Author name: Luc Van Vliet

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-25). Closing comments, Better leveraging Science, Technology, Innovation and Engineering for Accelerating Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, Side Event, UN, 10 May 2024 Details This session explored strategies for better leveraging STI across all levels while harnessing its transformative potential. This includes the need for closer collaboration between the scientific, engineering, and technological communities and all stakeholders including societal actors and policy-makers, to co-design science-based solutions for achieving the SDGs. The session highlighted examples of impactful initiatives that can accelerate achievement while enabling synergies and multiple co-benefits across the different goals under review this year – SDG 1, 2, 13, 16, and 17. Recording. Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam, and Co-chair of the United Nations 10-Member Group noted the need for a better understanding of the science-policy interface and called for more immediate action to address climate change and especially for more action by the developed countries. She noted that technological solutions can have enormous social and environmental footprints. She said that the information at this side event will be very useful for the report that will come out next year.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-24). Opening statement, Ninth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, 9 May 2024 Details

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-24). Panelist, Droughts, Floods and Wildfires: Preparing for the Resilience Era, WEF Special Meeting in Saudi Arabia, 28 April 2024 Details Topic: Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, yet progress on preparing for such devastation and soaring costs remains limited.What adaptation strategies can best address climate impacts at the public and private levels and in emerging and developed countries? Role: Speaker

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-23). Population, Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries and the Transformations needed, Getting Ready for a Growing Population, WEF Special Meeting in Saudi Arabia, 28 April 2024 Details Topic: The world population is projected to reach 8.5 billion in 2030, and to increase further to 10.4 billion by 2100. How can the potential of a growing population for economic development be harnessed, while mitigating the implications for resource management, urban planning and sustainability? Role: Speaker

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-22). Earth System Boundaries and implications for water infrastructure and law, 6th IHE Delft Water and Peace Seminar, Kazakhstan, online, 18 April 2024 Details Topic: Earth System Boundaries and implications for water infrastructure and law. Report: The seminar was organized within the Cross-regional learning for transformative water diplomacy (CroWD) project, supported by Water and Development Partnership Programme (WDPP) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The seminar was held in hybrid format where more than 80 participants contributed to the discussions.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-21). Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries and the Transformations needed to Ensure Human Well-Being, 2024 Planetary Health Summit and 6th Annual Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 18 April 2024 Details Topic: Safe and just Earth System Boundaries and the transformations needed to ensure human wellbeing. Role: Speaker

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-20). Environmental Solidarity and Justice, Lecture at the Farewell Seminar of Rik Leemans, Wageningen Agricultural University, 11 April 2024 Details Topic: Lecture on equity in climate-change, biodiversity and sustainability policies. Role: Lecturer

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-19). From science to policy: Translating Scientific Knowledge into Policy-Making Processes for the Environment, 3 April 2024 Details Role: Instructor Report: Considering this request, GEO aims to provide support for capacity building through the delivery of a science to policy course to motivate and empower early career scientists to better inform policy decisions on the environment made on the global and national stages. In this context, UNEP together with Peking University in China, through its school of International Studies, is ready to launch a pilot of the course entitled “From Science to Policy: Translating Scientific Knowledge into Policy-Making Processes for the Environment”.

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-18). CLIFF: Climate change and fossil fuels, Training for African negotiators, Clingendael, March 26 Details Role: Lecturer Report: 18 Participants, International Climate governance and the Conference of Parties

Session Overview Gupta, J. (2024-17). Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries and Implications for Coastal Areas, Keynote at the International Panel on Deltas, Coasts and Islands (IPDC), March 25 Details Report: Policymakers, experts, action holders, and financial institutions came together to discuss the challenges our deltas, coasts, and islands face as a result of climate change. How can we tackle these challenges together, and what can the IPDC do to accelerate climate action? The discussions have been intense but fruitful. Role: Keynote speaker