A New Exhibit Space for Science and Visualisation for Cities

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Welcome to Future Earth's September 2016 newsletter, where we bring you the latest news, events and opportunities in sustainability research. Please contact us to share your own news.

Habitat X Change to debut in Quito A new exhibit space for science and visualisation for cities

This October attendees at Habitat III, the largest summit on cities in the history of the United Nations, can check out a new exhibition, which will showcase cutting-edge visualisations from cities around the globe. A collaboration between Future Earth, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the Potsdam University of Applied Science.

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Early start - A new study Get hacking - Marathon Diving deep - New from PAGES finds that the coding sessions are technologies are oceans may have begun putting hackers to work in immersing students in warming from climate creating innovations for exciting environments, change in the mid-1800s. global sustainability. including far below the Read more... Read more... surface of the ocean. Read more...

Take part in a new survey about research on ecosystem services The ecoSERVICES project invites you to take a new survey, available in

2 several languages. Governance survey | Questionnaire sur la gouvernance | Encuesta sobre gobernanza | Pesquisa sobre a

استطلع حول | governança | 问卷调查

ガバナンスに関するにアン | الحـكامة

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Read more on the science of cities In the lead up to Habitat III, Future Earth and Habitat X Change are rolling out a series of blogs exploring how research will shape the future of cities. Take part in the discussion on whether we need an "IPCC for cities," how science and cities can work together and what data visualisation can do for science.

New partnership for climate data Future Earth has joined a newly launched effort called PREP, which will put data and information to work in helping communities to respond to climate change. People "need high-quality data 3 and information to make critical choices about the challenges they face every day," says Future Earth's Josh Tewksbury. Read more...

Gearing up for IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report At a recent meeting co-organised by Future Earth, experts met in Sweden to set the stage for the next global-scale report from the world's leading body for climate assessment. Participants talked about collaborative research, climate change solutions, building trust, communicating science and more. Read more...

Global Research Highlights Future Earth is continuing to highlight the research and other successes that came out of our global research projects in the past year. This month, read about oneHEALTH and the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA). Stay tuned for more.

Events & opportunities

4 Position announcement: Executive Director of New online course on environmental wicked IAI problems Deadline 7 October, Montevideo Enroll before 20 October Apply for an opening at the Inter-American Take part now in 40 hours of learning about Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). the "ecosystem and systems thinking" approach to global issues.

Future Earth regional workshop for Europe Workshop: Eco-Innovation for the Water- 22 - 23 November, Stockholm Energy-Food Nexus 17 - 18 November, Nicosia, Cyprus Join us for this workshop, which will include Attend this interactive event to help set training in transdisciplinary skills and co- priorities for research in the Middle East and designed research. North Africa.

Opening at Future Earth Future Earth is seeking a Director of Communications to lead our creative communications efforts. To be based in Stockholm. Apply by 14 October. Read more...

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