Future Earth Asia Centre

The Regional Centre for Future Earth in Asia actively advocates for the Future Earth initiative, through networking with regional actors and providing a platform to enhance interactions among research and other communities in the region and between regional and global levels.

The Centre also offers a platform to connect the region with global Future Earth activities. It helps the Regional Committee for Asia to articulate the priorities for the region.

Regional Centre activities to-date include the following. You can find more details on the pages of "Developments in Asia" and "Developments in Japan".

Governance and organization

• Establishing and supporting the Regional Advisory Committee for Future Earth in Asia
• Facilitating establishment of the South Asia Regional Office
• Contact point for National Committees and structures

Research agenda development

• Organizing and participating in priority-setting workshops inlcuding a series of Future Earth in Asia Workshops
• Assisting development of a Japan Strategic Research Agenda for Future Earth
• Facilitating development of a Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production

Communication and outreach

• Creating and running of the Future Earth in Asia website and Facebook
• Identifying and sharing information on resource for sustainability research in Asia