Toward a Sustainable 21st Century

The “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century” series is an initiative of a foundation of global reach and a research university to do together more than they can do separately on significant unsolved problems of global society in the areas of marine resources conservation, and threats to ecosystem and environmental health caused by toxic chemicals and the absence of effective governance structures which promote sustainability.
The broad goal is to contribute to sustainability on Earth through four general categories of presentations:

• Science and 21st Century Sustainability
• Law and Governance in 21st Century Sustainability
• An Empowered Civil Society in 21st Century Sustainability
• Imperatives for Action

The conference series occurs at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Irvine, California.