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)?
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.
Leaders from 21 academies discussed the importance of basic sciences
An annual meeting organized in Japan talked about the need for basic research.
Science for the SDGs – Part 2
The SDGs science report “The Future is Now” talks about inclusivity.
Science for the SDGs – Part 1
We are continuing our reading of the SDGs science report “The Future is Now”.
Already, in 2013…
“Global sustainable development, implying the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability, as well as the need to face the challenges of growing complexity, requires intense research efforts, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.” This quote could be from the UNESCO resolution for IYBSSD 2022. It comes in fact from the final declaration of the 2013 Rio…
A Difficult Balance
The 15 authors of the report Our Future is Now made an alarming evaluation of the pathways that we are collectively following relatively to the SDGs.
The African Science Decade that wasn’t
In a recent editorial piece published by Research, Linda Nordling explains why the planned “decade of science and technology” in Africa didn’t happen. However, situation has changed.
Where are we with SDGs?
If we want to reach the 17 SDGs in 2030, as the UN General Assembly decided in 2015, we must know where we are regarding to the goals, and to the detailed targets, and on which trajectories we are. The report The future is now, published in september 2019 gives an evaluation. In some fields,…
SciDev.Net Media Partner for IYBSSD 2022
The Executive Board of IYBSSD 2022 is pleased to announce the involvement of the online media SciDev.Net, which focuses on the relationships between science and sustainable development. The news section of our website will regularly (once a week hopefully) publish articles written worldwide by SciDev.Net journalists. Anyone who is interested in the contribution of science…
