<p>A two-day meeting to explore how science, technology and innovation can support the implementation of Agenda 2030 opens today at the United Nations in New York.</p>
06.06.2016
<p>On the 24th May, the Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme of ICSU will host a side event at the <a href="http://www.unep.org/environmentassembly/un-environment-assembly">2nd UN Environment Assembly</a> (UNEA-2).</p>
24.05.2016
<p>A special report for policymakers on the oceans and seas has been submitted to the G7 Science and Technology Ministers ahead of their meeting in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, 15-17 May.</p>
21.05.2016
<p>The Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS) of the International Council for Science (ICSU) is pleased to see the complete acquittal of Professor Heinz Richter, a historian and scholar of Greek history, who was arrested and tried under a new Greek “racism” law for his depiction of Greek resistance during WWII.</p>
10.05.2016
<p>ICSU President Gordon McBean stressed the critical role of science in the implementation of the post 2015 UN frameworks at a major UN conference in Geneva this week on science and technology.</p>
10.05.2016
<p>ICSU launches grants programme to foster collaborative science among scientific Unions. Applications are now invited for the 2016 ICSU Grants Programme.</p>
02.05.2016
<p>Experts from a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in modelling different approaches to urban health gathered on the island of Gulangyu, off the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen last week for a workshop to explore ways to engage policy dialogue around these issues.</p>
02.05.2016
<p>A ceremony was held today to mark five years of successful collaboration between the <a href="https://www.nict.go.jp/en">Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology</a> (NICT) and the International Council of Science (ICSU) for the hosting and support of the <a href="https://www.icsu-wds.org">World Data System International Programme Office</a> (WDS-IPO).</p>
07.04.2016
<p>ICSU is calling on its member organizations to host the ICSU Regional Office for Latin America and the Carribean (ICSU ROLAC).</p>
26.11.2015
<p>The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), which is an ICSU-sponsored initiative, will come to a close at the end of this year after three decades of fostering international collaborative research and synthesis on global change.</p>
26.11.2015