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- Highlights of the State of the Planet Declaration
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Apr 13, 2012
The International Council for Science was a sponsor of Planet Under Pressure, a four-day conference in London which brought together more than 3,000 experts to assess the state of the planet and explore solutions to impending social and environmental crises.
At the close of the conference, a final declaration was issued, with a view to informing the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in June, 2012.
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ICSU's new World Data System opens new International Progamme Office in Tokyo
May 16, 2012
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ICSU's new World Data System (WDS) opened its new office in Tokyo on May 9 in an official ceremony in the presence of the Hon. Tatsuo Kawabata, Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Prof. Yuan Tseh-Lee, President of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
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Vacancy: Project Coordinator
May 15, 2012
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The International Council for Science (ICSU) is seeking a Project Coordinator for an initial 18-month period, starting in July 2012.
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Government of Malaysia and ICSU sign five-year agreement to host ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
May 03, 2012
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The signing of the supplementary agreement between ICSU and the Government of Malaysia took place in Kuala Lumpur on Friday 27 April 2012.
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ICSU President Yuan Tseh Lee opens International Polar Year Conference
May 03, 2012
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ICSU President Yuan Tseh Lee was present at the opening ceremony of International Polar Year conference in Montreal on 23 April , 2012. In his speech, he celebrated IPY as a triumph of global science, in that coordination was first led by ICSU and the WMO, and subsequently the global science community took hold and assumed ownership of IPY.
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23rd International CODATA Conference - Call for abstracts, sessions and nominations
Apr 26, 2012
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On 28-31 October 2012, the 23rd International CODATA Conference “Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet” takes place in Taipei at the Academy of Sciences. This three day International event will bring scientists and policy makers from all over the world to discuss scientific data issues and challenges which impact on our planet and our society.
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How to Describe Nanomaterials – an ICSU workshop in Paris
Apr 17, 2012
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In response to requests from several groups involved in preparing standards for nanotechnology, the International Council for Science and CODATA, the ICSU Committee on Data For Science and Technology, organized a workshop on 23-24 February 2012 to consider standards for describing materials on the nanoscale. A total of 51 international experts attended, including representatives of ten international unions, ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnology, industry, government and academia, national standards development organizations and the OECD.
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Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to meet in Panama
Apr 13, 2012
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The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is a new international platform for scientists and policy makers. It is to some extent modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) and will have a similar integrated science assessment function. ICSU and its programmes for biodiversity (DIVERSITAS) and the human dimensions of environmental change (IHDP) have been strong advocates for IPBES.
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ICSU Foresight Analysis peer-reviewed
Apr 11, 2012
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A paper has been published in Science and Public Policy describing ICSU's latest foresight analysis exercise, which looks ahead to 2031 and focuses on the role of science in society's response to emerging global challenges.
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Future Earth: New global platform for sustainability research presented at Planet Under Pressure
Mar 27, 2012
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The new 10-year initiative unifying and scaling up existing ICSU-sponsored global environmental change activities, will deliver solution oriented research in partnership with society.
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Final four Rio+20 policy briefs released
Mar 19, 2012
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The final four Rio+20 policy briefs have been released by the Global Environmental Change (GEC) Research Community covering the following topics: energy security, health, well-being and green economy.
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Workshop on the Description of Nanomaterials
Feb 16, 2012
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The International Council for Science (ICSU), and CODATA, the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology, are sponsoring a two-day round-table workshop on 23 and 24 February 2012 designed to bring together international scientific experts from diverse fields to review the present status of description systems for nanomaterials and to bring the views of the scientific community to the attention of groups actively engaged in developing standardized nanomaterials descriptions.
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ICSU on Twitter and Facebook
Feb 14, 2012
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ICSU is now active on Twitter and Facebook. We're looking forward to connect with you on these platforms.
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ICSU’s new Executive Director appointed
Jan 06, 2012
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The International Council for Science welcomes Dr. Steven Wilson as Executive Director. Dr. Wilson will provide important leadership as ICSU seeks to implement its newly approved second Strategic Plan 2012–2017.
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Advisory Note on access to shared data to reduce global inequality
Feb 15, 2012
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A recent Advisory Note of the ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS) aims to help scientists in developing countries contribute effectively to scientific progress and reduce the brain drain of scientists from developing to developed countries.
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Position statement on Gene Patenting
Feb 07, 2012
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The ICSU position on Gene Patenting has been up-dated in the light of scientific and legal developments.
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Report now available: ICSU-UNESCO Regional Science and Technology workshops
Jan 27, 2012
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The synthesis report from the ICSU-UNESCO Rio+20 Regional Science and Technology workshops is now available, giving overarching and regional recommendations for Rio+20.
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World Data System names its new Executive Director
Jan 19, 2012
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Mustapha Mokrane has been appointed as Executive Director of WDS and Head of its newly established International Programme Office.
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Towards a framework for Future Earth
Jan 17, 2012
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The second meeting of the Transition Team, the committee designing ‘Future Earth – research for global sustainability’, was held on 9-11 December 2011 in San Francisco. As outlined in the meeting summary, further progress was achieved in defining a conceptual framework, a research strategy and a governance for Future Earth.
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“Future Earth” is born
Dec 13, 2011
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“Future Earth – research for global sustainability” will be the name of the new ten-year initiative on Earth system research for global sustainability being established through the partnership of ICSU, ISSC, the Belmont Forum, UNESCO, UNEP and UNU, with WMO as observer.
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