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 IAP against bioweapons Members of IAP’s Biosecurity Working Group convened in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to provide input to the Preparatory Committee for the 8th Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. Announcing Institution
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 Hassan appointed to UN Council The UN Secretary General has appointed Mohamed Hassan as chair of the Governing Council of the Technology Bank for LDCs. Announcing Institution
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 United Nations Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board - update IAP and three other scientific institutes in Trieste hosted a major United Nations conference on 24 and 25 May that attracted leading scientific experts who have been tasked to provide advice to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. Announcing Institution
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 IPBES seeking expert reviewers IPBES is inviting reviews on its draft thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration and on four regional assessments (Africa, Asia Pacific, Americas, and Europe and Central Asia) on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Announcing Institution
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 Press release: United Nations Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board The 26 leading scientists of the Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary-General will meet in Trieste, Italy, on 24 and 25 May to provide insights and recommendations on the crucial role of science in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted by the United Nations in the late 2015. Announcing Institution
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 New EASAC report on EU energy policy “EU regulatory policy needs to differentiate between the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of transport fuels and deliver low-carbon market signals” says EASAC in a press release announcing it news statement on taking into account the 'Greenhouse gas footprints of different oil feedstocks' for transport fuels. Announcing Institution
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 IPBES seeks nomination of experts Governments and other relevant stakeholders, such as academies, are invited to nominate experts to participate in various IPBES biodiversity reports. Announcing Institution
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 UNEP encourages outstanding independent scientists to apply for a vacancy in 'International Waters' that will become available in July 2016 Follow the link to the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel – Global Environment Facility (GEF) announcement (deadline 18 March 2016) ... Announcing Institution
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 UNISDR Science and Technology Conference, Geneva The meeting, which brought together more than 700 researchers and other stakeholders, aimed at developing a roadmap on how best science and technology can help achieve the implementation of the 2015 Sendai Framework ... Announcing Institution
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 Technology + Society = ? Future An international conference is being organized by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts from 19 - 20 May 2016 in Podgorica. The call for abstracts is now open ... Announcing Institution
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 The importance of academies of science UNESCO's recent country profile in STI policy on Rwanda contains an article by the IAP/IAMP Coordinator on the strength of academies of science in mobilizing scientists to play a leading role in society and development ... Announcing Institution
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 A Science Funding Platform for Africa, created by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has been endorsed by African leaders The African Union (AU) endorsed the establishment of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) during the Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC). The Platform aims to stimulate breakthrough innovations in health to improve the livelihoods of marginalized and stigmatized communities ... Announcing Institution
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 Resilience of cultural heritage to hydrogeological disasters The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei issues a statement on resilience of cultural heritage to hydrogeological disasters following a conference which took place in November 2014 in Rome, Italy Announcing Institution
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 Save the date in 2016! All IAP and IAMP Member Academies are invited to the IAP Conference on Science Advice and General Assembly, 29 February - 3 March 2016, Hermanus, South Africa ... Announcing Institution
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 Academies of Science as key instruments of science diplomacy IAP has promoted science diplomacy by forming effective global and regional networks and facilitating academics to act jointly to address critical issues of global and regional importance. Follow the link to the feature article in the AAAS quarterly publication authored by IAP Co-chairs, with Peter F. McGrath, and Robin Fears ... Announcing Institution
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 IAMP releases a 'Call for Action to Strengthen Healthcare for Hearing Loss' on International Ear Care Day, 3 March 2015 The IAMP statement calls on governments and health-care providers to implement improvements to health-care provision for hearing loss ... Announcing Institution
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 Mentoring African Scientists in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research African Academy of Sciences (AAS) publishes report of the IAP-sponsored workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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 IAP Co-chair presents the new InterAcademy Partnership at the World Health Summit, Berlin, Germany "Challenges that we are facing such as climate change, growing populations, global health, food security and energy shortages need solutions from science and medicine,” explained ter Meulen, who then described how the networks of science academies (IAP, IAC and IAMP) are coming together under a new umbrella structure, the InterAcademy Partnership ... Announcing Institution
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 Disaster Risk Reduction The UNESCO International Day for Disaster Reduction is particularly dedicated to older people, to their needs and to their contribution to better planning and understanding disaster risks in their communities. Follow the link for an update on activities on disaster reduction from IAP membership ... Announcing Institution
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 Contributing to the IPBES - the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Work Programme 2014-2018 IAP Members are invited to provide early feedback ahead of the 3rd IPBES Plenary, on the draft scoping reports for the regional and sub-regional assessments of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) by 3 October 2014. Announcing Institution
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 IAP and the Biosecurity Working Group Professor Ryszard Slomski from the Polish Academy of Sciences represented IAP at the Meeting of Experts of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva in August 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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 Dirac Medal 2013 awarded to former President, The Royal Society A celebration took place at ICTP - the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, host to IAP Headquarters in Trieste, Italy, on Friday 8 August 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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 ISSC - the International Social Science Council launches a new global research funding programme The initiative is a contribution to the work of Future Earth, a global research platform that provides knowledge and support to accelerate transformations to a sustainable world ... Announcing Institution
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 Climate Change: Evidence and Causes A new publication on climate change science from The Royal Society and the US National Academy of Science, published on 27 February 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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 Science and Disaster Risk Reduction IAP encourages national science academies to raise awareness of work currently being carried out internationally to develop a new disaster risk reduction framework ... Announcing Institution
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 Heineken Prizes 2014: call for nominations Nominations are now being accepted by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for the prestigious Heineken Prizes 2014. Announcing Institution
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 Human resilience to climate change and disasters The Royal Society, UK, calls for evidence from IAP member academies ... Announcing Institution
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 3rd Global Partnership Responsible Science WEBINAIR - IAP members invited to watch and discuss the ideas and examples presented The Global Partnership will meet to promote Responsible Science in academia and industry on Thursday 24 October from 14:30-17:00 BST at the Royal Society. The event will showcase good practice approaches from a number of GP members and International Organisations in order to help create an embedded culture of Responsible Science ... Announcing Institution
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 European Commisssion FP7-funded project "CATALYST" produces Best Practice Papers CATALYST is an international initiative funded by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme FP7. It includes IAP Member Academy, TWAS, among its partners ... Announcing Institution
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 Global networks: IAP to inform policy Correspondence in Nature by IAP Co-Chairs Announcing Institution
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 European GMO Laws no longer fit, says a newly released EASAC commentary "The regulation of genome-edited plants in the European Union" calls for a radical reform of the legal framework Announcing Institution
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