Future Earth at Stockholm +50
“Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” (Stockholm+50) took place five decades after the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. It is a major international environmental meeting held on June 2 and 3 2022, the week of World Environment Day.
There were five interconnected pathways in the conference: reimagining the future; through regeneration of ecosystems, of community and social resilience; to address a green and inclusive Covid recovery; to rebalance resource use and development. In the run up to the conference, several researchers within the Future Earth network engaged in the Stockholm+50 Leadership Dialogues consultation process.
The official venue for the UN meeting is Stockholmsmässan in Älvsjö. However, the full week of 31 May – 5 June will be filled with various activities. Below is an overview of where and when Future Earth engaged.
Where to Find Us
‘An event for the global commons’
Tuesday 31 May, 18:00-19:30, SPACE Arena, Sergelstorg 2, Stockholm, STHLM+50 Climate Hub
We Don’t Have Time and UNDP hosted public arena for the week of Stockholm+50 with up to 500 people in physical attendance.
As part of a 90-minute program on 31 May, Earth Commission Co-chairs Prof. Johan Rockström and Prof. Joyeeta Gupta discussed how Stockholm+50 is a critical moment to support the need for an early warning system for Earth’s tipping points and commit to identifying safe and just boundaries for people and planet. The was framed with the overarching question: “How do we become planetary stewards?” and is convened by the Global Commons Alliance. Twitter broadcasted the event globally, to an audience of over 10 million people.
Watch the recording:
The Earth Commission is hosted by Future Earth Global Hub Sweden.
Launch of an ‘Open letter from science’
Exactly fifty years ago, on the eve of the 1972 Stockholm Conference, a group of scientists wrote a letter – the Menton Message – to their then 3.5 billion neighbours. They warned about the unprecedented common danger posed by the environmental crisis, by nuclear arms, and about the possibility of extinction of life on Earth.
On the eve of Stockholm+50, the International Science Council, Future Earth and Stockholm Environment Institute convened a group of diverse global experts under the observation of UNEP. The scientists were asked to reflect on the Menton Message, its relevance today and to write an updated response.
Watch a recording of the launch here, under ‘Closing Session’.
‘Economy and Finance for a Just Future on a Thriving Planet´ (report launch)
Wednesday 1 June, 14:00-17:00 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4, Stockholm
This event launched the report ‘Economy and Finance for a Just Future on a Thriving Planet’ on how a change in social norms, economic policies and institutions, the “power of giants,” and other initiatives can trigger domino-effects that support opportunities for both people and the planet.
The report features contributions from the Future Earth Global Hub Japan and their workshops “The Dialogue Between Academia and the Financial Sector on Global Environment” held on 25 and 30 November, 2021, with the National Institute for Environmental Studies.
“Our Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age”
Thursday 2 June, at 11:30 – 12:34 CEST online (Zoom) or onsite at Stockholmsmässan, Room 2.
A UN-backed coalition of 1,000 stakeholders from over 100 countries will launch an Action Plan to steer digitalization towards accelerating environmentally and socially sustainable development. The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) aims to help reorient and prioritize the application of digital technologies to meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste.
‘Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Lessons Learned from an Assessment of the Political Impact of the SDGs’
Thursday 2 June, at 13:30 – 15:00 CEST, Online (Microsoft Teams) or onsite at the SEI Lounge, Stockholm Environment Insitute, Linnégatan 87D, 104 51 Stockholm
The Earth System Governance Project and the GlobalGoals Project are hosting a launch event of the SDG Impact Assessment, a first meta-analysis of the available scientific knowledge about the steering effects of the SDGs, produced by a global representation of 61 researchers. In this Associated event to the Stockholm +50 Conference, key findings of the Assessment Report were shared, before a science-policy dialogue is hosted on the crucial implementation pathways to realize ongoing political and societal transformation towards sustainable development.
The event was hosted in-person by the Stockholm Environment Institute and was also streamed virtually.
‘Tilting to green – can positive tipping points accelerate sustainable solutions?’
Saturday 4 June, at 14:00 – 15:00 at Liljevalchs art gallery, Djurgården
At this open and free to attend event, Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, Co-chair of the Earth Commission, took part in a panel discussions initiated and arranged by the Global Challenges Foundation on positive tipping points and social levers for transformative change.
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