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ICSU at Habitat III: Science, cities and visualization

<p>At <a href="http://habitat3.org">Habitat III</a>, the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, ICSU was one of three organizations running <a href="http://habitatxchange.org/">Habitat X Change</a>, a space dedicated to promoting science and data visualization as partners for the urban future. The space quickly became the focal point for a vibrant community of conference participants interested in the science-policy interface.</p>

08.11.2016

2015 is the International Year of Light

<p>The International Year of Light, a UN initiative to raise public awareness of the importance of photonics on everyday life, was officially launched at a ceremony at UNESCO in Paris on January 19. Photonics is the science and technology of generating, controlling and detecting photons, or light particles.</p>

20.01.2015

Call for Proposals: Transformations to Sustainability

<p>The <a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org">International Social Science Council</a> (ISSC) has launched a new global research funding programme as a contribution to the work of <a href="http://www.futureearth.org">Future Earth</a>.</p>

02.05.2014

Video: Young scientists on the future of food

<p>In April 2013, ICSU co-sponsored a young scientists networking conference on interdisciplinary research into future food systems. In this video, released today for <a href="http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2016/home/en">World Food Day</a>, participants of the conference explain their vision.</p>

16.10.2013

Future Earth German National Committee launched

<p>Germany has replaced its National Committee on Global Change Research (NKGCF) with the <a href="http://www.dkn-future-earth.org/en">German Committee Future Earth</a> (D-FutureEarth). The German Committee Future Earth will act as a national research advisory board on global sustainability and focal point on all international issues related under the framework of Future Earth.</p>

26.03.2013

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