Launch of a new scientific report on hazards definition
Hazard Definition & Classification Review: Technical Review
29.07.2020
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Hazard Definition & Classification Review: Technical Review
29.07.2020
A newly launched monitoring exercise aims to measure how well national science systems worldwide are doing on topics such as scientific freedom and open science, and the perspectives of researchers and scientific associations are crucial.
24.07.2020
Lack of commonly shared definitions of hazards stands in the way of effective monitoring of disaster risk reduction efforts. Simon Cox explains how science, data and technology can help solve the problem.
22.07.2020
One of the most important aspects of rearticulating human development is to emphasize the need for fairness to nature and other living beings. We cannot be developed unless our lives become reconnected and in balance, cooperation and harmony with nature. A good balance between indigenous knowledge and modern science and technology can take us a long way towards this new vision of sustainable human development, says Yanfen Wang.
17.07.2020
The International Science Council announced today the appointment of an eight-member Liaison Committee that will strengthen integration of scientific knowledge from Small Island Developing States into the Council’s activities.
15.07.2020
In the face of today’s challenges, including digitalization and climate change, ensuring human development will require us to move beyond the hard-won focus on individual autonomy, agency and capacity to a new frontier that is defined by the individual in relationship to the collective, says Shoshana Zuboff.
13.07.2020
Designing and implementing integrated, context-sensitive and attainable pathways towards achieving transformation
11.07.2020
The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), an ISC Member, is collecting stories from across the world of how crystallographers are contributing to efforts to find a vaccine for COVID-19.
10.07.2020
Launched to coincide with UN talks, an expert statement calls for governing of the digital sector to support transformations to a climate-safe, sustainable, and equitable world
08.07.2020