Latest news: International Council for Science
- ICSU publishes independent mid-term review of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme
- Jan 19, 2017 ICSU has published the 2016 Review of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme, led by an independent panel whose conclusions are intended to inform the next 3-4 year phase of the program.
- New commentary published: Climate research must sharpen its view Jan 17, 2017
- A new commentary in Nature Climate Change calls on the climate research community to sharpen its focus on the fundamental questions that will need to be answered for societies to successfully respond to the challenges posed by anthropogenic climate change. The commentary is the result of a workshop organized by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), followed by a side event co-organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) at COP22 in November 2016.
- Members of Strategy Working Group and Transition Task Force appointed to develop frameworks for possible ICSU-ISSC merger Jan 10, 2017
- The International Council for Science (ICSU) and International Social Science Council (ISSC) announced today the full list of members of the Strategy Working Group (SWG) and Transition Task Force (TTF) that will develop modalities for a possible merger of the two councils.
- African Open Science Platform to boost the impact of open data for science and society Dec 12, 2016
- An initiative to establish an African Open Science Platform to promote the value and exploit the potential of Open Data for science was announced by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Naledi Pandor, at the Science Forum South Africa 2016 (SFSA) last week.
Review of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme (2016)
117th Meeting of the Executive Board, 23 and 25 October 2016
116th Meeting of the Executive Board, 14-15 April 2016
Working paper - a draft framework for understanding SDG interactions (2016)
Annual Report 2015
115th Meeting of the Executive Board, 18-19 November 2015
Twelve things we've learned on the Road to Paris
The International Council for Science and climate change (2015)
ICSU brochure
Annual Report 2014
113th Meeting of Executive Board, 4 September 2014
114th Meeting of Executive Board, 28-29 April 2015
112th Meeting of Executive Board, 29 August 2014
31st General Assembly (Auckland, New Zealand, August-September 2014)
Synthesis Report of the first Science Advice to Governments Conference (2014)
111th Meeting of Executive Board, 29-30 April 2014
110th Meeting of Executive Board, 5-6 November 2013
109th Meeting of Executive Board, 23-24 April 2013
108th Meeting of Executive Board, 15-17 November 2012
Report Officers' Meeting, February 2012
106th Meeting of Executive Board, 01 October 2011
107th Meeting of Executive Board, 2-4 April 2012
30th General Assembly Decisions
105th Meeting of Executive Board
Advisory Note "Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) System"
Sharing Scientific Data, with a Focus on Developing Countries
Advisory Note "Bias in science publishing"
104th Meeting of Executive Board
ICSU Annual Report 2010 now available
Report of the ICSU Ad-hoc Review Panel on Science Education (2011)
10th CFRS Meeting (May 2011)
Ad-hoc Strategic Coordinating Committee on Information and Data (SCCID Report)
21st CSPR Meeting (Mar 2011)
Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008
20th CSPR Meeting (Sep 2010)
Rainbow Series on Science for Sustainable Development (2002)
Optimizing Knowledge in the Information Society (2003)
Science in the information society: Improving Education and Training (2003)
Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development (2005)
Science in the information society: Decision Making and Governance (2003)
Universal Access to Scientific Knowledge (2003)
Advisory Note "Science communication" (Dec 2010)
103rd Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2010)
9th CFRS Meeting (Nov 2010)
ICSU brochure (Oct 2010)
Earth System Science for Global Sustainability: the Grand Challenges
ICSU and the International Polar Year 2007-2008
Universality of Science in the Polar Regions (April 2010)
102nd Meeting of Executive Board (Apr 2010)
Controversy around the 4th IPCC Assessment (Feb 2010)
7th CFRS Meeting (Nov 2009)
101st Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2009)
ISPRE Report on Photovoltaic and Wind Energy
ISPRE Report on Biomass
UNESCO 35th General Conference: Major Programme II, Natural Sciences (Oct 2009)
