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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.

LETTER | 16 September 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 33.69%

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.

NEWS | 13 July 2009 | EN | FR | Relevance: 35.52%

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.

NEWS | 3 July 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 100.00%

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.

NEWS | 3 July 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 30.98%

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.

OPINION | 30 June 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 76.70%

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.

EDITORIAL | 26 June 2009 | EN | ES | 中文 | Relevance: 61.99%

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%

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