The aim of this Forward Look was to consider how best to foster cooperation between ESF Member organisations and to secure and maximise European investment and leadership in global change research through national and international routes.
For a detailed prospectus of this Forward Look, click here (PDF 32.3 KB)
The key event in this Forward Look was a major conference held in Stockholm from 30 January to 1 February 2002, with support from the Swedish Research Council (VFR) and the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Science and Spatial Planning (FORMAS). The Programme of this Conference can be accessed by clicking here (PDF 89.5 KB). Participation in this meeting was by invitation only.
The Forward Look took place under the direction of a Steering Committee led by Dr John Marks , NWO, Netherlands.
The meeting took into account the outcome of the Open Science Conference on Challenges of a Changing Earth held in Amsterdam in July 2002 (for information on the Conference declaration and the post-Conference briefing, click here) and of the scientific agendas being developed through the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) and DIVERSITAS.
