Call for expressions of interest to host a regional presence of the ISC Global Secretariat
Towards a stronger ISC regional presence
12.10.2020
Co-designing the science we need for the Ocean Decade
The first webinar in the Ocean Decade virtual series highlighted the importance of building trust - and the need for appropriate funding and incentive structures - to develop the co-designed ocean research required for sustainable development.
09.10.2020
Strong response to ISC members’ consultation on the future of scientific publishing
Over the past few months, the ISC has been gathering feedback from members on the draft discussion paper developed as part of our ongoing project on the future of scientific publishing.
06.10.2020
Transformations within reach: join the discussion on moving to a sustainable and equitable new normal beyond COVID-19
Discuss new findings on building a more resilient and more sustainable future for a post-COVID-19 world at this virtual side event on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
23.09.2020
First Report of the INGSA Coronavirus Evidence-to-Policy Tracker released
More than 100 volunteer rapporteurs from across the INGSA network logged information about the evidence and decision-making dynamics behind their countries’ COVID-19 policy responses.
22.09.2020
A New Future for Conservation: Setting out the principles of post-growth conservation
Robert Fletcher leads the Transformations to Sustainability project "CON-VIVA: Towards Convivial Conservation: Governing Human-Wildlife Interactions in the Anthropocene". In this blog, Fletcher and his co-authors explore 12 principles that could determine balancing economic growth with conservation.
21.09.2020
Call for nominations: ISC Awards Programme
The International Science Council (ISC) is seeking nominations for the first edition of the ISC Awards Programme.
14.09.2020
The future of scientific publishing under the spotlight for ISC member organizations in Europe
A virtual meeting of European ISC Member Organizations held on 10 September provided a first opportunity to share feedback and exchange ideas on the ISC's draft discussion paper on scientific and scholarly publishing.
11.09.2020
Where does the heat go? A new report on the Earth Energy Imbalance by GCOS answers the question
The first comprehensive assessment of where the Earth’s excess heat is accumulating has been released by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). The report calls for an enhanced and robust climate observing system. The ISC spoke with the lead author of the report, Dr. Karina von Schuckmann, an oceanographer from the not-for-profit ocean forecasting organization Mercator Ocean, and Professor Han Dolman, Chair of the GCOS Steering Committee.
10.09.2020
The newly released report issues recommendations on heritable human genome editing
An international commission of experts cautions against the premature use of genome editing until all safety concerns are addressed, and the public has a chance to consider various implications of these technologies.
08.09.2020