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Around 30 leading scientists from the natural and social sciences gathered at the UN headquarters in New York from March 20-21 to debate frameworks for the Sustainable Development Goals and to provide scientific input to the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs.
26.03.2013
In the wake of last week’s meetings at the UN on the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a group of international scientists have published a call in the journal Nature today, arguing for a set of six SDGs that link poverty eradication to protection of Earth’s life support. The researchers argue that in the face of increasing pressure on the planet’s ability to support life, adherence to out-dated definitions of sustainable development threaten to reverse progress made in developing countries over past decades.
21.03.2013
Today, Nature published a commentary by an international team of authors, including Gisbert Glaser from ICSU, Owen Gaffney from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and Johan Rockstrom from the Stockholm Resilience Center.
21.03.2013
Dr. Boshra Salem, a member of ICSU’s Committee for Scientific Planning & Review, will be inducted today to the U.S. Department of State’s Women in Science Hall of Fame by the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson.
12.03.2013
The United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UN-DESA), ICSU and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) will jointly organize an Expert Group Meeting on “Science and Sustainable Development Goals” at UN headquarters in New York from 20-21 March.
19.02.2013
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) held its first plenary meeting from Jan 21-26 in Bonn, Germany. During the meeting, the science panel was appointed.
01.02.2013
The 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity will be held in Montréal, Canada, May 5th to 8th. It focuses on research integrity, responsible conduct of research, and publication of research.
01.02.2013
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) is inviting nominations for its TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize for Social Sciences 2013.
25.01.2013
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
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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