During these two information and exchange sessions, the ISC secretariat, led by the Global Policy Unit, presented key developments regarding the ISC’s work at the global science-policy interface, and discussed priorities and upcoming opportunities for membership engagement in 2024. The session provided an overview of the range of thematic areas and UN processes within which the ISC is engaged and identified opportunities for ISC Members to engage in policy-related activities.
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📌 ISC at the United Nations
📌 ISC strategy in the intergovernmental system
🏛 The ISC’s a liaison office for the United Nations in New York regularly engages in UN policy processes working with New York-based multilateral institutions and countries’ representations to advance the ISC’s work at the global science-policy interface
🤝 Creation of a Group of Friends on Science for Action at the United Nations
🤝 FAO and ISC join forces in 2023 to strengthen science-policy interfaces for agrifood systems
🤝 ISC and WHO signed a partnership agreement in 2022
🤝 ISC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) signed MoU in 2022 to cooperate on advancing the use of science in environmental policy and decision-making
👉 The ISC, together with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), is a co-organizing partner of the UN Scientific and Technological Community Major Group
👉 ISC’s environmental work: Strategic Foresight, GEO-7, plastic pollution
👉 The ISC at the 2023 High-level Political Forum
👉 High-level group leading the ISC’s strategy in the intergovernmental system
💡 International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA)
📃 Policy Brief: Global Sea-Level Rise
📃 Policy Brief: Creating a Strong Interface between Science, Policy and Society to Tackle Global Plastic Pollution
📃 Report for the Mid-Term Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
📃 Hazard Information Profiles: Supplement to UNDRR-ISC Hazard Definition & Classification Review – Technical Report
📃 Policy Brief: Using UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles to manage risk and implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
📅 25 January 2024
| 16:00 – 16:05 UTC | Welcome (Alison Meston, ISC Communications Director) |
| 16:05 – 16:15 UTC | The ISC strategy in the multilateral system and overview of activities (Anne-Sophie Stevance, Head of the ISC Global Science Policy Unit) |
| 16:15 – 16:20 UTC | Activity highlight: Working with the UN secretariat and UN members states in New York (Morgan Seag, ISC Liaison to the UN system) |
| 16:20 – 16:25 UTC | Activity highlight: Technical guidance and international standards – the example of the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles (Helene Jacot des Combes, ISC Project Manager) |
| 16:25 – 16:30 UTC | Member’s feedback in working with the ISC Secretariat: The example of the negotiations around a plastic Treaty (Margaret Spring, Chair of ISC working group on plastic pollution) |
| 16:30 – 17:00 UTC | Discussion moderated by Alison Meston, ISC Communications Director |
📅 1 February 2024
| 08:00 – 08:05 UTC | Welcome (Alison Meston, ISC Communications Director) |
| 08:05 – 08:15 UTC | The ISC strategy in the multilateral system and overview of activities (Anne-Sophie Stevance, Head of the ISC Global Science Policy Unit) |
| 08:15 – 08:20 UTC | Activity highlight: Representing the international scientific community in global policy fora on the SDGs: the Science Technology and Innovation Forum and the High-Level Political Forum (Anda Popovici, ISC Science Officer) |
| 08:20 – 08:25 UTC | Activity highlight: Co-delivering evidence-based foresight with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (James Waddell, ISC Science Officer and Political Affairs Liaison) |
| 08:25 – 08:30 UTC | Member’s feedback in working with the ISC Secretariat: Championing science diplomacy (María Estelí Jarquín, ISC Committee on Outreach and Engagement) |
| 08:30 – 08:35 UTC | Strengthening capacities of ISC Members in scientific advice (Kristiann Allen, Executive Secretary of the International Network for Government Science Advice – INGSA) |
| 08:35 – 09:00 UTC | Discussion moderated by Alison Meston, ISC Communications Director |
