- Response to the needs of scientists in crisis must become more dependable, Science Business, 16 June 2022
- Academic Groups Urge Global Support for Ukraine’s Displaced Scientists, Al-Fanar Media, 7 June 2022 [also available in Arabic]
- Science in Exile Declaration is a Call to Action, Research Professional/Research Europe, 26 May 2022
- Universities start scoping out how to help Ukrainian academics fleeing the war, Science Business, 8 March 2022
- Omicron : le racisme est-il la raison pour laquelle les preuves sud-africaines d’une infection plus légère ont été ignorées ? [Omicron: Is racism the reason why South African evidence of a less serious infection have been ignored?], BBC News Afrique, 24 January 2022
- Leading South African COVID scientist accuses West of racism over skeptical response to country’s Omicron research, Fortune, 21 January 2022
- Scientific community must act to restore publishing’s purpose, Research Professional News, 18 January 2022
- Eine kleine Geschichte der Klimaforschung [A little history of climate research], Wiener Zeitung, 30 December 2021
- Launch of African crystallography association signals continent’s plans to grow this field, Chemistry World, 13 December 2021
- New film shines light on Western Sydney University’s work to secure sustainable future for farming, Mirage News, 1 December 2021
- Science community steps up to reform open access, Nature, 30 November 2021
- ‘Systemic reform of science needed for a sustainable future’, Research Professional News, 3 November 2021
- We need to undo systems and structure of violence, Daily Monitor, 20 September 2012
- Q&A: Multilateralism ‘failed badly’ during COVID-19, SciDev.Net, 6 September 2021
- Biodiversity dividend, Bangkok Post, 16 August 2021
- Nearly 100,000 scientists, doctors and engineers have left Venezuela (in Portuguese), Noticias ao Minuto, 3 August 2021
- Scientists warn of ‘immense mental health impact’ of climate change, The National, 3 August 2021
- Ana Raquel Nunes: ‘Extreme weather reveals the fragility of people and places’, The Observer, 1 August 2021.
- A Nexus Approach To Water, Energy & Food Security Crucial —African Cities Urged, Graphic Online, 19 July 2021
- “This must be done if we want to be a great power”: what is green chemistry and how science helps to save the planet [in Russian], Forbes, 19 July 2021
- Inorms 2021: Advancing research integrity, Research Professional News, 10 June 2021
- ISC speaks out against Covid-related attacks on researchers, Research Professional News, 3 June 2021
- Scientists aim for global mechanism to tame disasters, China Daily, 21 May 2021
- International Science Council urges ‘universal’ open access, Research Professional News, 8 April 2021
- Cet été, à l’automne, plus tard… quand sortira-t-on de la crise sanitaire ? [This summer, this fall, or later… when will we be past the health crisis?] L’Express, 24 March 2021
- Martin Blachier, l’épidémiologiste rassuriste de la troisième vague [Martin Blachier, the reassuring epidemiologist of the third wave] L’Express, 23 March 2021
- La incidència de la Covid cau a tot el món, però els experts demanen mantenir l’alerta [The incidence of Covid is falling around the world, but experts call for continued vigilence]
Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, 22 February 2021 - „Es fehlt an Begründung“ Laschets eigene Beraterin kritisiert seine Corona-Politik
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 22 February 2021 - ‘Selfish nations and vaccine hesitancy could spell disaster’
Research Professional News, 18 February 2021 - Future scenarios for the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet, 16 February 2021 - ‘Follow Your Dreams’: Malaysia’s First Astrophysicist Dares To Go To Infinity And Beyond
Rojak Daily, 11 February 2021 - Transición energética y Ecopetrol (Energy Transition and Ecopetrol)
La Opinión, 30 January 2021 - Japan’s top science advice group battles government over independence and identity
Science, 7 January 2021 - Covid-19: la necesidad de un nuevo pacto social por la ciencia [COVID-19: the need for a new pact for science]
The Conversation, 27 December 2020 - Global science chief urges Suga to explain Japan science council controversy
Japan Times, 18 December 2020 - Japan urged to explain explain science council controversy: int’l body head
The Mainichi, 18 December 2020 - Japan gov’t shifting focus in debate over status of science council
