General Assembly approves plans
ICSU President Professor Catherine Brechignac speaking at the Assembly
The 30th General Assembly of ICSU commenced in Rome, Italy on 27 September and will end on 30 September. More than 250 leading scientists from around the world are gathered for this unique event to discuss and address how science can contribute to solving some of the pressing challenges facing society today. The Assembly approved ICSU’s strategic plan covering the years 2012 – 2017. Professor Indira Nath, Chair of the ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) Planning Group on Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment made a presentation of the science plan on health and wellbeing in the changing urban environment that was published by ROAP in June 2011. The Assembly endorsed plans for a new global initiative "Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment: A Systems Analysis Approach". It lays out a new conceptual framework for considering the multi-factorial nature of both the determinants and the manifestations of health and wellbeing in urban populations.
