A workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 June - under the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative - gave African scientists an opportunity to learn about the issues and join the discussion
On 10 June, Ichiro Kanazawa, President of the Science Council of Japan (member of IAP) presented Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda joint statements prepared by science academies for the G8 Summit
Science and diplomacy are closer than we think, argues David Miliband, UK foreign secretary, at the IAP General Assembly taking place at The Royal Society in London.
The director general of the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discussed the valuable role that science and technology can play in disaster forecasting
The role of science academies in advancing science, technology and innovation in the Balkans will be a key topic of discussion at an international workshop taking place in Trieste, Italy