“Only ecology-based economies can avoid future catastrophe”
In this opinion piece, Fazlun Khalid gives his view about what we should aim after the COVID-19 pandemics. Scientific research is in the programme, and not only for vaccines
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Smaller scale solutions needed for rapid progress towards emissions targets
Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions.
Engaging the Next Generation: An IYCN outreach competition
Recognising exemplary contributions to chemistry outreach.
Science for the SDGs – Part 4: Sustainable and just economies
How can science help to progress toward economics systems that would be more sustainable (and more fair)?
TROP-ICSU after 3 Years
We already told you about TROP-ICSU (aka Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding), lead by IUBS and the International Union for Quaternary Science. ISC three-year funding ended at the end of 2019, and a recent blog post by ISC (a partner of IYBSSD 2022) reports on the main results. Three achievements…
Lake Chad doesn’t dry up
A recent work shows that the total water stock in Lake Chad has been increasing over the past 13 years. This is encouraging because the lake concentrates environmental, economic and political issues.
Satellites for development: facts and figures
Satellite technology is being increasingly seen as a tool to reduce inequalities in the crucial development decade to 2030.
International Science Programme and the Basic Sciences
The International Science Programme at Uppsala University supports IYBSSD 2022. Let’s have a look at their vision on the relationships between basic sciences and sustainable development.
COVID-19 Pandemic: Time to take science seriously
The coronavirus pandemics should remind governements that supporting science and scientist is an important long term effort. The case for Nigeria.
Science for the SDGs Part 3: Human well-being and capabilities
The current pandemics gives a peculiar look to some content of the report published in September 2019.
