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Black carbon report from IGBP project generates significant media coverage

A report issued by a project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), providing new evidence that black carbon is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming, has triggered tremendous coverage in the media. Outlets such as the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times and the Washington Post picked up the story and reported that black carbon’s influence on climate has been greatly underestimated.

25.01.2013

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UN announces list of countries for Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations has announced the list of countries that will form the Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. A total of sixty-nine countries will share thirty seats on the body charged with developing a set of goals following last year’s Rio + 20 conference.

17.01.2013

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IRDR host organisation in major merger

Beijing’s Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth has merged with the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications.

16.01.2013

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Call for nominations for Future Earth Science Committee

The Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, which comprises ICSU, ISSC, the Belmont Forum, UNEP, UNESCO, UNU and WMO as an observer, is currently seeking nominations for experts to serve on the first Science Committeee of the Future Earth initiative.

14.01.2013

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Organisation of international scientific meetings: recommendations from ICSU policy committee

ICSU Statute 5 stands for the free and responsible practice of science, which also requires freedom of movement and of association. This entails rights and responsibilities on the part of both organisers and sponsors of as well as participants at international scientific meetings.

11.01.2013

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Industry-academia partnerships

In November 2011, more than 50 academic and business leaders came together for 4 days at the Sigtuna Foundation, near Stockholm, Sweden. They represented a broad range of disciplines, industries and countries with the common aim of promoting effective partnerships between academia and industry for the greater benefit of society.

11.01.2013

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Future Earth: Transition Team group met to discuss institutional design options

Working group 2 of the Transition Team, co-chaired by Peter Liss and Rik Leemans, met from July 11-13 at the ICSU secretariat in Paris to develop recommendations for the institutional design and governance framework of Future Earth.

11.01.2013

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Recommendations from the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation at Rio+20

The Forum was a great success, bringing together leading international scientists, policy-makers, industry, NGOs, journalists and youth from more than 75 countries. Over 1,000 people attended the event, with another 1,000 watching the live webcast and many more interacting via social media. Recommendations from the sessions are now online, alongside the live blog, recordings of the sessions and other information.

11.01.2013

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How to Describe Nanomaterials – an ICSU workshop in Paris

In response to requests from several groups involved in preparing standards for nanotechnology, the International Council for Science and CODATA, the ICSU Committee on Data For Science and Technology, organized a workshop on 23-24 February 2012 to consider standards for describing materials on the nanoscale. A total of 51 international experts attended, including representatives of ten international unions, ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnology, industry, government and academia, national standards development organizations and the OECD.

11.01.2013

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Paper published on ICSU’s programme on Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment

A paper that explores the purpose and modalities of ICSU’s new programme on Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment has been published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.

11.01.2013