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We at r3.0 are excited to share these resources on the invigorating Open Dialogue we hosted on Monday on the Earth Commission "Translating Earth system boundaries for cities and businesses" paper. We are deeply thankful to Sarah Cornell of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, a co-author of the paper, for gracefully serving as a Respondent. We offer these Common Good Resources as part of our commitment to continually enhance the Knowledge Commons on Thresholds & Allocations. Recording: https://lnkd.in/ekUsXCEF Transcript: https://lnkd.in/ecr6r46V Presentation Deck: https://lnkd.in/eyCatxyp Thanks to all the ~40+ folks who attended, and in particular to all those who posed questions. We had great Qs come in from Lois Guthrie of the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Dennis Vegter, Brett Jacobs, Gil Friend and Elisabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen. And the deck and transcript documents Qs that came in (eg from Olivier Guyot, Claudia Luiza Manfredi Gasparovic, and me) that didn't get addressed in the session. I want to thank Imène Maharzi for the original idea to host such an open exploration! I will share these resources (and in particular the unaddressed Qs) with those of the co-authors I know, with whom I've been in background conversation to invite them to engage (this is how Sarah raised her hand to be on this call) and grapple with these "crowd-sourced" issues. The session was such a success that we at r3.0 are planning a next iteration, focused on a subsequent Earth Commission / Global Commons Alliance / Future Earth paper that just came out, introducing the concept of "planetary commons" to augment the notion of "global commons." You can add your time availability to be taken into consideration for scheduling this call (currently, there's critical mass on Mon 12 Feb at 2-3pm ET, my time zone.) https://lnkd.in/eQRQY-4z And I'll invite the co-authors of this newer paper to sit in on the call, and regardless I'll similarly share the resources with them after the call. Thanks so much to the growing community of interest around the vitally important issues of Thresholds & Allocations (or "doughnuts and pies" as we playfully call them.)

The resources linked in this post provide an unusually cogent and useful orientation to a complex and critical issues: "Translating Earth system boundaries for cities and businesses."

How the Cons can react to the Reform challenge? Insights from spatial theory in 🇬🇧: 1) Cons increases its endowment of valence issues (i.e. it starts to be perceived by voters as more competent/trustworthy/etc. than the Reform). Will it be able? New leadership will play a big role of course 2) it jumps to the right of the Reform. Not easy. And it can become a short-term strategy (as far as Labour pushes towards the centre and Reform not interested to move more moderate). In few words: difficult time ahead for the Cons. #polsci thoughts

The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) has released its 2024 State of Asia America Report, providing stories and critical research points regarding the struggles that low- to moderate-income families face and how these obstacles prevent the community from accessing sustainable homeownership throughout the nation. Dive into the report and discover the details of AANHPI homeownership rates, migration pathways, population growth, and much more below!

Quantum Announcement! … 2025 has been announced by the United Nations as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technologies. We knew it was coming but it’s so great to finally have the official announcement. This will celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the beginning of quantum and will serve to raise global awareness that we are now entering the second quantum revolution. This public recognition from the United Nations of the importance of quantum technologies will provide the opportunity for awareness raising, education and action in this area across the globe. We live in a world of rising polarisation and extreme views of quantum hype and quantum skepticism exist. However, there is clearly a sensible and rational middle path we can walk. Quantum technologies, especially in combination with AI and machine learning, have the power to radically impact our lives in so many positive ways and to bring shared benefits for all. Ensuring that we are guided always by the Global Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs) and that we remember our ethics of compassion for all humanity and all species is paramount. This year is an opportunity to remind ourselves that technology is indisputably better utilised for peace than for conflict; that collaboration must balance with healthy and fair competition; and that any form of aggression damages trust and in turn damages our global community and all our futures. Every one of us has the ability to suffer and that fact should unite us. We must determinedly work to retain our powers of empathy and compassion for all others, even when they severely challenge us. Let that be our strongest message during the coming year of celebration.

Regional Economic Development Integration is still the best solution for States in the Southern Hemisphere. From the topographic view the three neighbors SA, MOZ, and ZIM are key fundamental players. No rocket science can literally explain this better, the time is now.

Great Southern Economic Development Council #AmericanSouth Site Selection Summit! One of my favorite panels wrapped up the summit - Go Forth & Prosper: Capitalizing on Site Selection Trends! Thank you to moderator Jana Dyke, GcED, MEDP, and panelists Jay Garner, Bryan F., Alex Baker, Brooklin Salemi, and Cedric Colbert for sharing your insights. To paraphase Jay Garner, a wonderful mentor, there are three types of trends in site selection - lasting, contrived, and fads. AI is here to stay and will dramatically affect the workforce and our utility infrastructure. EV and Clean Tech are here, but policies may impact their future.

✨ As you may already know, GCA in collaboration with government and industry partners, has teamed up with ACIL Allen for a groundbreaking economic study on the impact of geospatial information and technology on the Australian economy. This first-of-its-kind study since 2008 gains added importance in navigating the post-pandemic landscape. 📚 To undertake this important work, we are requesting that organisations that operate within the geospatial ecosystem submit case studies to us for use in the modelling to determine the value of geospatial information. Case studies that also describe their impact, either economic, or societal, are being sought as a priority. 🌏💡 For submission details, please visit: https://bit.ly/3RQHWbE Please support this important initiative which will in turn support the process of educating the government, influencing policy, and increasing the awareness of the importance of geospatial to the national economy and society in general. #GeospatialImpact #EconomicStudy #CollaborateForChange #Geospatial

If you can contribute to this important work - please do. Understanding the economic impact of geospatial is an imperative to future conversations around skill development, sector investment, scale and growth. If you’d like more information, or a conversation to understand the study further - please reach out. #gca #geospatial #spatial

Quantum Strategy Institute celebrates the UN proclamation of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum. In 2025, QSI will celebrate IYQ in compelling ways to recognize the importance of strategy as an enabler to #quantumadoption. #quantum #quantumstrategy ##quantumcomputing #quantumtechnology #quantumforbusiness #business #strategy Bert Kaminski Rachel Dooley Paul Lipman Aleksandar Sasha Grujicic