Call for Action: Managing the Infodemic
Sign on to the global movement to promote access to health information and mitigate harm from health misinformation among online and offline communities.
14.01.2021
World Logic Day, 14 January
The Conseil International de Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines (CIPSH) and its member organisation, the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST/IUHPST), are coordinating the dynamic and global annual celebration of World Logic Day with UNESCO.
14.01.2021
What does ‘transformation’ mean amid the disruption of COVID-19?
In its latest newsletter, the Transformations to Sustainability programme shares insights on doing transdisciplinary research in times of a global pandemic.
12.01.2021
Global change research and the COVID-19 pandemic
A new briefing note from the French National Committee on Global Change (CNFCG) examines how priorities for research on global change are being affected by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and asks how global change research can better contribute to managing such crises in the future.
06.01.2021
The ISC has been honoured to have Dr Flavia Schlegel serve as its first Special Envoy for Science in Global Policy
While the Global Policy position ends at the close of 2020, the model for a Special Envoy opens many future possibilities for the ISC. The ISC took a moment to chat to Flavia about her role, memorable moments and thoughts for the future.
22.12.2020
Working together: Future Earth and WCRP announce partnership to jointly address major societal challenges
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Future Earth are initiatives that are driven by visions of creating a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient world. WCRP coordinates international climate science to address key research areas that are either too large or too complex to be tackled by a single nation, agency, or scientific discipline.
18.12.2020
Global Carbon Budget 2020 Finds Record Drop in Emissions
The global COVID-19 lockdowns caused fossil carbon dioxide emissions to decline by an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020 – a record drop according to researchers at Future Earth’s Global Carbon Project.
16.12.2020
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission launches the Global Ocean Science Report 2020
The Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020) offers a global record of how, where and by whom ocean science is conducted, charting ocean science capacity for sustainable development.
14.12.2020
Standing Up for Gender Equality in Science in times of COVID-19
This year’s UN Human Rights Day focuses on the need to build back better following the Covid-19 pandemic by ensuring Human Rights are central to recovery efforts. To end the pandemic and build a strong recovery, we need to build good science. According to the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science, this can only do that by giving women — half of humankind — the same possibility that men have to contribute their talent and dedication to building the science we need.
10.12.2020
Standing up for science this Human Rights Day and every day
Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is an occasion to re-affirm the importance of upholding universal human rights as the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world.
10.12.2020