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Countries recommend prioritizing economic sectors and broad multistakeholder participation at start of process to integrate science in the SDGs

Based on their experience pilot countries Ghana Kenya and Serbia have recommended that other countries begin the process of developing a roadmap for weaving science technology and innovation into the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs by prioritizing economic sectors and ensuring broad multistakeholder participation in the process

A vision of African development that prioritizes people and nature

The firstever continentwide gathering of African leaders citizens and interest groups with a focus on protected areas is taking place in Kigali Rwanda from 18 to 23 July The overarching objective of the IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress is to foster dialogue and empower the current and the next generation of leaders to realize an African future in which biodiversity is valued as an essential component of development with greater understanding of the role that healthy ecosystems play in delivering the services that underpin human welfare and livelihoods

First IUCN Africa Protected Area Congress

Kigali - July 18, 2022 - July 23, 2022

New assessment offers options to ensure sustainable use

Today the Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES released its Thematic Assessment of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species in Bonn Germany This assessment has been prepared in partnership with UNESCO one of the four main institutional United Nations partners of IPBES along with UNEP FAO and UNDP

Ceremony stresses leadership of 30 exceptional young female scientists

UNESCOs Assistant DirectorGeneral for Natural Sciences Shamila NairBedouelle smiled at the young women sitting in the front rows of the packed room at UNESCO headquarters in Paris They may be young she told the assembled guests but these inspiring women are already contributing to improving our lives and wellbeing They are advancing knowledge in a wide range of scientific fields and using their exceptional talents to bring us closer to our ultimate goal sustainable development

Cat VIII - Symposia

New Horizons for Science Diplomacy: InsSciDE Concluding Conference

Paris - June 24, 2022

UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves

UNESCO has approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 9 countries including three countries for the first time Chad Georgia and Zambia Two existing biosphere reserves in Spain have also been extended With the new designations the World Network of Biosphere Reserves totals 738 sites in 134 countries

Cat VI – Expert Committee

First meeting of the Working Group on Open Science Funding and Incentives

Paris - June 9, 2022

An exceptional ceremony to celebrate outstanding women scientists: 15 International Laureates and 30 Rising Talents

On 23 June the Fondation LOréal and UNESCO will be celebrating 45 eminent women scientists from over 35 countries and all regions of the world at an unprecedented For Women in Science International Awards Ceremony being held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

Stockholm+50: taking stock of the first international UN conference on the environment

Cat VI – Expert Committee

First meeting of the Working Group on Open Science Policies and Policy Instruments

Cat VI – Expert Committee

First meeting of the Working Group on Open Science Capacity Building

UNESCO flying high at United Nations’ Science, Technology and Innovation Forum

The Seventh Annual MultiStakeholder Forum on Science Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals STI Forum is taking place from 5 to 6 May in New York in a hybrid format In addition to the main programme there have been a number of preevents and side events throughout the forum that have tackled issues ranging from disaster risk reduction to energysaving technologies such as Tiny Machine Learning and green hydrogen