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Sustainable human development means living in harmony with nature
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
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Liaison Committee appointed to strengthen links with the SIDS scientific community
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
The challenge of the next decade is to make the digital century compatible with democracy
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
Designing and implementing integrated, context-sensitive and attainable pathways towards achieving transformation
11.07.2020
Crystallographers unite to tackle coronavirus
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
Science, Government, and Business Leaders say achieving SDGs requires Digital Governance
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
We become what we think: the key role of mindsets in human development
Jürgen Nagler provides seven points on rethinking human development from a ‘mindset’ point of view.
08.07.2020
LIRA2030 research informs implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Mozambique
Research by early-career scientists funded through the LIRA2030 programme is highlighted in Mozambique’s Voluntary National Review on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which will be presented at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development later this week.
07.07.2020
What’s the point of virus taxonomy?
Stuart Siddell and Andrew Davison of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), a Committee of ISC Member the International Union of Microbiology Societies, look at how viruses get their names, and why those names matter.
06.07.2020
