Dance your SDG Research
Who ever said that SDG research should be boring? Enjoy the presentation that Samuli Junttila, from University of Helsinki, Finland, made about his research on health condition of trees in the context of climate change.
Technologies against Viral Epidemics in Africa
Despite their dramatic consequences, the Ebola epidemics in West and Central Africa have contributed to capacity building in affected countries.
Sharing the Passion about Science
The Global Young Academy (GYA) gathers 200 young scientists from all over the world (each member is elected for a 5 years period). They are all selected because they are brilliant scientists, but also because they want to enhance the role of science on the planet. Their programme is then totally coherent with IYBSSD 2022,…
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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.
“ISC Presents” : a New Podcast about Basic Sciences
ISC Presents is a podcast by the International Science Council. It discusses the challenges, stories, and celebrations of science while seeking to encourage international action on concerns to both science, and society.
Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding (TROP-ICSU)
Together with the International Union for Quaternary Science (INQUA), IUBS is the leading scientific organisation in this project funded by the International Science Council for Science (ISC). Importance Understanding the dynamics of Earth’s ecosystem and identifying measures to sustain it for the future requires immediate action with multidisciplinary approaches. Research efforts to identify key factors…
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Climatic Turmoil in the Tropical Andes
A newly described atmospheric mechanism explains the recent evolution of the rains falling on the heights of Peru and Bolivia and shows that damage to the Amazon rainforest could affect the Andean rains.
Protective Bio-shell could extend Egg Shelf Life
A biofilm developed in Brazil could extend the shelf life of eggs in the world’s poorest and hottest regions, where they spoil faster and are vulnerable to germs.
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,…
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