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InDignity ........................................................................................... 017 III. Courage ................................................................................................ 025 IV. (Post)Truth? ........................................................................................... 036 V. InDilemma .............................................................................................. 039 VI. Constructive Art: The Art of Systems Analysis ...................................... 047 VII. Concert for a Sustainable Planet ........................................................ 051 VIII. Migraspectives ................................................................................ 063 IX. Dancing with the Future ..................................................................... 073 X. Stories for the Future ......................................................................... 087 XI. UnEarthing ....................................................................................... 103 XII. Connecting New Approaches to Insights from Psychology .................... 116 XIII. Tools for Science & Art .................................................................... 125 XIV. A World Moved by Science through Art .............................................. 127 XV. Insights from artists beyond the IIASA Science & Art project ................ 131 XVI. Moving Forward ................................................................................... 149 Annex .................................................................................................... 154 Bibliography ........................................................................................... 159 SCIENCE AND ART FOR LIFE’S SAKE 3 4 (R-L) Merlijn Twaalfhoven, Gloria Benedikt and Mimmo Miccolis in Courage © Guillaume Gimenez FOREWORD BY BAN KI-MOON EIGHTH SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS Over forty years have passed since the first conference on climate change was organized by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization. And thirty years have passed since the first Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, authored by scientists from around the world, was published. Yet over the past decades, the international community has seen that overwhelming scientific evidence, international political commitment and technological progress alone do not result in sufficient action to address climate change. A paradigm shift is needed to transform our relationship with planet Earth, and inspire a transition toward sustainability. Five years have passed since the 2030 Agenda and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), were adopted by the United Nations. As a politically negotiated agreement to which all nations commit, the 2030 Agenda is a breakthrough in our quest for sustainability. But we still face the same challenge: how to get from agreement to action. Perhaps one of the most underachieved of the Sustainable Development Goals is SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals. The SDGs can only be achieved with strong global partnerships and cooperation. However, in the past five years, we have seen a decline rather than an increase in the political culture of global cooperation. On the other hand, a powerful new partnership has emerged: a partnership between art and science. The pioneering work reflected in this report shows how scientists and artists