The Mainichi, 7 December 2020 - Academic groups shine global spotlight on Suga’s rejections
The Asahi Shimbun, 3 December 2020 - Young scientists in Malaysia have made integrity training fun and relevant
Nature, 3 November 2020 - Canada’s New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization Announces MOU with Ocean Networks Canada
Education News Canada, 15 June 2020 - From COVID-19 crisis comes opportunity to rethink risk
Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 1 June 2020 - Africa’s city boom begs for home-grown knowledge
SciDevNet, 29 May 2020 - Maersk commits 300 commercial ships in support of ocean and climate science
The Maritime Post, 28 May 2020 - Lagos is getting less rain, but more heavy storms. What it can do to prepare
The Conversation, 2 April 2020 - Tackling Climate Change with COVID-19 Urgency
Project Syndicate, 1 April 2020 - The risks of not sharing data are greater than the costs
Times Higher Education, 8 February 2020 - ‘If Antarctica ice melts global sea level will rise by 50 metres’ (on the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research)
The Sunday Guardian Live, 7 December 2019 - Shedding A New Light on Egyptian Mummies (on the ISC-funded LAMMP project)
ScienceBlog, 22 November 2019 - World Science Forum in Budapest next week
Budapest Business Journal, 15 November 2019 - Protons are even smaller than scientists thought, experiment reveals
Chemistry World, 8 November 2019 - ‘Location-specific’ blocks on journal access could be OA ‘interim solution’
Times Higher Education Supplement, 8 November 2019 - ISC on new and innovative collaborative methods
Scitech Europa, 3 November 2019 - Sostenibilidad y digitalización: en una relación complicada [Sustainability and digitalisation: it’s complicated]
Excelsior, 25 September 2019 - Nachhaltigkeit in einer digitalisierten Welt? [No sustainability without digitalization?]
FrankfurterRundschau, 22 September 2019 - Africa: Nine research projects on sustainable cities, promoted by LIRA 2030 Africa
Afrik21, 23 June 2019 - Global conference turns spotlight on academic woes in Hungary
Research Europe, 12 June 2019 - Can a dire ecological warning lead to action?
Science, 10 May 2019 - Australia warned against leaving global science group over costs
Times Higher Education, 17 April 2019 - International science engagement pays dividends for Australia
Scimex, 17 April 2019 - Minding the Gap: A Hope for Sustainable Development in The Bahamas
Eyewitness News, 17 April 2019 [refers to International Social Science Council report] - Quelles alternatives contre la problématique du développement urbain durable en Afrique? L’ANSTS pose le débat avec des scientifiques nationaux et internationaux
DakarMedias, 28 March 2019 - Repenser de manière durable l’avenir des villes
Sud Quotidien, 28 March 2019 - Technologies émergentes et innovantes en Afrique : Les scientifiques pour un changement de paradigme dans la pratique
Le Quotidien, 23 March 2019 - L’ANSTS pose la reflexion
Sud Quotidien, 23 March 2019 - Climate research for the twenty-first century
Nature Climate Change, 25 February 2019 - Oman to host ISC meeting in 2021
Oman Daily Observer, 15 February 2019 - Contemplating the future of freedom
Borneo Post, 15 February 2019 - Tempers flare when meteorologists discuss commercial weather data
Space News, 25 January 2019 - ‘Nigeria needs solar energy to address its power crisis’
The Guardian Nigeria, 9 January 2019 - National science forum focuses on solutions and features the fledgling Spring Bots
City Press, 13 December 2018 - Mit Westentaschen-Parks gegen die Hitze der Stadt [Pocket-size parks against the heat of the city]
Der Tagesspiegel, 12 December 2018 - La interacción de las cuatro culturas [The interaction of the four cultures]
El Mundo, 2 December 2018 - Experts Urge African Scholars to Embrace Research in Planning
Kenya 24 news, 18 October 2018 - Science Council to Ayatollah: No Grounds for Jailing American Grad Student
PJ Media, 17 October 2018 - Boost universities’ research capacity, experts tell state
The Standard, 14 October 2018 - Anchor Big Four Agenda on research to avoid guesswork-experts
Capital FM Kenya, 10 October 2018 - Science Diplomacy and Future Worlds
Science & Diplomacy, 13 September 2018 - International Science Council launched in Paris with aims to rebuild trust in science
The Ecologist, 19 July 2018 - Academies join forces in fight back against policymakers ignoring scientific evidence
Science Business, 6 July 2018 - Global Science body promises to reach poor regions
