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Launch of the Global call to co-design and embark on Science Missions for Sustainability.

The goal of this Global Call is to choose up to five Pilot Missions to test the proposed model, thoroughly examining their execution, outcomes, and impact. Successful Pilots will set the stage for adapting and expanding the model. The selected Pilots will demonstrate the value of truly collaborative transdisciplinary efforts in helping fast-track the achievement of the SDGs and accelerating societal transformation to sustainability. The ISC invite novel collaborative consortia of scientists, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, communities, and the private sector, working on the cutting edge of identifying solutions for complex sustainability challenges, to co-design specific Science Missions for sustainability over an 18-month period. The call is open to bids for Pilot Missions worldwide but we are strongly encouraging Pilots led by institutions located in the Global South to apply. The Pilot consortia will be selected to undertake a co-design process over an 18-month period to: - Engage with all relevant stakeholders and initiatives to clearly define a demand-driven science mission. - Build commitment and trust among stakeholders to work together towards the mission implementation. - Identify key obstacles and barriers currently hindering the Mission’s goals, and develop effective strategies to overcome them, promoting conditions for systems change. - Apply a ‘systems approach’ to each mission and identify what types of knowledge need to be harnessed and integrated from science, policy, and society. - Collaborate with stakeholders to develop a comprehensive implementation plan, incorporating the required scientific input and interventions at scale that will drive fundamental changes in political, economic, structural and behavioural aspects related to the Mission. This includes mapping existing capacities and resources and identifying areas for capacity building. - Engage potential funders to secure necessary funding for mission implementation. The ISC will facilitate discussions between Pilots and potential funders alongside Pilots’ fundraising efforts. - Establish an appropriate data management system ensuring data is stored and shared in a FAIR manner and complies with data security and privacy laws. - By the end of the co-design process, ensure Pilots have functional stakeholder engagement processes, necessary capabilities, organizational structures, and funding to enable full Mission implementation