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<p>Supporting positive interactions, minimizing tradeoffs, increasing cross-sector cooperation should be priorities for policymakers</p>
12.05.2017
<p>The <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport/2016">2016 Global Sustainable Development Report</a> (GSDR) was launched in France today at a high-level event at the French Foreign Ministry preceded by a one-day workshop at university Sciences Po. The aim of the events was to engage the francophone scientific community towards the next edition to be published in 2019.</p>
28.10.2016
<p>International efforts to shape the future of cities need to have a clear plan for addressing the urgent sustainability challenges facing cities, said urban researchers today at a press briefing in Quito, Ecuador.</p>
20.10.2016
<p>On the 24th May, the Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme of ICSU will host a side event at the <a href="http://www.unep.org/environmentassembly/un-environment-assembly">2nd UN Environment Assembly</a> (UNEA-2).</p>
24.05.2016
<p>ICSU took part in the second preparatory session for the <a href="http://www.wcdrr.org">Third World Disaster Risk Reduction Conference</a> at the UN in Geneva from Nov 17-18. As the organizing partner of the Science and Technology Major Group, ICSU convened a delegation of more than 20 representatives from Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa drawn from research organizations, ICSU’s IRDR programme and ICSU’s Regional Offices and partner organizations such as the IAP.</p>
20.11.2014
<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>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 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>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