The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, which began on Friday 3 September, is one of the world’s largest gatherings on conservation and in 2021, the first major event on conservation to have taken place since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
07.09.2021
The International Society for Digital Earth, an affiliated member of the International Science Council, has published a special issue on “Big Data in Support of the Sustainable Development" Goals" in its journal, Big Earth Data to celebrate the inauguration of the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals.
07.09.2021
In a new video, Karen O'Brien shares her perspective on why all kinds of behavioural changes are important, and how to encourage them.
03.09.2021
Progress on preventing malaria has slowed, with some African countries reporting an increase in cases. Could genetically programmed 'protector' mosquitos be one way to reduce the threat?
02.09.2021
Dr Wassim Dbouk explores the issues around the decarbonization of the shipping industry, where market-based measures are a hotly debated topic.
27.08.2021
Asgeir Barlaup and Valeria Zambianchi argue that it is crucial to move beyond the current understanding of carbon pricing and acknowledge its limitations, in order to mitigate the climate crisis and better design effective policies.
20.08.2021
Coastal communities in the Arctic are particularly vulnerable to climate hazards as this Northern region is experiencing rates of climate change more rapid than anywhere else on earth. What’s worse, scholars warn that coastal vulnerability in the North will likely increase as some degree of further climate change is inevitable, even with ambitious mitigation efforts.
19.08.2021
In the context of increasing evidence that we are nearing climate 'tipping points', or abrupt changes in the Earth system, J. David Tàbara explores the idea of positive tipping points that could shift societies on to a more sustainable path, asking how they come about, and how they could be enacted for transformative change.
12.08.2021
Writing in Global Policy, Joshua B. Horton argues that developing countries have the most to gain and to lose from resolving the impasse stalling global governance for geoengineering, and that a degree of international coordination is required.
12.08.2021
The 9th of August was the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, and this year the focus was on “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.” We spoke to Meg Parsons about what it would really take to work towards a new social contract in science-policy spaces.
10.08.2021
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