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International efforts to shape the future of cities need to have a clear plan for addressing the urgent sustainability challenges facing cities, said urban researchers today at a press briefing in Quito, Ecuador.
20.10.2016
Gaffield, a member of ICSU’s Committee on Scientific Planning and Review (CSPR), will assume his role at the next Annual General Meeting of the RSC.
20.09.2016
From 29 to 31 August, you can participate online in a workshop titled “Integrated research on climate risk and sustainable solutions across IPCC working groups: Lessons learnt from AR5 to support AR6.
26.08.2016
In October 2016, 40,000+ people will meet in Quito, Ecuador for the largest cities summit in United Nations history – Habitat III. ICSU is now accepting nominations for Early Career Scientists to participate in the summit.
19.07.2016
Many of the drivers of ill health lie outside of the health sector. There is a major public health concern for cities now and in the future as the interactions of global climate change, urban heat islands, air pollution, and other drivers will place increasing health burdens on cities. The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – Habitat III – will be a defining moment for the future of cities.
06.07.2016
A two-day meeting to explore how science, technology and innovation can support the implementation of Agenda 2030 opens today at the United Nations in New York.
06.06.2016
On the 24th May, the Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme of ICSU will host a side event at the 2nd UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2).
24.05.2016
A special report for policymakers on the oceans and seas has been submitted to the G7 Science and Technology Ministers ahead of their meeting in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, 15-17 May.
21.05.2016
The Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS) of the International Council for Science (ICSU) is pleased to see the complete acquittal of Professor Heinz Richter, a historian and scholar of Greek history, who was arrested and tried under a new Greek “racism” law for his depiction of Greek resistance during WWII.
10.05.2016
ICSU President Gordon McBean stressed the critical role of science in the implementation of the post 2015 UN frameworks at a major UN conference in Geneva this week on science and technology.
10.05.2016
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