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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being
Author(s): John P. Holdren

Citation: Science 25 January 2008: 424-434
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/319/5862/424 (Full Text)

This article is adapted from the Presidential Address he delivered at the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco on 15 February 2007.

The speech begins with an exploration of that theme "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being" with some premises and definitions relating to well-being and sustainability, before turning to a taxonomy of shortfalls in sustainable well-being and a rough quantification of those that are reflected in morbidity and mortality. Holdren then addresses the status of five specific challenges in which science and technology (S&T) have particularly important roles to play: meeting the basic needs of the poor; managing the competition for the land, water, and terrestrial biota of the planet; maintaining the integrity of the oceans; mastering the energy-economy-environment dilemma; and moving toward a nuclear weapon-free world. He closes with some thoughts on what more is needed in order to improve the pace of progress, including what the AAAS is doing and can do and what individual scientists and engineers can do.

This Document is classified within these Core Themes:
Africa
Arctic
Local
Regional (Subnational)
Asia and Pacific
Australia
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
National
Supernational
Driving forces relevant to a sustainability transition
Impacts and response
Connecting the ecological, economic, and social
Water and Sanitation
Energy
Health and Environment
Agriculture
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management
Poverty and Hunger
Education
Health
Environment
Global Partnerships
North America

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