The latest SDSN Switzerland publication "Shaping coherent policies across silos" shows Switzerland's new Sustainable Development Strategy can benefit from the interlinkages among the 17 SDGs.

L’initiative populaire fédérale «Oui à l’interdiction de l’expérimentation animale et humaine», déposée le 18 mars 2019, prévoit d’interdire les expérimentations animales et les essais cliniques sur des êtres humains. L’acceptation de cette initiative compromettrait le progrès scientifique, la formation scientifique et la prise en charge médicale en Suisse.

The Centre for Environmental Policy wishes to appoint a Research Fellow as a Senior Scientist within the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). WG III is concerned with the mitigation of climate change and the TSU will be based at the South Kensington Campus.

The Home Office is being accused of institutional racism and damaging British research projects through increasingly arbitrary and “insulting” visa refusals for academics.

Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is recruiting the Head of Science in the Technical Support Unit (IPCC WGI) for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The position is located at the University of Paris-Saclay (France).

The Leading House for the Latin American Region is happy to launch the official calls for the two Academia-Industry Training (AIT) Programs

The European Commission launched a call for experts to join ‘Mission Boards’, which will advise the Commission for the identification and implementation of missions in Horizon Europe, the next EU research and innovation programme.

The aim of Spark is to fund the rapid testing or development of new scientific approaches, methods, theories, standards, ideas for applications, etc. It is intended for projects that show unconventional thinking and introduce a unique approach.

Das Programm für den diesjährigen K3 Kongress ist veröffentlicht und die Anmeldung für den Kongress und das Rahmenprogramm ist ab sofort offen.

Conformément au mandat de l’Office fédéral de l’environnement (OFEV), la Recherche sur les Parcs Suisses des Académies suisses des sciences appuie et renforce la recherche dans et sur les parcs d’importance nationale. À cet effet, nous soutenons par une contribution financière (seed money) l’élaboration de propositions de projets adressées à des tiers.

This Special Issue aims at addressing important knowledge gaps focusing on basic understanding of ecological functions and its drivers of change in mountain landscapes as well as on societal trends in and outside mountain regions to be able to scope with future challenges. A particular focus is set on protected areas that are interested in the management and the preservation of the biodiversity and the landscapes, through scientific research, environmental education, and the promotion and the development of sustainable tourism.