UN Global Sustainability Report 2013
We are happy to announce that the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development is using allourideas.org to solicit ideas from scientists around the world for the 2013 UN Global Sustainability Report. The report will attempt to summarize the scientific perspectives on sustainable development, as well as provide key insights from previous policy efforts. Because sustainable development is challenge that is global in scale, the UN has been working hard to get input from scientists around the world. Through a series of expert consultations, hundreds of scientists have already contributed to the report in some way. Yet, despite these efforts, there are still many talented, creative scientists who have not been able to participate due to the inherent limitations of face-to-face meetings for massive collaboration.
In an effort to reach more social and natural scientists and to potentially find new and innovative ideas, the UN created a series of wiki surveys with questions such as:
- Which sustainable development issue should decision-makers consider for action?
- What policies or actions are needed more for achieving global sustainable development?
- What is a more suitable, overall measure of progress toward sustainable development?
The UN is hoping that social and natural scientists from all over the world will participate here.