The 2021 IRDR International Conference
James Waddell reports on the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk programme's ten-year anniversary.
07.07.2021
Navigating towards sustainability: how research networks can make a difference using the ‘network compass’
Addressing complex sustainability problems requires more than scientific knowledge. Researchers must collaborate with societal actors from government, business and civil society, and engage in the co-production of knowledge and action. How can sustainability-oriented networks effectively facilitate co-production?
06.07.2021
Reconciling radical and feasible responses to societal emergencies: learning from COVID-19
On the eve of the 2021 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, ISC Governing Board member Anna Davies explores what the COVID-19 pandemic response can teach us about system change.
05.07.2021
Professor Salim Abdool Karim: What is herd immunity?
In this timely new video, Salim Abdool Karim, a member of the ISC's COVID-19 Outcome Scenarios Project, explores herd immunity and how it is calculated.
05.07.2021
Launch of the United Nations Ocean Decade
After several years of preparation, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is now truly underway. James Waddell looks back on the official launch of the Decade, which is available to watch online.
01.07.2021
International Asteroid Day – a sneak preview of the Hazard Information Profiles
The ISC and its partners, the UNDRR and Public Health England, will soon release Hazard Information Profiles to standardize a set of hazard names and definitions. We explore the Near-Earth Object hazard on International Asteroid Day.
30.06.2021
Tell me a story – why climate change communication needs to embrace our childlike curiosity
Holly Parker explores how embracing the childlike curiosity of “why” can assist in communicating the complex issues of climate change.
28.06.2021
Accelerating the energy transition through energy access: Q&A with Damilola Ogunbiyi
On the occasion of the Ministerial Thematic Forums on Energy, we found out more about how to raise ambition for a just transition to clean energy, including what the science community can do to support progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal #7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
24.06.2021
Four insights on collaborating at scale to advance climate adaptation
The experience of the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia offers four insights on uniting to tackle climate change and pursue transformations.
22.06.2021
Refugee and displaced scientists: A willingness to do more
The scientific community can show leadership on integrating vulnerable colleagues, thereby strengthening the global scientific enterprise for the future.
21.06.2021
