Early-career experts essential for planetary sustainability

LIM, MICHELLE; LYNCH, ABIGAIL J; FERNÁNDEZ-LLAMAZARES, ÁLVARO; BALINT, LENKE; BASHER, ZEENATUL; CHAN, IVIS; JAUREGUIBERRY, PEDRO; MOHAMED, AAA; MWAMPAMBA, TUYENI H; PALOMO, IGNACIO; PLISCOFF, PATRICIO; SALIMOV, RASHAD A; SAMAKOV, AIBEK; SELOMANE, ODIRILWE; SHRESTHA, UTTAM B; SIDOROVICH, ANNA A

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Elsevier

Año: 2017 vol. 29 p. 151 - 157

1877-3435

Early-career experts can play a fundamental role in achievingplanetary sustainability by bridging generational divides anddeveloping novel solutions to complex problems. We arguethat intergenerational partnerships and interdisciplinarycollaboration among early-career experts will enableemerging sustainability leaders to contribute fully to asustainable future. We review 16 international,interdisciplinary, and sustainability-focused early-careercapacity building programs. We conclude that such programsare vital to developing sustainability leaders of the future andthat decision-making for sustainability is likely to be bestserved by strong institutional cultures that promoteintergenerational learning and involvement.