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The lecture provides a high-profile forum for communicating the importance and potential for science in environmental decision-making by featuring a renowned expert in that particular field. At the conference, participants develop policy recommendations and strategies to achieve science-based solutions to complex environmental problems.
[26] [27] Around 25% of the planet's ice-free land is being used to rear cattle for human consumption. [10] In the ocean, overfishing is a major cause of species loss. [16] [27] Some 300–400 million metric tons (660–880 billion lb) of heavy metals, solvents, toxic sludge, and other wastes per year enter the water cycle from industrial ...
The sixth assessment report is made up of the reports of three working groups (WG I, II, and III) and a synthesis report which concluded the assessment in early 2023. [13] The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change in August 2021 [14] [15] (WGI contribution) Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in February 2022 (WGII contribution)
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental organization established to improve communication between science and policy on issues of biodiversity and ecosystem services. [1] It serves a similar role to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [2]
The World Science Forum (WSF) is an international conference series on global science policy. Since 2003, it is organised biannually in Budapest , Hungary. The WSF traces back its origin to the first World Conference on Science , organised by UNESCO and ICSU and held in Budapest in 1999.
The International Science Youth Forum (ISYF) is a science enrichment programme for students from all over the globe.It is hosted at Hwa Chong Institution (HCI), under the Students' Science Research Club (SSRC), [2] and co-organised by Ministry of Education (Singapore), with the support of National Research Foundation, Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National ...
The International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) is a climate change denial conference series organized and sponsored by The Heartland Institute which aims to bring together those who "dispute that the science is settled on the causes, consequences, and policy implications of climate change." [1] [2] [3] The first conference took place in ...
The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly 2 December 2021 for 2022, [1] [2] [3] stressing that the applications of basic sciences are vital for advances in medicine, industry, agriculture, water resources, energy planning, environment, communications and culture, and that basic sciences rupture ...