The following is a dynamic listing of IAP content organized by topic. Select a topic at the top of the screen or in the menu just below this paragraph to quickly locate relevant meetings, projects, press releases, programs, articles, statements, reports, forums etc. This listing does not contain all IAP website content; items are selected for inclusion based on their popularity among site visitors.
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20 May 2013
Water and Biodiversity is the theme for International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) in 2013. Follow the link for more information and recent results of IAP-funded projects ...
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Project Partners: Sudanese National Academy of Sciences; Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology; Pakistan Academy of Sciences.
Deserts covers one fifth of the Earth’s land surface. Biodiversity includes all organisms, species, and populations. Due to harsh climate in deserts, only ...
Topics: Climate Change, Environment
Project Type: Workshop, Conference
Latest Update: 20 May 2013
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30 Apr 2013
IAMP and the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM), are calling for nominations of experts from IAMP and FEAM Member Academies, interested in participating in a workshop on “Integrated Education in One Health”. The workshop, hosted by the Hungarian Academy of ...
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22 Mar 2013
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. In 2013 World Water Day will share the topic of Water Cooperation. Celebrated since 1993, World Water Day has grown ...
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3 Apr 2013
The Conference, hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam in Arusha, Tanzania from 15-18 October 2013 will bring together decision-makers and climate researchers, scientists and applications specialists from Africa and around the world to: identify the state of knowledge on the African ...
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24 February 2013 – 27 February 2013
March 2013: Update - The online Agenda now contains links to the presentations
The IAP Conference on "Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovations: Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development" will be hosted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, ...
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Rio de Janeiro
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The world’s 105 science academies are today (Thursday 14 June 2012) highlighting the global challenges of population and consumption and calling upon world leaders to take decisive action. "We are delighted that the world’s science academies have chosen to come together to ...
Release Date: 14 Jun 2012
Copyright: IAP June 2012
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1 Sep 2012
Professor Martyn Poliakoff, Foreign Secretary, The Royal Society, UK, will be giving the prize lecture on "Engineering a better world through greem chemistry" at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus on 18 October 2012. This prize lecture, first given in 1952, is an ...
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14 March 2012 – 17 March 2012
An AASSA Regional Workshop
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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12 January 2010 – 15 January 2010
IAP Conference and General Assembly 2010 (12-15 January 2010), hosted by The Royal Society in London, UK, to mark the celebration of the Society's 350th Anniversary.
The IAP Conference Communiqué ...
"Biodiversity is the term used to ...
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10 July 2012 – 12 July 2012
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (ASMIC) 2012 on "Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for Socio-Economic Transformation - Strategic Drivers for High Income Economy" will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 10-12 July 2012.
The focus areas of the ...
Taming Sari Grand Ballroom
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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30 Apr 2012
The combination of changes in population and current levels of consumption is likely to have far reaching and long-lasting consequences for the finite planet and will impact on future generations as well as our own. These impacts raise serious concerns and challenges us to consider the relationship between people and the planet. Read the latest Report published by the Royal Society ...
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9 Mar 2012
TWAS has issued its 2012 Call for Applications
Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries...
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden Sogang University Academy for Scientific Culture (SASC), Korea Seoul National University Center for Theoretical Physics, Korea share experiences, polices, and developments about science communication between Korea and other countries of IAP member ...
Topics: Science Communication, Environment, Energy
Project Type: Workshop, Conference
Latest Update: 23 Jan 2012
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Mexican Academy of Sciences with Academies of Science of Brazil and Argentina, this project aims to build the championship by IAP member academies of water management issues in their home countries and share experiences and knowledge, especially on sustainable management of urban water cycles.
Topics: Environment, Water
Latest Update: 6 Dec 2011
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Led by IAP member KAST (Korean Academy of Science and Technology) in partnership with the Thailand Academy of Sciences, this project aims to assist developing countries in Asia to improving their ability to respond to climate changes by building voluntary green house gas reduction infrastructures and systems based on successful experience in Korea and elsewhere.
Topics: Climate Change, Environment, Energy
Latest Update: 3 Dec 2011
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The InterAcademy statement recommends that the proposed UNFCCC Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism is a vital and integral part of the climate framework to be agreed in Copenhagen this week, including transparent and robust monitoring systems to verify emissions reductions. It calls for research funding to help target political and economic interventions - for example, on the effective cultivation of valuable forest species - as well as encouraging more cooperation on earth observation to improve the accuracy of monitoring and evaluation of deforestation. Since its release, the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain has signed the Statement, bringing the total of signatories to 54.
IAP Member Academies
Copyright: 2010
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14 June 2011 – 18 June 2011
The Akademi Sains Malaysia is organizing the 22nd Pacific Science Congress in Kuala Lumpur from 14-18 June 2011. The meeting on the theme "Asia Pacific Science in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challengs of Global Change" will include discussions and debates on the changing climate, ...
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
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17 Jan 2011
A selection of links to interviews with national scientists by IAP Member Academies
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Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA), this project will implement activities to promote national and regional water demand management (WDM) and water supply management (WSM) strategies, with focus on the appropriate balancing of WSM and WDM, awareness raising amongst decision makers on the benefits of a comprehensive approach combining the two, and facilitating knowledge exchanges and partnership building.
Topics: Environment, Water
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Polish Academy of Sciences, in partnership with Academies of Science of Hungary, Israel and Slovakia, as well as a European network of IAP members (EASAC), the project aims to bring together the work of the IAP water programme and the LTER Europe to forge a common strategy for development of observatories, research, and infrastructure, monitoring long-term consequences, and investigating critical thresholds for socio-ecological systems.
Topics: Environment, Water
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS) as well as the African network of IAP members (NASAC). Water is a fundamental but diminishing resource for the world’s growing population. This project aims to promote understanding of the state of water resources in southern Africa and make recommendations for future planning and policymaking in the region.
Topics: Environment, Water, Development
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Academy of Sciences of Guatemala, in partnership with the Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales de Venezuela and the Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences (ACN), this project will establish a working group on surface water management for the region to share research findings and national experiences and share methodologies and technologies used. The project will in particular establish methodologies to evaluate and prevent pollution of surface water and to increase the efficiency of its use.
Topics: Environment, Water
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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30 June 2011 – 2 July 2011
The Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA) and National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR) held a regional workshop on “The Roles of Academies of Sciences in Water and Energy Problems in Central Asia and Ways for Their Solution” from 30 June – 2 ...
National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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10 Mar 2011
The advent of synthetic biology, with its aim of creating living systems out of non-living materials, is as exciting as any biological advance of recent decades, and has much to offer, socially as well as scientifically...
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Led by the network of IAP members in the Americas and individual IAP member academies in the US, Brazil and Mexico, this project will implement the work plan produced last year to promote the role of science and technology in forging a sustainable energy future in the region.
Topics: Environment, Energy
Completed On: 4 Feb 2011
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21 Jan 2011
The Australian Academy of Science published The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers . The report aims to address confusion created by contradictory information in the public domain. It sets out to explain the current situation in climate science, including where there is ...
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25 Nov 2010
A website dedicated to the Solar Radiation Management Initiative (SRMGI), to which IAP has recently signed up as a stakeholder, is now online.
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20 May 2010
Implementing the recommendations of the IAC Report entitled "Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future" ...
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In 1996, 72 IAP members endorsed a statement on urban development.
IAP Member Academies
Copyright: 1996
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In May 2000, as a follow-up to the Tokyo Conference on Sustainability, 73 academies were signatories to the statement on transition to sustainability, translated into a number of languages.
IAP Member Academies
Copyright: 2000