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Jonathan Granoff: “Never before has the human family faced challenges at a global level, yet our education systems are more focused on national and local identities.” — at the 7th International Conference on Future Education, held at Istinye University, Istanbul in December. #FutureEducation #WAAS #GlobalEducation #leadership

?? Celebrating International Women’s Day! ?? Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and achievements of women across the globe. At the World Academy of Art and Science, we champion inclusivity, empowerment, and the advancement of women in all fields. Let’s continue to break barriers and shape a more equitable future. #InternationalWomensDay #WAAS #WomenEmpowerment #IWD2025

#Science for #Human #Security New Carbon Economy United Nations International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD) New Carbon Economy Consortium (NCEC) has partnered with the World Academy of Art and Science to showcase world leading scientists and #innovators, on topics ranging from #critical #minerals to #NetZero fuels to direct air capture #DAC technologies - and the policy approach that could solve the #climate #crisis! - see full recording below The first of four posts featuring each of the amazing speakers follows: “Treat CO2 as waste and require those who create it to permanently dispose of it.” Love this! Klaus S. Lackner: “father of Direct Air Capture”, brilliant physicist and professor at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Exciting to see Klaus’ passive direct air capture “mechanical tree” up and working on Arizona State University campus! No energy required to pull CO2 out of the air - just vectors and solvents. Klaus’ key insights that really resonated for me: -a growing world needs more energy -at still some 80pc of the global energy mix fossil fuel phase out won’t happen overnight, but seeing how fast fracking has escalated since 2003 renewables could similarly accelerate, with liquid fuels stored for months -the escalating impacts of more CO2 in the atmosphere are more and more costly in both $ and human terms, SO let’s focus on sustainable realism. -treating GHG emissions as a waste management problem with the producer responsible for “putting away”/ sequestering could be a simple solution to what has become an increasingly serious problem. More from the other amazing speakers in subsequent posts - Walter Mérida The University of British Columbia, Frances Wall Camborne School of Mines Association University of Exeter, Matthew Green New Carbon Economy Consortium (NCEC) ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Youtube link to listen to the New Carbon Economy event is https://lnkd.in/gh3BwdYy Detailed?information on the speakers here https://lnkd.in/gPRC57zZ Many thanks to all involved in this wonderful exchange as part of the United Nations International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD). The World Academy of Art and Science is a founding member of the The Earth-Humanity Coalition created as a collaborative to prepare and implement, in close cooperation with UNESCO, educational outreach for the UN decade. Krista O'Brien Madison Harris Steven Hartman UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition Jason Franz ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Carbon180 Joshua Loughman Antoinette Vermilye (she/her) Miki Kittilson David Guston Dave White Andrea (Andy) Blair Upflow Edda Aradottir Carbfix

? Register now and attend our webinar on Tuesday, 11 March 12.00 UTC ?? Join the global conversation on science education & trust in science! ???? The InterAcademy Partnership & Smithsonian Science Education Center invite you to a special webinar on how STEM literacy shapes public trust in science. https://lnkd.in/dEBJCd99 Panelists:? Dr. Carol O'Donnell – Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center? Dr. Bruce Alberts – title and affiliation? Miguel L. Allende, Director, Center for Genome Regulation. Professor of Biology, University of Chile? Dr. Sharifah Maimunah Syed Zin, Ph.D University of East Anglia, UK

?? Applications invited for UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition Membership! Join the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition. We are a global community, anchored in UNESCO's Intergovernmental Management of Social Transformations (MOST) programme. We advance humanities-inclusive sustainability science for social-ecological resilience. Organisations aligned with the vision and principles of the BRIDGES Coalition are invited to apply. If you’re engaged in community-focused initiatives, we want to hear from you! Join us in the shaping and realising of a shared agenda for people and planet. ??Link to the ‘BRIDGES Principles’ document: https://lnkd.in/eCV-SrMF ??Link to the ‘Objectives, Principles, and Aims of BRIDGES’: https://lnkd.in/e66VnnSa ?? Discover more & apply online: https://lnkd.in/edZmfycs UNESCO #BRIDGESCoalition #sustainabilityscience #transdisciplinary #humanities #socialtransformations #sustainablefutures #futuregenerations

??Blue Table Webinars 2025: A New Climate for Humanity ?? What makes us human in the digital era? Where do we fail, and where do we break through? ?? We're excited to announce Luci Attala, Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Deputy Executive Director of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition and Director of the BRIDGES UK Hub, one of the directors of Educere Alliance at the University of Oxford, and Globethics Pool of Experts member, as our panelist for the first Blue Table Webinar of 2025, entitled "The Wow-Factor of Investigating Human Lives". Luci's expertise in anthropology, experiential learning, and Indigenous pedagogies offers a unique perspective on how human identity, relationships, and knowledge evolve in the digital era—challenging conventional ideas of learning and connection while promoting innovative, inclusive approaches to understanding humanity. ?? 12 March | ?? 15:00 CET ?? Register now for free: https://lnkd.in/dB4W8TFP ?? Earn a digital badge & work towards a certificate! #BlueTableWebinars #EthicalLeadership #DigitalEra #Humanity #Anthropology

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?? Congratulations to Giang-Linh Tran on being elected as a Junior Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)! ?? As a Senior Partnerships Coordinator at Women Political Leaders (WPL), she is dedicated to advancing women's leadership globally. Her election to WAAS highlights her impactful contributions to the field. Join us in celebrating her achievement! ??? ?? Learn more: www.worldacademy.org #WAAS #Leadership #WomenInPolitics #JuniorFellow #GlobalImpact

Sharing a clip from the World Academy of Art and Science 7th International Conference on Future Education, of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition Executive Director, Steven Hartman, speaking on The Summit of the Future as the starting line for efforts that need to be made to deal with the challenges facing the world. Clipped from the special BRIDGES session ‘Learning for Social Transformations, building on the Summit of the Future’, 11 December 2024. The session addressed what needs to be learned and what modalities need to be realised at different societal and governance scales in order to achieve the social transformations affirmed in the Pact as necessary for future generations to inherit a peaceful and flourishing world. This event followed on from the UN side event ‘From Idea to Action & Impact’ which addressed the ways in which the outcomes of the Summit of the Future could be mobilised through coordination across global, regional, national and sub-national networks and organisations. ?? Discover more about this special BRIDGES session: https://lnkd.in/ejB2NX-a ?? The 7th International Conference on Future Education videos can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/dbqFhhUf ?? For information on the World Academy of Art and Science 7th International Conference on Future Education: https://lnkd.in/g-dpCZJ4 ?? YouTube clip shared on BRIDGES Instagram: https://lnkd.in/egqrNKVx

?? On Crossing the Threshold: A Call for Transformative Change In a world at the brink of profound transformation, how do we navigate the challenges ahead? "On Crossing the Threshold", published in Cadmus Journal, explores the crucial shifts needed in governance, economics, and social structures to create a sustainable and equitable future. ?? How can we redefine leadership for the 21st century? ?? What systemic changes are necessary to ensure a just transition? ?? Are we ready to embrace the complexity of our evolving world? Read this thought-provoking piece now: ?? https://lnkd.in/d_T4PScK #GlobalChange #Sustainability #Leadership #Transformation #CadmusJournal #FutureThinking