Belmont Forum --July 2023-- Newsletter

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER — July 2023

OPEN OPPORTUNITIES

The Climate and Cultural Heritage CRA (CCH) is now accepting full proposals on BFGo (Deadline: Sept 8, 2023, 20:00 UTC). This CRA, led by Joint Programming Initiatives Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI Climate) and Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH), focuses on research approaches to explore (1) The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage, (2) Cultural Heritage as a Resource for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation, (3) Sustainable Solutions for Heritage.

Two virtual events provided information to our community on the themes of the CRA and how to apply and navigate BFGo. For those interested in applying, please see:

Recording of the Information Event held May 16 (along with an assembled FAQ)

Recording of Navigating BFGo workshop on July 6th

Recording of in-kind contributions and how to access them

CRAs UPDATES

Climate, Environment and Health II

CEH2 is closed, with a total of 99 proposals submitted. Proposals are currently undergoing eligibility screening, once determined eligible by the group of funders, proposals will be sent to our international multi-disciplinary Panel of Experts (PoE). The PoE will recommend the proposals which will move on to the next round. We will reach out to the consortium leads for further updates and events that will support CEH2 researchers. Full proposals due in January 2024.

Amazonia and Tropical forests

We continue developing scoping activities for the CRA Amazon and Tropical Forests led by our members IAI and FAPESP. On July 28 and 29, we will bring together leaders from indigenous peoples, local communities, national governments and organizations from the Amazon region in an in-person workshop in Leticia, Colombia. This event is co-hosted by the Amazonian Scientific Research Institute SINCHI, Alexander von Humboldt Institute, and XIV SALSA 2023 Biennial Conference.

Learn more about our scoping events HERE, and if you are interested in joining the next activities sign up HERE.

Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2022

Find out about the SRI 2022 outcomes!

The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress (SRI2023) was held online and onsite in Panama, Panama on June 26 to 30 and co-hosted by IAI and SENACYT. This joint initiative of Future Earth and the Belmont Forum was full of vibrant and thought-provoking keynote speakers, thoughtful sessions, and opportunities to meet colleagues and share experiences; including over 30 events led by the Belmont Forum Secretariat and many more led by our Belmont Forum community members. Read more...

CRAs Belmont Forum Photo Competition WINNERS!

Thanks to everyone who submitted a photograph and to everyone who voted for their favourite photo at SRI2023! As a reminder, winners receive registration fees for SRI 2024 and/or funds to offset the costs associated with travelling to Helsinki, Finland.

1st Place: Photovoice; by Shibaji Bose; CRA/Project: T2S 2016, Transformation as Praxis: Exploring Socially Just and Transdisciplinary Pathways to Sustainability in Marginal Environments (TAPESTRY).

2nd Place: Inside; by Sara Kollberg; CRA/Project: Pathways 2020, No Crises

3rd Place: The Seudre salt marsh; by Sarah Loudin; CRA/Project: Soils 2020, INCLUSIVE.

Our Belmont Forum Plenary at SRI2023

We had the pleasure of bringing Belmont Forum (BF) Members together to meet in a hybrid format at SRI 2023. The two-day meeting was aimed at providing Members and Partners with opportunities to continue exploring the research landscape with IPBES through their assessment reports on the values of nature and sustainable use of wild species. The meeting also allowed the BF community to engage in strategic topics such as the annual plan, the coordination practices review, and the evaluation of the kick-off, mid-term and end-term meetings, as well as the scoping activities carried out during the SRI week.

We are pleased to announce that two new collaborative research actions were approved to go forward for scoping: Vulnerability and resilience management for socio-environmental systems in exposed territories, and Mountains II.

Upcoming events

SSUNGA 78

The Belmont Forum will take part in the Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA 78) from 12 to 29 September 2023 with several sessions that will include the participation of CRAs’ teams, members and partners. Find out more about the programme HERE.

Other interesting events

AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange is a program that links communities with pro bono project managers, scientists, and experts to address local community priorities. Thriving Earth Exchange is excited to announce our Scientific Session at AGU Fall Meeting in collaboration with AGU Science Policy & Government Relations and Science to Action.

We will discuss “Doing Science Together: Sharing Experiences of co-creating earth and space science solutions with Communities. We encourage those engaged in societally relevant community/citizen science to submit an abstract to present during our session. Abstracts are due by Wednesday, 2 August 2023 so don’t wait!

If you are interested in engaging with community science approaches fill out this Google form.

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