SciDev.Net

New policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector should take into account the effects on small farms, say scientists.

The role of intermediaries between scientists and policymakers in boosting science communication has been endorsed by an international survey.

The Uganda National Academy of Science will trial a new pairing scheme where scientists shadow MPs and vice versa.

Science communicators from across the globe have put together a series of recommendations for better communicating climate change.

The UK government has launched a new strategy to help developing countries apply technology to the needs of the poor.

Collective commitment and better engagement are needed to further African science, say members of the ministerial council on science and technology.

Africa's science academies are improving their engagement with policymakers, but anticipate further challenges ahead.

Delegates at a workshop in Kenya agree that links between scientists and politicians must improve to move science and technology up the agenda.

Rwanda's first science research council will coordinate the country's research and promote the value of science to the public.

African science academies call for governments to include them in improving and assessing policy decisions, particularly in the run-up to the AU summit.

A research centre set to open in Pakistan will help Muslim countries create effective science policies and systems of innovation.

South African journals have been urged to raise the profile of the research they publish by creating open-access Internet editions as soon as possible.

Delegates at a meeting last week urged the South African government to make more use of scientific advice.

China's annual national science awards have, for the first time, included prizes for science popularisation.

Africa's science academies should play a bigger role in advising their governments on policy issues, a conference in Kenya has heard.

The Pakistani government will host 24 symposia and offer new prizes under a two-year initiative to promote the socioeconomic benefits science can bring.

Decisions on how to allocate international aid must take greater account of science, say development specialists.

Scientific research must feed into health policy to curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic, said researchers at a conference in Brazil this week.

UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will be told this week that developing countries need to find better ways of using both science and science advice.

At the launch of the 4th World Conference of Science Journalists, a leading Canadian aid agency heralded the role of science journalists in decision-making.