The January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami in Tonga was a 'textbook' example of complex, cascading and compounding risks. In this long-read blog, Bapon Fakhruddin and Emma Singh discuss the lessons learned for disaster risk response.
14.02.2022
Join us in celebrating today the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day dedicated to remarkable women and girls around the world who are inventing the future and making the world a better place through the power of science. Female scientists who go beyond any barrier, forge new scientific paths and are at the forefront of achieving a much-needed gender equality in science.
11.02.2022
On the occasion of World Pulses Day 2022, Dr. Vish Prakash, President of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), shares how pulses, legumes, and millets, should occupy a prominent place in our diets, for both our health and our environment.
10.02.2022
To date, human development has come at the expense of the environment.
09.02.2022
All over the world, people are celebrating the 7th annual International Day for Women and Girls in Science in various ways. Learn more about how some of our members are choosing to celebrate this day.
08.02.2022
"Some astronomers say the collision is “not a big deal”, but to a space archaeologist like me it’s quite exciting. It will be the Moon’s newest archaeological site, joining more than 100 other locations that document human activity on the Moon and in cislunar space", writes Alice Gorman.
04.02.2022
Earlier this month, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), alongside the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), presented its annual findings: 2021 was among the seven hottest years on record, all of which are from 2015 onwards, while global concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane continue to rise.
27.01.2022
Share a virtual breakfast with over 5000 enthusiastic chemists from around the globe on Wednesday 16 February 2022!
27.01.2022
The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science is an important advance. Putting it into practice must involve creative engagement with the scientific community, writes ISC President Peter Gluckman.
25.01.2022
Six podcasts available now from the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) explore the critical space between scientific evidence and policy decisions on topics such as cities, COVID-19, and societal transformation.
19.01.2022
