Following the launch of Plan ‘S’ — a radical initiative to ensure that all scientific publications resulting from publicly funded research are made freely available — we spoke to Robert-Jan Smits, Open Access Envoy of the European Commission, who’s spearheading the Plan’s development.
23.01.2019
Annual flooding in the city of Abidjan has a potentially deadly side-effect: an increase in the incidence of water-borne diseases such as leptospirosis. In this story, we find out how researchers are getting out of their labs to help communities reduce the risks of infection for the long term.
19.10.2018
Providing clean energy to urban informal settlements in Africa is a huge challenge. In this story, we follow the joint effort of scientists working across three African countries to produce the knowledge required to get households to adopt clean energy.
28.08.2018
What can we learn about climate change from Cape Town’s water crisis and the use of the transdisciplinary research approach?
28.08.2018
During the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), ISC sent a regular newsletter to participating and interested scientists, providing updates on the process and a series of interviews around science and the HLPF.
19.07.2018
We spoke to Heleen de Coninck, who is Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 4 in the 1.5°C Special Report, about carbon dioxide removal and negative emissions technologies and why there is still hope for mitigating climate change.
12.03.2018
As the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepares to mark its 30th anniversary next week, we take an in-depth look at the upcoming Special Report on 1.5°C, which was requested by the world’s governments at COP21 in 2015.
12.03.2018
On the occasion of the IPCC’s 30th anniversary, we shine the light on the series of pivotal events in 1980-85 that alerted scientists to the urgency of addressing climate change, kicking politicians into action, and ultimately leading to the birth of the world’s climate science assessment body.
10.03.2018
In this second part of our series explaining these mega-processes, we look at the newcomer to the big global environmental assessments: the International Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Created in 2012, with 127 member states, it is the leading international body for assessing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
28.12.2017
From oceans to pollination to our continued struggle against our carbon addicted societies, have you ever wondered what drives the appearance of these headlines in our news feeds? As the International Panel on Climate Change prepares to mark its 30th anniversary a central achievement has been to put climate change high on the public agenda. But how many know what the IPCC is and what it does? The IPCC is just one of the so-called global environmental assessments that bring together the best scientific knowledge for a policy audience via the collective efforts of thousands of volunteer scientists and the world’s governments. As 2018 rolls around we look at why it will be a big year for these global environmental assessments.
20.12.2017
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