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Official Statement by the Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

<p>“Better data is needed for risk-informed development and science-based decision-making at all levels” – The key message from the Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group. The STC actively promotes an enhanced science base for effective disaster risk reduction and risk-informed development at global, national and local levels.</p>

17.05.2019

Science and Policy Forum underscores need for collaboration across science, policy makers and society for success in disaster risk reduction

<p>The Science and Policy Forum, which met in the lead up to the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, had a very clear message for the community – Enhancing resilience and achieving DRR requires strengthened collaboration and integration across all fields of science, policy-makers, and society to meet short term information needs in order to anticipate and mitigate long-term impacts.</p>

15.05.2019

Science Advice for a Changing World: Highlights from INGSA2018

<p>The International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) held its biennial conference on 6-7 November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, under the leadership of Sir Peter Gluckman, chair of INGSA and President-elect of the International Science Council.</p>

05.12.2018

Peter Gluckman and Helen Clark at INGSA2018.

Global biodiversity continues to decline, according to new reports from IPBES

<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

The origins of the IPCC: How the world woke up to climate change

<p>On the occasion of the IPCC’s 30th anniversary, we shine the light on the series of pivotal events in 1980-85 that alerted scientists to the urgency of addressing climate change, kicking politicians into action, and ultimately leading to the birth of the world’s climate science assessment body.</p>

10.03.2018

The state of biodiversity in the regions: What to expect from the IPBES in 2018

<p>In this second part of our series explaining these mega-processes, we look at the newcomer to the big global environmental assessments: the International Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Created in 2012, with 127 member states, it is the leading international body for assessing biodiversity and ecosystem services.</p>

28.12.2017

Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Highlights of 2017

<p>It’s been a momentous year for the International Council for Science. As it comes to a close, we look back at some of the highlights of the year in images.</p>

23.12.2017

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