<p>Following an international competitive call, the World Data System Scientific Committee (WDS-SC) selected a Canadian consortium formed by three WDS Regular Members to host the WDS International Technology Office (WDS-ITO).</p>
12.04.2018
<p>This past March 15-16th, El Salvador was host to a workshop called “Reducing the Gender Gap in Natural Sciences and Mathematics”. Several experts from all over Latin America were in attendance, giving their expertise on the subject. Hundreds of people involved in the area of mathematics and science were present, listening to the experts and asking questions.</p>
04.04.2018
<p>The International Council for Science has been selected to coordinate the External Review of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).</p>
28.03.2018
<p>At its meeting in Medellín, the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released five new reports. Four cover biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, as well as Europe and Central Asia. The fifth report is the world’s first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of land degradation and restoration.</p>
23.03.2018
<p>The World Metereological Organization (WMO) has appointed Pavel Kabat its first chief scientist and research director, with responsibility for strategic scientific direction, including the ICSU co-sponsored programme World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).</p>
23.03.2018
<p>John Sulston, a Nobel Prize winner and two-time member of the ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS), died on 6 March.</p>
15.03.2018
<p>11 projects led by African early career scientists will be supported as part of the second LIRA 2030 Africa call on Advancing the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 11 on cities in Africa.</p>
07.03.2018
<p>This past 20th and 21st of February, Kingston, Jamaica was the host for the first INGSA Capacity Building Workshop in the Caribbean.</p>
06.03.2018
<p>Up to eleven collaborative research projects across Africa will receive funding for research that will explore integrated approaches for sustainable urban development in Africa.</p>
05.03.2018
<p>Accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals</p> <p> </p>
19.02.2018