SciDev Net, 6 July 2018
- America’s Corn Belt is making its own weather
Science Magazine, 16 February 2018 - Blurring disciplinary boundaries
Science Magazine, 24 November 2017 - Science academies, ERF advance SDG4
The Guardian Nigeria, 27 July 2017 - ICSU presents research on SDGs interactions
IISD, 13 July 2017 - Linking up the SDGs: The key to food and nutrition security
IFPRI Blog, 7 July 2017 - Health as a critical enabler and outcome of achieving the SDGs
Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, 30 June 2017 - Fears of SDG clashes overblown
SciDev.Net, 13 June 2017 - A Scientific Method for the SDGs
Project Syndicate, 6 June 2017 - Focus on interactions to make the SDGs a success: Our key message for the Ocean Conference
IISD, 5 June 2017 - Want to protect the oceans? Time to consider the wider world of development
World Economic Forum, 2 June 2017 - You need to understand SDG interactions, here’s why
T20 Germany, 19 May 2017 - With the SDGs everything is connected
GreenBiz, 17 May 2017 - I’ve referred to Kate Raworth’s doughnut model
Exoteric Environmentalism, 17 May 2017
- I’ve referred to Kate Raworth’s doughnut model
Exoteric Environmentalism, 17 May 2017
- El Salvador hosts Int’l Council for Science’s Regional Headquarters
Prensa Latina, 12 May 2016 - Science has a key part to play in planning the future of cities
Citiscope, 4 April 2016 - Policy: Urban physics
Nature Outlook, 16 March 2016 - ICSU promotes a systems approach to urban health and wellbeing
Nature Outlook sponsored feature, 16 March 2016 - Q&A: Shake-up at ICSU
SciDev.Net, 1 February 2016 - Africa: Science – Not Just a Western Sector, It Can Help Africa Too
Allafrica.com, 20 January 2016 - Science organisations sign open data access accord.
SciDev.Net, 5 January 2016 - ‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
The Onion, 12 November 2015 (Note that this is a satirical article and all information in it is fabricated, including quotes by ICSU President Gordon McBean, who did not speak to The Onion).
- UN ignores science council warnings in creating vast Sustainable Development Goals
Fox News, 29 September 2015 - World set to embark on UN sustainable goals to eradicate poverty
New Scientist, 22 September 2015 - Experts divided over value of UN sustainable development goals
Financial Times, 15 September 2015
- Chipotle’s junk science on GMOs
Los Angeles Times, 29 April 2015 - Policy: Five priorities for the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Nature, 20 April 2015 - UN warned of pitfalls of vague SDG targets
SciDevNet, 17 February 2015 - Sustainable goals from U.N. under fire
Science, 12 February 2015 - New development goals risk failure without clearer targets, scientists warn
Thomson Reuters AlertNet, 12 February 2015 - Global science programme to focus on urban wellbeing – BBC, 9 December 2014
- A global vision – Nature, 18 November 2014
- Sustainability and science for all – interview with ICSU president Yuan Tseh Lee
International Innovation, October 2013 - The Outer Space Treaty Promised Peace In Space
Discovery News, 10 October 2013 - Scientists upbeat about their role in development goals
SciDevNet, 3 April 2013 - At Rio, a new contract for science?
Chinadialogue, 20 June 2012
- If you were in Rio…
Chinadialogue, 18 June 2012 - ‘We told you so,’ and other final messages from the Science Forum
SciDevNet, 17 June 2012 - Harnessing New Scientific Capacity
Science, 15 June 2012 - UNsustainable?
Science, 15 June 2012 - Rio+20 Earth summit: scientists call for action on population
The Guardian, 14 June 2012 - ICSU to launch global initiative for monitoring urban health
SciDevNet, 14 June 2012
- Science is key to our sustainable future
Al Jazeera, 9 June 2012 - ‘Rio+20 deveria propor IPCC da sustentabilidade’
Estado de São Paulo, 18 April 2012
- Planet is in critical state, warns science declaration
SciDevNet, 30 March 2012 - International alliance will tackle global change
Nature, 28 March 2012 - Just how inclusive is ‘Future Earth’?
SciDevNet, 28 March 2012 - Q&A: Yuan Tseh Lee on achieving sustainability
SciDevNet, 26 March 2012
- Scientist “muzzling” draws foreign attention
Embassy, 19 March 2012 - Anxious wait for scientists on Rio+20 talks
SciDevNet, 19 March 2012 - How Rio+20 can herald a constitutional moment
The Guardian, 15 March 2012 - Rio Summit may ‘ignore’ forests, warn scientists
SciDevNet, 9 March 2012 - Global alliance to study planetary changes revealed
SciDevNet, 6 March 2012