Nature based solutions to natural hazard destructions appears to be economically more beneficial than any other solution, says author Roger S. Pulwarty.
01.02.2023
Scientists must connect with society, take advantage of new tools for knowledge production and expand their research with help from citizens and volunteers, writes Marine Meunier in this long-read blog. The public involved in scientific research also have a lot to gain, from the acquisition of scientific skills to a deep sense of participating in our societies’ advances.
06.01.2023
The ISC has added its support to a statement by senior international science advisors in advance of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15).
05.12.2022
Ahead of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15), the scientific community represented by the ISC calls for The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to encompass ambitious and integrated action, grounded in science, in order to halt alarming biodiversity loss and restore biodiversity as part of human wellbeing.
02.12.2022
With Stockholm+50 around the corner, we look to Future Earth's Anthropocene magazine and an article which presents the global food trade's surprising impact on biodiversity. As more food grown in wealthy nations is imported into biodiversity-rich poorer countries, it relieves pressure on wild habitats.
31.05.2022
Work begins on the new IPBES ‘Nexus’ and ‘Transformative Change’ Assessments, with co-chairs announced and leading international experts selected to contribute as authors. The International Science Council is pleased to announce that three of its nominees have been selected as lead-authors for the assessments.
07.02.2022
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, which began on Friday 3 September, is one of the world’s largest gatherings on conservation and in 2021, the first major event on conservation to have taken place since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
07.09.2021
The fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity is expected to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework at its meeting in Kunming, China, later this year.
21.07.2021
Liam N. Nash explores the growing evidence that dams could be contributing to the decline in insect populations, especially around the tropics.
18.06.2021
This World Environment Day focuses on creating ‘Generation Restoration’ to revive and protect the world’s ecosystems.
05.06.2021
