{"id":30275,"date":"2022-08-31T16:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/?page_id=30275"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:46:31","slug":"global-research-networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/networks\/global-research-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Research Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><b>Future Earth supports 25 Global Research Networks that together address the complex interactions between natural, social and technological systems, and how those interactions affect, across time and space, the planet\u2019s life support systems, socio economic development, and human wellbeing.<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of these networks were established under the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> support of previous global environmental change programmes: DIVERSITAS, the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igbp.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(IGBP) and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ihdp.unu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (IHDP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These networks have a long history of generating research at the forefront of sustainability science, in some cases stretching back decades. These programs played a critical role in defining, advancing and forming the field of Earth system science \u2013 which considers how all of the parts of the planet, including human societies, connect to and shape each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future Earth has also developed new networks to fill in critical knowledge gaps in line with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/future-earth_10-year-vision_web.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future Earth 2025 vision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and provides more opportunities for cross Global Research Network collaborations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Together with the Future Earth secretariat and its partners, the Global Research Networks bring together innovators from academia, policy, business, civil society and more to address the world\u2019s most pressing sustainability challenges. Together, they generate the multifaceted knowledge needed to inform solutions for complex societal issues.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1663011619847{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><b>The objectives of the Global Research Networks are to:<\/b><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identify and respond to society\u2019s needs for scientific knowledge to successfully undertake the transformation to sustainability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Generate integrated knowledge that is relevant to decision-makers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develop and cultivate research that is solution-driven, inter- and trans-disciplinary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add value to research that is or has been carried out already<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552926728970{padding-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_basic_grid post_type=&#8221;page&#8221; max_items=&#8221;-1&#8243; show_filter=&#8221;yes&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243; orderby=&#8221;title&#8221; order=&#8221;ASC&#8221; filter_style=&#8221;dropdown&#8221; filter_default_title=&#8221;FILTER BY TOPICS&#8221; item=&#8221;3922&#8243; initial_loading_animation=&#8221;slideInUp&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1753969530275-65fe91ca-b9eb-1&#8243; taxonomies=&#8221;244, 245&#8243; filter_source=&#8221;post_tag&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670693646890{margin-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5>View retired past projects here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/global-research-networks-archived\">Global Research Networks &#8211; Archived<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Future Earth supports 25 Global Research Networks that together address the complex interactions between natural, social and technological systems, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/networks\/global-research-networks\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":17604,"parent":303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30275"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35133,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30275\/revisions\/35133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}