View Conference Announcement & Invitation The SACI National Convention is the 44th in an exciting and long-standing series of scientific meetings focussed on the chemical sciences performed in South Africa under the auspices of South African Chemical Institute (SACI). The aim of the National Convention is to bring together scientists from a variety of disciplines…
GThe energy transition is a worldwide challenge. This applies in particular to Estonia and the European Union at large. This conference addresses options, obstacles and the need for a balanced evidence-based approach in a sustainable energy transition in the current context faced by Estonia. A solid foundation based on findings from frontier science is essential…
We launch a nationwide contest for children in the age group of 9-16 years (Classes III to IX). They will be asked to imagine what they would do to change the world, make it more sustainable, if they were scientists. There are two categories: drawing/painting; essay/story writing. The idea is to expose children to the…
“Basic sciences are the sine qua non for sustainable development.” This compelling statement introduces the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) on its home page, outlining the necessary role for basic sciences in meeting global sustainability challenges. And yet global practices of basic sciences education require re-orientation to equip learners at secondary…
This article highlights the role international partnerships such as the ‘Sustainable Energy for All Initiative’ will play in expanding and modernizing Africa’s electric sector.
The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG7 and SDG8.
Light sciences can help to achieve the SDGs, found the International Year of Light some years ago. Let’s have a look at SDG7 and SDG13.
There is a double challenge, to change competely global energy production so that everybody get enough without adding greenhouse gases emissions.
A combination of a new satellites data processing and economical modelling helps to evaluate the possibility to achieve one of the SDG7 target in sub-Saharan Africa: universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.
