Knowledge Systems for Sustainability Collaborative: Enabling Decision-Relevant Science for Our Future; An Introduction and Invitation

Knowledge Systems for Sustainability (KSS) offers a step change in the development and delivery of decision relevant science to inform improved management of complex risks and uncertainties at national, regional, and global scales. KSS brings together mutually committed world-leading research organizations and a global community of practice organized around regions, programs or themes, societal priorities, and technical capabilities. KSS seeks to deliver practical fit-for-purpose solutions that respect humanity's requirements for equity, agency, and privacy, and better promote human security and global sustainability. KSS intends to both innovate in the human-earth system and provide the evidence base regarding deployment of those innovations to better reveal our choices and their consequences for our future.