Journal Article - Science

Sustainability Science

| Apr. 27, 2001

Abstract

Meeting fundamental human needs while preserving Earth's life support systems will require an accelerated transition toward sustainability. A new field of sustainability science is emerging that seeks to understand the fundamental character of interactions between nature and society and to encourage those interactions along more sustainable trajectories. Such an integrated, place-based science will require new research strategies and institutional innovations to enable them especially in developing countries still separated by deepening divides from mainstream science. Sustainability science needs to be widely discussed in the scientific community, reconnected to the political agenda for sustainable development, and become a major focus for research.

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For Academic Citation: Kates, Robert W., William C. Clark, Robert Corell, J. Michael Hall, Carlo C. Jaeger, Ian Lowe, James J. McCarthy, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Bert Bolin, Nancy M. Dickson, Sylvie Faucheux, Gilberto C. Gallopin, Arnulf Gruebler, Brian Huntley, Jill Jaeger,. “Sustainability Science.” Science, vol. 292. no. 5517. (April 27, 2001):
641-642
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The Authors

William C. Clark

William C. Clark

  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Program
  • Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development
  • Area Chair, HKS International and Global Affairs
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