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<p>In October 2016, 40,000+ people will meet in Quito, Ecuador for the largest cities summit in United Nations history – <a href="http://habitat3.org">Habitat III</a>. ICSU is now accepting nominations for Early Career Scientists to participate in the summit.</p>
19.07.2016
<p>The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), which is an ICSU-sponsored initiative, will come to a close at the end of this year after three decades of fostering international collaborative research and synthesis on global change.</p>
26.11.2015
<p>A unique initiative endorsed by the International Council for Science – Sustainable Deltas 2015 – (SD2015) launched today at the <a href="http://www.climatedeltaconference2014.org">‘Deltas in Times of Climate Change II International Conference’</a> in Rotterdam. The aim of the initiative is to focus attention and research on the value and vulnerability of deltas worldwide, and promote and enhance international and regional cooperation among scientists, policymakers and other stakeholders.</p>
25.09.2014
<p>The global science community celebrates 30 years of research collaboration which has contributed to fundamental breakthroughs in our understanding of the Earth System</p>
01.09.2014
<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
<p>Global emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels are set to rise again in 2013, reaching a record high of 36 billion tonnes – according to new figures from the <a href="http://www.igbp.net/">International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme’s</a> Global Carbon Project.</p>
19.11.2013
<p>A report issued by a project of the <a href="http://www.igbp.net/news/pressreleases/pressreleases/blackcarbonlargercauseofclimatechangethanpreviouslyassessed.5.4910f0f013c20ff8a5f8000152.html">International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme</a> (IGBP), providing new evidence that black carbon is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming, has triggered tremendous coverage in the media. Outlets such as the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times and the Washington Post picked up the story and reported that black carbon’s influence on climate has been greatly underestimated.</p>
25.01.2013
<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 Deliang Chen—ICSU Executive Director—gave a keynote opening speech at the <a href="https://www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/index.html">World Climate Research Programme</a> (WCRP) Open Science Conference, and was featured in a conference interview.</p>
30.12.2012
<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