New Global science initiative on Urban Health
<p>The global science community launches a new interdisciplinary programme on science for urban decision making in relation to health and wellbeing</p>
30.09.2011
Responsibilities of scientists underlined by scientific community
<p>International Council for Science (ICSU) revises its Principle of Universality</p>
30.09.2011
Nobel Prize winning scientist is new President of ICSU
<p>Professor Yuan Tseh Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist from China: Taipei, today became the new President of the International Council for Science (ICSU) at the conclusion of the organization’s 30th General Assembly.</p>
30.09.2011
Canadian climate scientist elected as next President of the International Council for Science
<p>Professor Gordon McBean, an internationally recognized meteorologist and climate change expert, has been named as the future President of the International Council for Science (ICSU).</p>
30.09.2011
Global science community to gather in Rome
<p>Representatives of the world’s scientific community will meet in Rome, Italy, on 27-30 September, for the 30th General Assembly of the International Council for Science.</p>
20.09.2011
Polar research boosts understanding of our climate & global environment
<p>The largest coordinated research project ever undertaken into the Arctic and Antarctic regions yielded a treasure trove of information which will shape our understanding of the polar regions, global oceans, climate and climate change for decades ahead, according to a summary of the research released today.</p>
28.03.2011
Scientific Grand Challenges identified to address global sustainability
<p>The international scientific community has identified five Grand Challenges that, if addressed in the next decade, will deliver knowledge to enable sustainable development, poverty eradication, and environmental protection in the face of global change.</p>
12.11.2010
Polar year comes to a close
<p>The <a href="http://www.ipy.org">International Polar Year</a> 2007–2008 (IPY), the largest polar research and education venture ever undertaken, will formally come to a close at a ceremony in Oslo on Saturday 12 June—the final day of the IPY Oslo Science Conference.</p>
10.06.2010
China to host new international disaster research programme
<p>The International Council for Science (ICSU) today announced that China will host the office of the new international programme, <a href="http://www.irdrinternational.org">Integrated Research on Disaster Risk</a> (IRDR). The International Programme Office for IRDR will be established in Beijing at the Headquarters of the <a href="http://english.ceode.cas.cn/new/">Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth</a> (CEODE)—the first time an international office of this type has been hosted in Asia.</p>
13.11.2009
A vision for Earth system research: Have your say
<p>The International Council for Science (ICSU) has launched an online consultation to gather questions that will help direct the future of Earth system research. ICSU invites the scientific community—natural and social scientists—as well as technology experts, decision-makers, and the general public, to contribute by visiting , until 15 August 2009.</p>
17.07.2009