Future Earth launches “Rapid Foresight Survey” – COVID-19: Where do we go from here?
The survey aims to explore global risks and opportunities for recovery and transformations from COVID-19
30.03.2020
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Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the World Data System International Programme Office (Partial Submissions Allowed)
Owing to the exceptional circumstances the world is currently facing concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Science Council now welcomes even partial submissions. The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Sunday, 31 July 2020.
29.03.2020
Building resilience against biological hazards and pandemics: COVID-19 and its implications for the Sendai Framework
2020 has become the year of coping with COVID-19. This year was to be the “super year” for sustainability, a year of strengthening global actions to accelerate the transformations required for achieving the 2030 agenda. We argue that 2020 can and must be a year of both. Thus we call for more utilisation of the health-emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) framework to complement current responses to COVID-19 and the patent risk of similar phenomena in the future.
27.03.2020
Latest additions to the International Science Council COVID-19 Global Science Portal
The Portal, launched in March in response to this rapidly changing global emergency, continues to be populated with new information and commentary.
27.03.2020
Miniseries: COVID-19 and global dimensions of inequality
“We fear that 2020 will be a lost year in global development.”
25.03.2020
COVID-19 Can Help Wealthier Nations Prepare for a Sustainability Transition
While the challenge of getting the coronavirus outbreak under control is surely ominous, it merits recognizing that from a sustainability standpoint we may have a rare window of opportunity.
25.03.2020
Join the first ‘Transformation Talks’ webinar to explore how research communication can be transformative
The Transformations to Sustainability programme has launched a series of webinars on tools for transformative research communications, with the first webinar in the series due to take place on Wednesday 15 April. Registration is now open.
23.03.2020
Koi Tū, the virus and the future
ISC President-elect Peter Gluckman considers what lessons the COVID-19 pandemic has for how science interacts with policy and with society.
20.03.2020
Introducing new member of the ISC, the Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa
The Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa (SASA) joined the ISC as an Affiliate Member at the start of 2020. In this brief interview, we hear more about the society and its activities.
20.03.2020
Introducing new member of the ISC, Bilim Akademisi
Bilim Akademisi joined the ISC in 2020. In this brief interview, we hear more about the Academy and its members.
20.03.2020
