Geoscience engagement in global development frameworks.

Gill, Joel C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-863X and Bullough, Florence 2017. Geoscience engagement in global development frameworks. Annals of Geophysics 60 , 7460. 10.4401/ag-7460

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Abstract

During 2015, the international community agreed three socio-environmental global development frameworks, the: (i) Sustainable Development Goals, (ii) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and (iii) Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Each corresponds to important interactions between environmental processes and society. Here we synthesize the role of geoscientists in the delivery of each framework, and explore the meaning of and justification for increased geoscience engagement (active participation). We first demonstrate that geoscience is fundamental to successfully achieving the objectives of each framework. We proceed to characterize four types of geoscience engagement (framework design, promotion, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation), and present examples of engagement within the scope of the geoscience community. In the context of this characterization, we discuss: (i) our ethical responsibility to engage with these frameworks, noting the emphasis on societal cooperation within the Cape Town Statement on Geoethics; and (ii) the need for increased and higher quality engagement, including an improved understanding of the science-policy-practice interface. Facilitating increased engagement is necessary if we are to maximize geoscience’s positive impact on global development.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
ISSN:	1593-5213
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 August 2022
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 13:43
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/151557

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