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Statement on behalf of the global scientific and technological community

22 June 2012 | 10:26:00 AM

Dr. Le Bac Huynh (VACNE) sent from Rio de Janeiro on the morning 22/6/2012

Statement on behalf of the global scientific and technological community

I am honored to address you on behalf of the global scientific and technological community.

We meet at a time of unprecedented challenges. Science has sounded the alarm that humanity is putting enormous pressure

on our planet. We have entered the Anthropocene, where human activity dominates the planet. Dangerous climate change,

biodiversity loss, and widespread pollution present grave threats to our survival.

We, the science, engineering and technology communities urge leaders to act now.  Failure to do so increases the risk of abrupt and irreversible changes to the biosphere that will undermine the sustainability of life on earth.

Research shows that responding to these challenges requires fundamental transformations, both personal and systemic, to protect our planet, eradicate poverty and hunger, address inequality and conflict, and safeguard human rights and justice.

Science, engineering and technology have helped drive the development of human societies for centuries. Our transformation to sustainability must be supported by the best knowledge and innovation that science and engineering have to offer. Integrated research will deliver the knowledge society needs, and a strong science-policy interface must support decision-making. We therefore call for Rio+20 to forge a new contract between science and society. The international science and engineering community is ready to step up to realize the Future We Want.

There is no time to waste. We must act now, together.

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