Science in Motion: 2015-2025
Science in Motion: 2015-2025 reflects on a decade of advancing sustainability science, connecting knowledge to action, shaping global agendas, and building the transdisciplinary community needed to address the defining challenges of our time.
About the report
Over the past decade, Future Earth has helped shape the sustainability science landscape by building transdisciplinary research capacity, advancing transformative science, informing global agendas, expanding the reach of sustainability knowledge, and enabling collective action across sectors and regions.
This report highlights key themes and examples that demonstrate how the Future Earth community has connected science, policy, and society to help turn knowledge into action.
At a glance
10+
years advancing sustainability science
30,000+
scientists across networks
160+
countries engaged through networks and convenings
6,700+
scientific publications
What the report explores
Building capacity
Strengthening transdisciplinary research skills, networks, and collaboration.
Catalyzing science
Advancing science that helps societies thrive within planetary limits.
Shaping agendas
Connecting scientific knowledge with global assessments and policy processes.
Expanding reach
Making sustainability science more visible, accessible, and useful beyond academia.
Enabling action
Convening researchers, funders, policymakers, and practitioners around shared goals.