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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>In the wake of last week’s meetings at the UN on the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a group of international scientists have published a call in the journal Nature today, arguing for a set of six SDGs that link poverty eradication to protection of Earth’s life support. The researchers argue that in the face of increasing pressure on the planet’s ability to support life, adherence to out-dated definitions of sustainable development threaten to reverse progress made in developing countries over past decades.</p>
21.03.2013
<p>Today, <a href="http://www.nature.com">Nature </a>published a commentary by an international team of authors, including Gisbert Glaser from ICSU, Owen Gaffney from the <a href="http://www.igbp.ne">International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme</a> and Johan Rockstrom from the <a href="http://www.stockholmresilience.org">Stockholm Resilience Center</a>.</p>
21.03.2013
<p>The <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/en">United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs</a> (UN-DESA), ICSU and the <a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org">International Social Science Council</a> (ISSC) will jointly organize an Expert Group Meeting on “Science and Sustainable Development Goals” at UN headquarters in New York from 20-21 March.</p>
19.02.2013
<p>The United Nations has announced the list of countries that will form the Working Group on <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/">Sustainable Development Goals</a>. A total of sixty-nine countries will share thirty seats on the body charged with developing a set of goals following last year’s <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20.html">Rio + 20</a> conference.</p>
17.01.2013
<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