The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly for 2022
The International Science Council is proud to support this International Year celebrating basic sciences.
03.12.2021
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The International Science Council is proud to support this International Year celebrating basic sciences.
03.12.2021
In the Brazilian fishing community of São Raimundo do Jarauá, getting a catch has not always been easy. But by harnessing the traditional knowledge of locals like Tanya and Gilmar and bringing them into the conversation, science practice in the Amazon can help to socially – and sustainably – maintain traditions, food supply, and income.
29.11.2021
Achieving the aims of the Paris Agreement and stablizing warming under 1.5˚C will require deep emissions cuts in the private sector. In this long-read blog, Aurélien Acquier and Pierre Peyretou explain why deep disciplinary renewal within management education is required to strengthen understanding of sustainability principles in the corporate world. They show that the topic of energy transition can lay the ground for a truly transversal and systemic understanding of climate issues and planetary boundaries, and help understand how such planetary boundaries are connected with business activities.
18.11.2021
The scientific achievements of individual scientists and scientific organizations were celebrated today in the first-ever edition of the International Science Council (ISC) Awards, which recognize excellence in the advancement of science as a global public good.
13.10.2021
Frank Sperling, IIASA, shares his reflections on issues around sustainable and transformational food production, in the context of the UN Food Systems Summit
23.09.2021
The ongoing SRI Congress is bringing together sustainability science researchers from across the world to share knowledge and foster new collaborations.
14.06.2021
The UN 2030 Agenda was launched with a promise - to leave no-one behind on the path to sustainable development. In this podcast we explore what that means for access to tools, data, and spaces of knowledge generation.
11.03.2021
ISC will work with the Sustainability in the Digital Age (SDA) initiative to further explore the opportunities and challenges that will leverage the digital revolution towards positive change.
27.11.2020
Achieving human well-being and eradicating poverty for all of the Earth’s people is still possible, but only if there is a fundamental - and urgent - change in the relationship between people and nature, and a significant reduction in social and gender inequalities between and inside countries, according to the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report.
23.09.2019
<p>The International Science Council led a parallel session on transdisciplinary research at the recent Sida Science Days in Stockholm, May 2019. Presentations from two programmes – Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) and Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA 2030 Africa) – were profiled at both the programme level as well as the project level. Dr Zarina Patel reflects on the session.</p>
28.05.2019