A very warm welcome to this second issue of LEAP – the new Resilience Frontiers channel focussed on accelerating the impact of the UN’s leading foresight initiative.
Each edition of LEAP is themed by one of our eight Pathways – with the spotlight this time on Pathway 1: Transforming the relationship between humanity and nature.
For millennia, indigenous communities, great thinkers and philosophers worldwide have hailed the importance of this relationship. Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better, Einstein said.
Most people have been looking the other way, becoming estranged from nature and understanding less about the world in the process. The opportunity now though, is not only in renewing the relationship, but in elevating it to new heights.
By rising to the challenge that comes with being the guardians of nature, we have the power to co-create a prosperous future for people and the planet. The indigenous knowledge available to us, a reservoir of riches, in combination with frontier technologies, can enrich the environment and human experience like never before.
With the wisdom to recognise the opportunity and using Resilience Frontier’s Pathway 1 as a mobilising tool to inspire and drive collective action, the future can be as beautiful as the ineffable wholeness we experience when we are one with nature.
Thanks to all the amazing contributors to this issue, who have done a fantastic job in bringing to life both the beauty, as well as the endless possibilities, that flow from this relationship. Through stories of the ancient architects who have always shaped our world and in tales that will spark the imagination of even the most fading ember, we should all find inspiration to again… look deep into nature.
Youssef Nassef
Founder of Resilience Frontiers & Director of Adaptation, UNFCCC