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The merger of the Global Institute of Sustainability and the Institute for the Future of Innovation in Society brings an unprecedented unification of expertise and facilities dedicated to solve problems and sustain the integrity of our planet and its life-supporting systems.
Julie Ann Wrigley, on partnering with ASU
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A response to the Working Group 1 contribution to the IPCC 6th Assessment Report
The first working group’s contribution to the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “The Physical Science Basis” released on August 9, comes at a moment when our planet is experiencing multiple crises, some of which directly highlight the key findings of the report. To avoid additional, more extreme events, we...
Global Futures faculty join international team to examine how extreme events can be future indicators
Sustainability scientists Michael Barton and Sander van der Leeuw joined an international panel of 31 natural and social scientists to write a newly published article that investigates abrupt shifts in the Earth's past and how they can be used to predict the future.
Five women entrepreneurs named awardees for the 2021 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge
The WE Empower UN SDG Challenge – a global business challenge led in partnership by Vital Voices Global Partnership and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at ASU – today announced the five social entrepreneurs selected as their 2021 Awardees.
The five 2021 WE Empower Awardees are:
• Olufunto Boroffice, Founder and CEO, Chanja Datti Ltd (Nigeria)
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