


This year our Global Research Projects and Knowledge-Action Networks collectively produced hundreds of scientific publications. This included peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and major reports. Many of these were published in very highly-cited scientific journals like Nature, Science, the Lancet, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences among others. Our publications this year covered a wide scope of topics, with a majority focusing on climate, ocean, and land research. Other focus areas included health, governance, food, and more. The following is a selection of publications provided by our research networks, showcasing some of their key work as part of the Future Earth community this year.


Amy Luers, Executive Leadership
Fumiko Kasuga, Global Hub Director, Japan
Josh Tewksbury, Global Hub Director, USA
Sandrine Paillard, Global Hub Director, France
Wendy Broadgate, Global Hub Director, Sweden
Hein Mallee, Director, Asia Regional Center
Manfred A. Lange, Director, MENA Regional Center
Michael Nxumalo, Director, Southern Africa Regional Office
S.K. Satheesh, Director, South Asia Regional Office
Sandrine Paillard, Global Hub Director, France
Alison Clausen, Deputy Director (until October 2019)
Cosma Cazé, Science Officer
Fanny Boudet, Science Office
Hannah Moersberger, Science Officer
Mariela Antonakopoulou, Science Officer
Vincent Virat, Science Officer
Xavier Peres, Coordinator
Wendy Broadgate, Global Hub Director, Sweden
Alistair Scrutton, Director of Communications
Erik Pihl, Science Officer
IngMarie Alström, Finance Director
Juan Rocha, Research Scientist, Earth Commission
Lisa Jacobson, Science Officer
Noelia Zafra Calvo, Research Scientist, Earth Commission
Sophie Hebden, Research Coordinator - Earth Observations
Steven Lade, Research Scientist, Earth Commission
Susanna Dobrota, Coordinator and Administrative Officer
Therese Öreteg, Communications and Administrative Officer
Josh Tewksbury, Global Hub Director, USA
Alfredo Giron, Postdoctoral Researcher, PEGASuS 2: Ocean Sustainability
Craig Starger, Research Enabling Lead
Erin Satterthwaite, Postdoctoral Researcher, PEGASuS 2: Ocean Sustainability
Judit Ungvari-Martin, AAAS STP Fellow at NSF
Kathy Kohm, Editor-In-Chief, Anthropocene magazine
Kelsey Simpkins, Digital and Engagement Editor
Lakshmi Muralidharan, Finance Manager
Laurel Milliken, Information Technology Officer
Makyba Charles-Ayinde, AAAS STP Fellow at NSF
Margaret Krebs, Program Director, Earth Leadership Program
Maria Fernanda Enríquez, Administrative Officer and Global Sustainability Scholars Coordinator
Sharon Collinge, Executive Director, Earth Leadership Program
Veera Mitzner, Network Lead
Apurva Dave, Research and Innovation Lead
Amy Luers, Executive Director
Alyson Surveyer, Montreal Hub Manager and Head of Global Operations
Andrea Ventimiglia, Staff Writer
Jennifer Garard, Science Officer
Marie d’Acremont, Administrative Officer
Nilufar Sabet-Kassouf, Executive Assistant
Paula Monroy, Communication Coordinator
Sylvia Wood, Science Officer
Fumiko Kasuga, Global Hub Director, Japan
Giles Sioen, Science Officer
Junya Tani, Senior Advisor
Kyoko Shiota MacAulay, Program Coordinator
Marcin Jarzebski, Science Officer
Yuki Hashimoto, Communications Officer
Ayako Nagasawa, Executive Assistant
Dirk Messner, United Nations University (UNU) (Co-Chair), Germany
Maria Uhle, Belmont Forum (Co-Chair), USA
Asako Omi, STS Forum, Japan
Hartwig Kremer, United Nations Environment Programme, Denmark
Heide Hackmann, International Science Council, France
Jean-Marie Flaud, Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur, de la recherche et de l’innovation, France
Juichi Yamagiwa and Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Science Council of Japan, Japan
Shamila Nair-Bedouelle and Meriem Bouamrane, UNESCO, France
Pavel Kabat, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Switzerland
Rémi Quirion, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ), Canada
Stefan Claesson, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
Johan Rockström, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) (Co-Chair), Sweden
Leena Srivastava, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Co-Chair), India
Anny Cazenave, International Space Science Institute, France
Asunción Lera St. Clair, DNV GL, Norway
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Fatima Denton, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
Jim Balsillie, Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Canada
Joy Shumake-Guillemot, WHO/WMO Climate and Health Office, Switzerland
Naoko Ishii, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Japan
Oyun Sanjaasuren, Green Climate Fund, Mongolia
Pamela Matson, Stanford University, USA
Peng Gong, Tsinghua University, China
Tetsuzo Yasunari, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan
Tolullah Oni, University of Cape Town, University of Cambridge, South Africa


- Austria (Federal Ministry for Science, Research & Economy)
- Taipei (Academia Sinica)
- Finland (Council of Finnish Academies)
- Germany (German Research Foundation)
- India (Indian National Science Academy)
- Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Japan (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MEXT)
- Philippines (Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development)
- Belmont Forum
- Colorado State University
- George Mason University
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
- NASA
- NOMIS Foundation
- University of Colorado Boulder
- US Global Change Research Program
- US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
- US National Science Foundation
- AEON Environmental Foundation
- Hiroshima University
- Japan Science and Technology Agency/Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society
- KAO Corporation
- Keio University
- Kyushu University
- Nagoya City University
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
- Science Council of Japan
- The University of Tokyo/Institute for Future Initiatives
- Tsukuba University
- Alliance Nationale pour la Recherche en Environnement (AllEnvi)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation (MESRI)
- Sorbonne Université
- Réseau des Universités du Québec
- Fond de Recherche du Québec (FRQ)
- Montréal International
- Concordia University
- Université de Montréal
- McGill University
- Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
- Laval University
- Polytechnique Montréal
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
- ClimateWorks Foundation
- Mitacs
- College and Institutes Canada
- European Space Agency
- Mava Foundation
- Oak Foundation
- Porticus Foundation
- The Global Environment Facility
- The Swedish Ministry of Environment (via Swedish Research Council, FORMAS)
- The Swedish Ministry of Higher Education and Research (via the Swedish Research Council, Vetenskapsrådet)

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