UNESCO 35th General Conference: General Policy Debate (Oct 2009)
6th CFRS Meeting (May 2009)
100th Meeting of Executive Board (Apr 2009)
Ecosystem Change and Human Wellbeing
29th General Assembly (Mozambique, 2008)
Freedom, Responsibility & Universality of Science
Scientific freedom and responsibility and the Israel-Palestine conflict (Oct 2008)
Enhancing Involvement of the Social Sciences in ICSU
Promoting the integrity of science and the scientific record (Sep 2008)
Publication practices and indices and the role of peer review in research assessment (July 2008)
ICSU-IGFA Review of the Earth System Science Partnership
Report from the ad hoc Strategic Committee on Information and Data
4th CFRS Meeting (June 2008)
5th CFRS Meeting (Oct 2008)
99th Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2008)
Review of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
Categories of ICSU Support
96th Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2007)
2nd CFRS Meeting (March 2007)
3rd CFRS Meeting (Oct 2007)
Towards a Systems Analysis Approach to Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
The Scope of Science for the International Polar Year 2007-2008
ICSU protests against death-sentence for six health workers in Libya (Jan 2007)
1st CFRS Meeting (Nov 2006)
ICSU condemns violence against scientists in Iraq
ICSU and Polar Research (2006)
Teaching of Evolution
Proposal for an International Science Panel on Renewable Energies
Priority Area Assessment on Capacity Building
ICSU and Universality of Science (2006)
External Assessment of the International Human Dimensions of Global Change Programme
A Framework for the International Polar Year 2007-2008
28th General Assembly (China, 2005)
Statutes and Rules of Procedure
Science and Society: Rights and Responsibilities
Annual Report 2005
Priority Area Assessment on Scientific Data and Information
Priority Area Assessment on Environment and its relation to Sustainable Development (2003)
Role of the ICSU Regional Offices (2003)
Policy Issues for Scientific Information (2003)
New Genetics, Food and Agriculture: Scientific Discoveries - Societal Dilemas (2003)
27th General Assembly (Brazil, 2002)
Israeli scholars (Aug 2002)
Identification of Key Emerging Issues in Science and Society: an International Perspective on National Foresight Studies
Standards for Ethics and Responsibility in Science: An Empirical Study
Review of the Committee on Science & Technology in Developing Countries
Science and Traditional Knowledge
Corporate identity guidelines
26th General Assembly (Egypt, 1999)
Access to databases : A set of principles for science in the internet era (June 2000)
Food Security: What has Science to Offer?
Independent review of ICSU
Procedures and Criteria for Appointment of ICSU Committees
8th CFRS Meeting (July 2010)
An Introduction to ICSU (2002)
ICSU slideshow presentation (2006)
ICSU Posters (2006)
ICSU and Sustainable Development (2006)
ICSU and Climate Science (2006)
ICSU booklet (2006)
6th CSPR Meeting (June 2003)
7th CSPR Meeting (Dec 2003)
8th CSPR Meeting (June 2004)
9th CSPR Meeting (Nov-Dec 2004)
10th CSPR Meeting (June 2005)
11th CSPR Meeting (Feb 2006)
12th CSPR Meeting (Sept 2006)
13th CSPR Meeting (Feb 2007)
14th CSPR Meeting (Sept 2007)
15th CSPR Meeting (Apr 2008)
16th CSPR Meeting (Oct 2008)
17th CSPR Meeting (Feb 2009)
18th CSPR Meeting (Sept 2009)
19th CSPR Meeting (Feb 2010)
88th Meeting of Executive Board (Feb 2004)
Officers Meeting (June 2004)
89th Meeting of Executive Board (Nov 2004)
90th Meeting of Executive Board (Apr 2005)
Officers Meeting (Jul 2005)
91st Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2005)
92nd Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2005)
Officers Meeting (Feb 2006)
93rd Meeting of Executive Board (Apr 2006)
Officers Meeting (Jul 2006)
94th Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2006)
Officers Meeting (Feb 2007)
95th Meeting of Executive Board (Apr 2007)
Officers Meeting (Jan 2008)
97th Meeting of Executive Board (May 2008)
Officers Meeting (Jul 2008)
98th Meeting of Executive Board (Oct 2008)
International Conference on Primary School Science and Mathematics Education
Review of the ICSU Grants Programme
Review of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Review of the World Climate Research Programme
Freedom in the conduct of science (Oct 1995)
Use of animals in research and education (July 1996)
Gene patenting (June 2002)
International science meetings (Sept 2004)
The value of basic scientific research (Dec 2004)
