Advancing Global Change Science and Solutions

SOAK is a vibrant community of social scientists, engaged researchers, and practitioners who use critical scholarship to systematically study how science is produced and used in decisions and actions. Their goal is to understand what causes scientific knowledge to become “actionable.”

The climate crisis and biodiversity loss are deeply interwoven, but too often considered separately from one another. Recent research demonstrates the value of a more integrated approach to the science and solutions.

This AGCI workshop aimed to develop policy and program recommendations to reduce food loss and waste across geographies, with an emphasis on transforming sustainable food systems in low- and middle-income countries and “triple win” approaches that improve nutrition security, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and are affordable.

AGCI spoke with glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre, about the speed and scale of vanishing ice as a global change issue, and the critical need to make the science of vanishing ice accessible and relevant to policymakers.

Durable climate solutions require well-designed policies that get the technical details right. AGCI supports the Crux Alliance, a group of nonprofit organizations with deep policy design expertise, to work with policymakers in the world’s highest carbon-emitting countries.