Annual Report 2012 – ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Introduction

The challenge of sustainability came to the fore again in 2012 with the advent of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June. The Regional Office was active in the run-up to the conference and in events after the conference. The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Rio provided the platform for ICSU ROAP to showcase its work on health and well-being in the changing urban environment in Asia and the Pacific.