The Role of Integrated Science in Understanding the Earth-Human System
As COP27 begins, Motoko Kotani writes that the need for international, transdisciplinary sustainability sciences has reached a new level of urgency
07.11.2022
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In the face of extreme weather events, coordinated global action to address climate change is needed at COP27
A few days away from the beginning of COP27, Dr Marlene Kanga analyzes the increasingly extreme weather events unfolding in Australia, underlining the urgency to act on climate and calling for immediate coordinated global action to tackle the most crucial existential challenge of our time.
04.11.2022
Perspectives from the ISC network on expectations for the COP
With COP27 around the corner and current trends indicating that containing the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C becomes increasingly unlikely, Anna Davies underlines the need for better climate adaptation processes to bridge the value-action gap relating to environmental challenges.
02.11.2022
Professor Carlos Lopes on why Africa needs to stick to renewables despite the temptation of gas
Africa has immense renewable energy potential. But a significant increase in finance, accompanied by a shift in mindsets, is needed to strengthen the business case for renewables, writes ISC Fellow Carlos Lopes.
28.10.2022
How can scientists make a difference at COP27?
With many decisions to be made at COP prepared months or even years in advance, the science community has limited leverage to change the path of negotiations once the conference begins. Yet scientists can still exert pressure by sharing their knowledge with the wider community, speaking with the media, and - in that way -generate pressure on those countries who don’t show ambition, says ISC Governing Board Member Martin Visbeck.
26.10.2022
Call for contributions for the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress (SRI 2023)
Submit a proposal for a session or an event at the world’s largest transdisciplinary gathering for the global sustainability community - SRI2023.
21.10.2022
Frontiers Planet Prize: Science for a Sustainable Planet
The International Science Council thanks for your contributions to the Frontiers Planet Prize. The applications have now closed.
20.10.2022
The scientific community can support the call for decisive action at COP27
Launching a series of perspectives on the forthcoming COP27, we take a look at some of the main issues for debate.
11.10.2022
Stories of transformations to sustainability
Climate change, environmental degradation and resource pressures have reached unprecedented levels worldwide. Achieving sustainability will depend on rapid and fundamental transformations in the ways we organize our societies and interact with the natural environment.
28.09.2022
Happy birthday to the Montreal Protocol – the most successful environmental treaty of all time?
On the anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, this long-read blog explores the lessons learned for global governance.
16.09.2022
