Want to protect the oceans? Don’t get stuck underwater
<p>Next week thousands of leaders and ocean experts will descend upon New York City to wrestle with an urgent problem: How can we protect the world’s oceans?</p>
02.06.2017
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New report from scientific experts provides a unique guide to translate Sustainable Development Goals into reality
<p>Supporting positive interactions, minimizing tradeoffs, increasing cross-sector cooperation should be priorities for policymakers</p>
12.05.2017
ICSU at the U.N. Ocean Conference
<p>ICSU will play an active role in next months’s Ocean Conference at the United Nations in New York as part of its commitment to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and ensure a robust voice for science as an advisor and convenor in the process.</p>
12.05.2017
Call for pre-proposals: Advancing the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 11 on cities in Africa
<p>As part of the 5-year “Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa” programme, the International Council for Science (ICSU), in partnership with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) will support 10 collaborative research projects across Africa (to the value of up to 90,000 Euro each over two years) that will advance the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 (sustainable cities and communities) in Africa.</p>
27.02.2017
Making a case for science at the United Nations
<p>Here, Heide Hackmann, Executive Director at ICSU, highlights key initiatives ensuring science is present within the United Nations (UN) and explains how ICSU and the scientific community can support these processes.</p>
10.02.2017
GSDR report launches in France – High level event and workshop co-organized by ICSU, UNDESA, IDDRI and IRD
<p>The <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport/2016">2016 Global Sustainable Development Report</a> (GSDR) was launched in France today at a high-level event at the French Foreign Ministry preceded by a one-day workshop at university Sciences Po. The aim of the events was to engage the francophone scientific community towards the next edition to be published in 2019.</p>
28.10.2016
The role of STI in implementing the SDGs: 2-day meeting opens in New York
<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
ICSU President highlights importance of science in Agenda 2030 at UN conference
<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
7th World Science Forum in Budapest adopts declaration
<p>ICSU, along with the <a href="http://en.unesco.org">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO) and the <a href="http://mta.hu/english">Hungarian Academy of Sciences</a>, was a co-organizer of the 7th <a href="http://www.sciforum.hu">World Science Forum</a> held from 4th to 7th November 2015 in Budapest. At the conclusion of the conference, a six-point declaration was adopted.</p>
16.11.2015
Global Sustainable Development Goals need clearer, more measurable targets, according to new report from science experts
<p>According to a new report released today by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the SDGs offer a “major improvement” over their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, the report finds that of the 169 targets beneath the 17 draft goals, just 29% are well defined and based on the latest scientific evidence, while 54% need more work and 17% are weak or non-essential.</p>
13.02.2015