Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly 77 (UNGA77)

The existential threats to global energy, food and water security, increasing evidence of irreversible climate change,  the degradations in social cohesion, disruptions in global supply chains and deglobalisation, social inequality and the COVID19 pandemic, mental health dangers to undermining the basis of our material prosperity seem to be combining. The world urgently needs mission-driven teams of the world’s best minds to tackle these complex challenges, using diverse perspectives and areas of expertise. In an informal, interactive fireside chat, senior leaders from Wellcome and CIFAR will discuss models for convening and deploying top scientists from around the world to collectively address the growing number of profound questions and challenges facing science and humanity.