This article from the new edition of Ciência & Cultura points out how concepts, theories and discoveries of the human sciences contribute to the formulation of public policies aimed at facing the challenges of societies.
On the occasion of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, the Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada and the Fonds de recherche du Quebec, organized the special edition of the Science Action! Video Contest.
If climate change must be tackled, then inequality must also be addressed, says Professor Jayati Ghosh, who taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years. She stated this in an interview with Frontiers Science News.
The Science Summit and a Scientific Symposium titled “Fundamental Life Science meets Climate, Environment and Sustainability: new bridges, new partnerships, new opportunities” in Paris, will begin tomorrow, June 27 and end on June 29, 2023.
World leaders at a special event of the United Nations General Assembly, on May 24, 2023, reiterated their commitments to supporting the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD). Watch the video here.
In this interview during the opening ceremony of IYBSSD, Merieme Chadid, President of the Scientific Council of UNESCO’s International Basic Sciences Program, urged the international community to take action towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Experts in the field of education have emphasized the transformative potential of investment in basic sciences for African economies during the African Continental Conference on Basic Sciences for Transformation.
‘Discovery of the DNA: impact on health, water quality, nutrition and food security’, was the theme of a hybrid seminar organized by the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, Portugal, held on March 15, 2023.
The classroom innovation Health Project +1.5ºC is developed in the Cellular Biology subject and seeks to sensitize first-semester medical students, through actions against climate change and environmental pollution and its impact on human health.
In this interview during the opening ceremony of IYBSSD, Hans Peter Beck, Swiss physicist and member of CERN, says that science, among other things, is a major tool that can be used to find a common language among people of the world.
