<p>As the two science councils continue to develop the modalities for a proposed future merger, the Transition Task Force met for two days in Paris last week to discuss proposed structures for a new, merged council.</p>
06.02.2017
<p>Earlier this week, the two Councils hosted a high-level meeting of scientists and experts in Paris to discuss the future of a proposed new organization that would result from a merger of the International Social Science Council and the International Council for Science.</p>
03.02.2017
Joining many national and international organizations, the International Council for Science (ICSU) calls on the government of the United States of America to rescind the Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” which is effectively banning entry to the United States for citizens of seven countries.
31.01.2017
<p>The International Council for Science will host a meeting of the ICSU/ISSC Strategy Working Group from Jan 30-Feb 1 at its headquarters in Paris.</p>
27.01.2017
<p>ICSU has published the 2016 Review of the <a href="https://www.icsu.org/what-we-do/research-programmes/thematic-organizations/integrated-research-on-disaster-risk-irdr">Integrated Research on Disaster Risk</a> (IRDR) programme, led by an independent panel whose conclusions are intended to inform the next 3-4 year phase of the program.</p>
19.01.2017
<p>A new commentary in <a href="http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v7/n2/full/nclimate3206.html?foxtrotcallback=true">Nature Climate Change</a> calls on the climate research community to sharpen its focus on the fundamental questions that will need to be answered for societies to successfully respond to the challenges posed by anthropogenic climate change. The commentary is the result of a workshop organized by the <a href="https://www.wcrp-climate.org">World Climate Research Programme</a> (WCRP), followed by a side event co-organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) at <a href="http://www.cop22-morocco.com">COP22</a> in November 2016.</p>
17.01.2017
<p>The International Council for Science (ICSU) and International Social Science Council (ISSC) announced today the full list of members of the Strategy Working Group (SWG) and Transition Task Force (TTF) that will develop modalities for a possible merger of the two councils.</p>
10.01.2017
<p>An initiative to establish an African Open Science Platform to promote the value and exploit the potential of Open Data for science was announced by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Naledi Pandor, at the <a href="http://www.sfsa.co.za/sfsa-2016/">Science Forum South Africa 2016</a> (SFSA) last week.</p>
12.12.2016
<p>A new book on a systems approach on urban health and wellbeing was published by Springer and Zhejiang University Press. Many members of the community of the ICSU co-sponsored Urban Health programme are among the author.</p>
06.12.2016
<p>Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, President of ICSU from 1988-1993 and instrumental in launching the Council’s work on the science-policy interface, died on 22 November 2016.</p>
28.11.2016
