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Visioning: Towards a new initiative for global sustainability research

<p>The Earth System Visioning process concluded in February with participants at the third and final meeting agreeing on key elements for a new initiative that will address the Grand Challenges for Earth System Science—delivering knowledge to enable societies to meet their sustainable development goals in the next decade.</p>

25.03.2011

ICSU releases statement on the controversy around the 4th IPCC Assessment

<p>As a scientific organization with global representation and active engagement in global environmental change research including climate change, ICSU has been closely following the ongoing controversy concerning the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Important issues have been raised in relation to both the interpretation of scientific knowledge, especially in making predictions of future developments, and the procedures used by the IPCC in its assessment.</p>

27.01.2011

Polar year comes to a close

<p>The <a href="http://www.ipy.org">International Polar Year</a> 2007–2008 (IPY), the largest polar research and education venture ever undertaken, will formally come to a close at a ceremony in Oslo on Saturday 12 June—the final day of the IPY Oslo Science Conference.</p>

10.06.2010

China to host new international disaster research programme

<p>The International Council for Science (ICSU) today announced that China will host the office of the new international programme, <a href="http://www.irdrinternational.org">Integrated Research on Disaster Risk</a> (IRDR). The International Programme Office for IRDR will be established in Beijing at the Headquarters of the <a href="http://english.ceode.cas.cn/new/">Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth</a> (CEODE)—the first time an international office of this type has been hosted in Asia.</p>

13.11.2009

A vision for Earth system research: Have your say

<p>The International Council for Science (ICSU) has launched an online consultation to gather questions that will help direct the future of Earth system research. ICSU invites the scientific community—natural and social scientists—as well as technology experts, decision-makers, and the general public, to contribute by visiting , until 15 August 2009.</p>

17.07.2009

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