may misuse the technology. Krishnamurti stressed the importance of bringing in the human element in planning, conducting, and disseminating research, including research based on artificial intelligence (AI)
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"We can't really talk about sustainability until the world's population is stabilized." He noted that in societies with rapidly increasing prosperity and education, and where women have the ability to control 27 their own bodies, population rates go down. This phenomenon cuts across all countries, religions, and races, he added, and he disputed the notion by some economists that falling BREAKTHROUGHS INTRODUCTION birth rates will hamper prosperity, which he likened to a Ponzi scheme.
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commented, "We have heard the science needs are great and the time to achieve global sustainability is short. We need transformational change and not incremental change." Bierbaum led a facilitated discussion about science in the service of society with Nobel Prize laureate Brian Schmidt (Australian National University)
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Schellnhuber noted he considers effective demonstration projects as "disruptive innovation plus good governance." He said his involvement with the European Green Deal has made him realize the need for a "new narrative of modernity."7 He pointed to research to transform the built environment from a source of carbon dioxide (CO2) to a sink for CO2, such as articulated by the New European Bauhaus movement.8 "We need a narrative about the transformation of the sector and then move in all types of innovation.
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Realization of complex problems and solutions must undergird education of the next generation." Key Building Blocks for Transformative Change Bierbaum asked each panelist for a takeaway suggestion about achieving transformative BREAKTHROUGHS change. Lee said he would encourage people to live better with less and reduce consumption.
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Seto noted that some of the issues discussed at the summit have another issue at the center: the urbanization of societies. Every day, she explained, an area equal to about 20,000 American football fields becomes urbanized, including biodiverse ecosystems and agricultural lands.
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She urged scientists to discuss their work publicly and demonstrate the value of science in society. Education and everyday conversation should weave science into people's daily lives far more than in recent decades.
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