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<p>Around 30 leading scientists from the natural and social sciences gathered at the UN headquarters in New York from March 20-21 to debate frameworks for the <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/">Sustainable Development Goals</a> and to provide scientific input to the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs.</p>
26.03.2013
<p>The Forum was a great success, bringing together leading international scientists, policy-makers, industry, NGOs, journalists and youth from more than 75 countries. Over 1,000 people attended the event, with another 1,000 watching the live webcast and many more interacting via social media. Recommendations from the sessions are now online, alongside the live blog, recordings of the sessions and other information.</p>
11.01.2013
<p>ICSU asserts that the best interdisciplinary research should underpin the development of goals, targets and indicators at global, regional and national levels.</p>
11.01.2013
<p>Between April and October 2011, ICSU and <a href="http://www.unesco.org">UNESCO </a>held five Rio+20 regional science and technology workshops: for Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Arab States, and Europe.</p>
08.01.2013
<p>Professor Yuan Tseh Lee represented the Scientific and Technological Major Group at the opening of <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20">Rio+20</a>, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development with the following statement.</p>
22.06.2012
<p>The Forum brings together leading international scientists, policy-makers and other stakeholders to explore the key role of interdisciplinary science and innovation in the transition to sustainable development, a green economy and poverty eradication. The aim is to help establish the research, technology and policy agendas that will be needed after <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20">Rio+20</a>.</p>
01.06.2012
<p>The <a href="https://www.ipbes.net/">Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services</a> (IPBES) is a new international platform for scientists and policy makers. It is to some extent modelled on the <a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/">Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change</a> (IPCC) and will have a similar integrated science assessment function. ICSU and its programmes for biodiversity (DIVERSITAS) and the human dimensions of environmental change (IHDP) have been strong advocates for IPBES.</p>
13.04.2012
<p>A paper has been published in Science and Public Policy describing ICSU’s latest foresight analysis exercise, which looks ahead to 2031 and focuses on the role of science in society’s response to emerging global challenges.</p>
11.04.2012
<p>The first five <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20">Rio+20</a> policy briefs have been released by the Global Environmental Change (GEC) programmes. The policy briefs specifically target policy-makers in the Rio+20 process, aiming to give them access to the latest scientific thinking on sustainable development.</p>
11.01.2012