Last year, an opinion piece entitled “Unleashing the power of materials science for a sustainable future” was published in the journal Matter. The title perfectly summarizes the pivotal role of materials science in the transition towards a more sustainable economy and society. Therefore, there is a growing need to raise awareness among students and young…
The workshop attracted energy experts from research facilities and infrastructure projects worldwide, with the purpose of identifying the challenges, best practices and policies to develop sustainable solutions at research infrastructures.
Discussions on the future of energy systems in Africa were held at a mini-froum in Paris, not too long ago. And this is in preparation for a symposium in Morocco.
Ten years after the ThEC13 conference iThEC organized at CERN, considerable progress has been made in Thorium research and the times are ripe to review the status of innovative Thorium technologies as a game changer in carbon-free energy generation. iThEC23 will bring together the main actors in the development of thorium energy systems in order…
The Fossil Fuel Phase Out and Climate Futures conference builds on the expanding climate science and growing policy momentum toward the need for global fossil fuel phase out. The COP26 Glasgow climate pact called for “accelerat[ing] efforts towards the phasedown of unabated coal power and phase out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies”, and climate policy…
It is expected that scientists, educators, and students in the field of ecology, sustainable development, natural resources management, chemistry, chemical technology, sociology, economics, and management will take part in the conference. The work of the conference will be organized in sections: – Environment and Sustainable Development; – Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development: – from Fundamental…
La journée interroge la situation des sciences fondamentales dans le contexte du développement soutenable : fertilisations croisées, nouvelle dimension de l’éthique, soutenabilité des actions de recherche. Articulation entre savoirs fondamentaux et soutenabilité, éthique scientifique à l’heure de la crise écologique, pratiques de la recherche seront discutés sous forme d’interventions et de tables rondes de scientifiques…
Former President of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Enrique Forero, explains how basic sciences foster sustainable development
The world is experiencing an epidemic of sleep deprivation; we’re awake at night and half asleep during the day.
A cross disciplinary international seminar organized in Paris in June 2023 is calling for abstracts before 3 April 2023.
