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EPFL/UNESCO Chair International Conference on Technologies for Development
ANNOUNCEMENT | Closing date: 30 November 2009 | EN | Relevance: 39.26%
Uniting drylands research could halt looming crisis
Scientists have urged the UN's desertification convention to unite research on land degradation and so convince policymakers to take action.
NEWS | 28 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 33.29%
International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC 2010)
EVENT | 26 - 30 July 2010 | EN | Relevance: 46.37%
ICIMOD competition for journalists on climate
ANNOUNCEMENT | Closing date: 15 December 2009 | EN | Relevance: 31.60%
Policy can't be based on scientific evidence alone
Scientific evidence cannot be the only thing that politicians consider in making policy, says UK chief scientific adviser John Beddington.
The challenge of reporting on climate change and health
Reporting on how climate change affects health is a real challenge — screen your sources and find reliable experts, says Asefaw Getachew.
OPINION | 9 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 37.96%
8th Annual LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo
EVENT | 9 December 2009 | EN | Relevance: 50.11%
Using research findings to write better stories
Tips on how journalists can find, understand and use research findings to add weight to their stories.
PRACTICAL GUIDES | 26 August 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 66.99%
The curse of policy-based evidence
Journalists and scientists must guard against policymakers using science to legitimise pre-chosen and politically-motivated policies.
EDITORIAL | 13 August 2009 | EN | ES | 中文 | Relevance: 47.03%
More support for African higher education, say ministers
New tactics in the drive to improve higher education in Africa were put forward at a UNESCO meeting.
NEWS | 13 July 2009 | EN | Relevance: 31.40%
Plea for African digital libraries
As digital libraries surge ahead internationally, Africa is falling behind, a conference has heard.
Global Canopy Programme
The Global Canopy Programme (GCP) is an alliance of over 30 scientific institutions in 19 countries that work on forest canopy research, education and conservation. In addition to supporting research projects, GCP is active in informing policymakers and working with governments and the finance...
LINK | 8 July 2009 | EN | Relevance: 38.53%
Subsidiary body
A committee that assists the conference of the parties. Two permanent ones are defined by the Convention on Climate Change: the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
DEFINITIONS | 7 July 2009 | Relevance: 33.70%
Conference of the Parties (COP)
The collection of nations that have ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), that was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The COP currently has more than 150 countries represented, and about 50 additional observer states. Its primary role is to keep the implementation of the Convention under review and to take the decisions necessary for the effective implementation of the Convention.
DEFINITIONS | 7 July 2009 | Relevance: 31.46%
Cairo to host next world science journalists' conference
An African country is to host the World Conference of Science Journalists for the first time.
Subsidised access may be behind developing country research boom
The leaders of schemes to subsidise access to journals claim some credit for the dramatic rise in developing world research output.
Science journalism: How scientists can help
Science journalism has an important role to play in scrutinising science and engaging with the media, says a Nature editorial.
Beware scientific fundamentalism
Science journalists should aim to be "informed critics" of science, supporting its values but wary of backing everything said in its name.
How the media is creating a climate for change
IPCC chair R. K. Pachauri calls on journalists to maintain focus on the scientific rationale for action in their coverage of climate change.
OPINION | 24 June 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 37.90%
Good news for developing world science journalists
Science journalists in the developing world can help bring science news to a global public, says senior Harvard fellow Cristine Russell.
OPINION | 24 June 2009 | EN | Relevance: 87.78%
