challenges, opportunities of decarbonizing transportation in Africa
At a workshop and in a new report, scientists, engineers, planners and policymakers, have highlighted the challenges and opportunities to decarbonizing Africa’s transport sector.
More nations attain gender parity as women legislators increase
According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU’s) latest Women in Parliament in 2021 report, the global proportion of women lawmakers is increasing as more countries achieve gender parity in parliament.
Rees receives French ‘National Order of Merit’ award
In recognition of her outstanding medical career and commitment to improving global health, Prof. Helen Rees, an ASSAF member, has become a recipient of the ‘French National Order of Merit’ award.
Land restoration needed as degradation hits world’s poorest
Immediate investment in large-scale land restoration is needed to mitigate harms caused by degradation, that is directly affecting half of the world’s population, says a UN report.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 20 (DOW-CST award)
In Thailand, winners of the ‘DOW-CST Award’, a contest which promotes implementation of small-scale chemistry laboratory techniques among teachers and students, have received scholarships and royal plaques.
As IUPAP clocks 100 years
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is pleased to announce that it will host the Centenary Symposium of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), from 11 to 13 July 2022.
Spiro tells Korea: Organize events, mobilize citizens for IYBSSD
In his remark at the launching of “2022 IYBSSD with Universities in Korea,” Michel Spiro, expressed belief that Korean authorities will organize events to celebrate the ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
Fighting climate change via ‘regenerative agriculture’
By practicing ‘regenerative farming’ to address climate change, a report by the European Academies of Sciences, says agricultural production will be transformed on a global scale.
Developing drought-resistant crops for food crisis
Drought-resistant crops and ‘speed breeding’ could offer solutions to acute food insecurity which, according to a report, almost doubled between 2016 and 2021.
Sustainable well-being in Israel
Israel’s ability to ensure the well-being of its citizens depends on the country’s economic, natural, human, social and cultural resources, a report by Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities concludes.
