The Chief Science Officer (CSO) of TAE Technologies, Toshi Tajima, has been appointed into the ‘International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Commission 16 on Plasma Physics’. He will spearhead dialogue on how to attain SDGs, especially as IYBSSD2022 is celebrated.
Basking from the euphoria of having its Executive Officer appointed as Node Coordinator for IYBSSD2022, ASSAf says it will engage stakeholders in South Africa and other African countries, to promote basic sciences.
Often decreed by the UN General Assembly, International Years, like the IYBSSD2022, are celebrations that touch on a certain issue of global interest, with the aim of raising awareness among the population or achieving certain goals.
A recent post in developmentaid.org recalls how 2022 was proclaimed as the ‘Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’, and also how a newly-formed ‘Global Commission’ will raise $100m for SDGs.
An opening ceremony for the ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ (IYBSSD2022) has been held in Iran, with the Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol, in attendance.
The ‘2022 World Conference on Basic Sciences and Sustainable Development’, slated for September in Belgrade, Serbia, is one of the main events of IYBSSD2022.
In a recent interview, Michel Spiro, President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), explains why the United Nations will celebrate 2022 as the ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ (IYBSSD2022).
Having supported events and activities promoting the ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ in the last two years, the European Physical Society says it will do more till June 2023. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
The International Union of Materials Research Societies has pledged to work with International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and other Unions, to make the ‘2022 International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ a resounding success.
While technological contributions are easy to recognize, it is not the case for that of basic sciences, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, says.
