Initiative on Science & Technology for Sustainability: Products of the Synthesis Workshop on S&T for Sustainable Development

Synthesis Workshop on Science and Technology
for Sustainable Development

Mexico City, Mexico
20-23 May 2002

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I. Overall Summaries

William C. Clark, James Buizer, David Cash, Robert Corell, Nancy Dickson, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Helen Doyle, Gilberto Gallopín, Gisbert Glaser, Leah Goldfarb, Anil K. Gupta, J. Michael Hall, Mohamed Hassan, Anthony Imevbore, Maurice M. Iwu, Jill Jäger, Calestous Juma, Robert Kates, Dörthe Krömker, Morihiro Kurushima, Louis Lebel, Yee Cheong Lee, Wolfgang Lucht, Akin Mabogunje, Diego Malpede, Pamela Matson, Bedrich Moldan, Gloria Montenegro, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Ling G. Ooi, Timothy O’Riordan, Dorsamy Pillay, Thomas Rosswall, Jose Sarukhán, and Judi Wakhungu. 2002. "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: Consensus Report of the Mexico City Synthesis Workshop, 20-23 May 2002." Cambridge, MA: Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability. [Download PDF document]

II. Outputs of the Workshop

A. Action Items

i. Official draft "Partnership" proposals for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, endorsed by Mexico City Workshop participants and carried to the Bali PrepCom IV by ICSU

International Council for Science (ICSU). "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development." Version of 16 August 2002. The draft proposal reviewed at the Mexico City Workshop was later revised by ICSU and its partners for submission to WSSD. [Download PDF document]

International Council for Science (ICSU). "Capacity Building in Science and Technology." Draft of 23 May 2002. A draft proposal submitted to the 4th PrepCom meeting of the WSSD in Bali, May-June 2002 for further input. [Download PDF document]

ii. Other initiatives tabled for review at the Mexico City Workshop

Robert Corell and David Cash. "A Proposal for a Science and Technology Sustainable Development Fund as Part of a Portfolio of S&T Funding Mechanisms." Draft of 23 May 2002. [Download PDF document]

Robert Kates. "A Proposal for a Partnership on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development." Draft of 20 May 2002. [Download PDF document]

B. News Coverage

David Dickson. "Scientific bodies link up to study sustainability." Posted 27 May 2002 to SciDev.net.

III. Briefing of Mexico's President Fox and the Ministers of Environment and Science & Technology

Press release, 23 May 2002. [Download PDF document in Spanish or English]

The briefing was attended by:

President Vicente Fox
Victor Lichtinger, Minister of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Fisheries
Jaime Parada Ávila, Director General, National Council of Science and Technology
José Antonio de la Peña Mena, President, Mexican Academy of Sciences
Attendees of the Mexico City Workshop

Introductory statement:

Jose Sarukhán, Advisor to the President, Government of Mexico, Mexico

Presentation of the Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS):

Akin Mabogunje, Chairman, Development Policy Centre, Nigeria
William Clark, Professor, Harvard University, United States
Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU), France

Responses:

Victor Lichtinger, Minister of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Fisheries, Mexico
Jaime Parada Ávila, Director General, National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico

Statement by the President:

Vicente Fox, President, Mexico

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Synthesis Workshop on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development

Mexico City, Mexico 20-23 May 2002