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We need more #energy #buyers and #users, including #cities, #towns, #bioregions, #government #procurement, #universities, and other organizations to participate to shift from an oil/gas #SUPPLY side #climate #policymaking to more #DEMAND-side needs assessments.

How does the whole IPCC report process work? See below.

Had such a great time at the OECD - OCDE Virtual Government Foresight Community Day, presenting multiple 'domain mapping' approaches and 'scanning frameworks' developed over the last decade in my foresight practice. We discussed 3 questions: 1. How to be comprehensive without boiling the ocean? 2. How to be multi-level in analysis? and 3. How to take a systemic perspective of complex domains?

IPCC WG1 Week #4 Back to work (full steam). A week devoted to shape the "Technical Support Unit" (TSU) of WG1, together with Prof. Xiaoye Zhang, who is co-chairing WG1 with me from Beijing. Important discussions together exchanging views and with other IPCC co-chairs, to coordinate our activities. The TSUs are the teams supporting the authors and co-chairs with high-level expertise on science management, report production, IT, data, event management, communication, networking, ..., in international context. See AR6 WG1 team on https://lnkd.in/dEKHMHX6 WGI TSU will open as soon as possible (and more later) several positions in these fields. More coming soon on this, stay tuned! The week was also for me to be back again with my IPSL-Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace colleagues and tell them that I will not be able to lead the institute any more, soon, and need to step down💘. But this week, my thoughts also for the numerous victims of the terrible killers called "heat waves" that pounded the Northern Hemisphere this summer, and even the Southern Hemisphere. The tally will probably be very high in 2023, but we will only know later. In France, on Aug 23 and 24, historical temperature records were broken in major cities, among which Toulouse and Lyon, with millions people exposed to diurnal temperatures exceeding 41°C, and nocturnal temperatures exceeding 27°C in some places, values for which cities are not adapted today. See the maximum temperature map for 24 August, from https://www.infoclimat.fr

EU Heads of State will meet in Brussels later this week and are due to agree their priorities for the next 5 years – the #StrategicAgenda They have a wealth of evidence at their disposal to guide them 🔭 Over the last five years the European Commission has taken leaps forward in ‘future thinking’ and equipped itself with a vast quantity of information about the possible ‘futures’ we face. It has developed its #StrategicForesight tools to help it balance the interests of the present, the near- and the far-future. Back in April, with Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, we wrote about the worrying discrepancies between the EU’s own foresight reports and the leaked draft Strategic Agenda. In times of uncertainty and #polycrisis governments should make maximum use of advanced foresight tools. 👀 We’ll be watching in the coming days whether leaders are making good use of the evidence available… 👀 And beyond this week how the next European Commission continues to better embed foresight across policy areas... 

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Tackling disinformation: Strengthening democracy through information integrity. 13 - 14 November, 2023 OECD, Paris. This conference will bring together representatives from government, digital platforms, media, academia and civil society to identify effective policy responses to the urgent challenges our democracies face in the information space. Conversations will focus on government architecture and coordination mechanisms, efforts to build societal resilience, and regulatory responses. By focusing on tangible questions around what works and why, the conference will also set the stage for working toward OECD guidelines on the issue and provide the occasion to discuss expanding the OECD DIS/MIS Resource Hub’s engagement and reach. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ezwGduTX

ICYMI: OSTP and OMB memo on multi-agency R&D priorities for FY25. This includes advancing climate services, addressing gaps in prep for next National Climate Assessment, and more! https://lnkd.in/gSwBP-nA

"The European Union's Single Market is the 'crown jewel' of the Union, yet it remains an incomplete project in many respects. Faced with an evolving geopolitical and technological context that brings to the fore challenges such as climate change, the need for resilient supply chains, and an inclusive economy – the Single Market must adapt and overcome. In response to this, the Belgian Presidency of the EU tasked former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta with drafting a comprehensive report. This report will be presented to the Council of the EU on 17 April. Just two days later, on 19 April, Enrico Letta will join us at CEPS for a presentation and discussion of the main findings of the report." Livestream gepland 09:00 - 10:30 (CET), Future-proofing the Single Market: presentation of the high-level independent report by Enrico Letta. https://lnkd.in/eDUsr_U2

The European Union's research and innovation (R&I) policy has become central in the attempt to safeguard the EU's technological sovereignty, ensure prosperity, and advance social, economic and environmental sustainability. Various challenges persist nevertheless, from ageing populations and health hazards to (economic) security and the climate crisis. In addition, underinvestment in R&I is a shared concern across Member States, although to varying degrees. -- European Parliamentary Research Service briefing by Marin Mileusnic on Research and innovation in the national recovery and resilience plans available here: https://lnkd.in/eVWPMA6M #EPRS