{"id":2185,"date":"2022-07-01T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isf.mathhouse.org\/EN\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:58:28","slug":"about-iybssd-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isf.mathhouse.org\/EN\/?p=2185","title":{"rendered":"About IYBSSD 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1560793098479\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div id=\"ultimate-heading-349762bf25117b14b\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-349762bf25117b14b uvc-592  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\" data-halign=\"center\">\n<div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\" data-ultimate-target=\".uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-349762bf25117b14b h1\" data-responsive-json-new=\"{&quot;font-size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;line-height&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Basic sciences are the sine qua non for sustainable development<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1560787254950\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1646230168286\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Agenda 2030<\/strong>\u00a0for Sustainable Development is the ambitious program that the Member States of the United Nations have agreed on to ensure a balanced, sustainable and inclusive development of the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Basic sciences<\/strong>\u00a0have an important contribution to make to the implementation of this program. They provide the essential means to meet crucial challenges such as universal access to food, energy, health coverage and communication technologies. They enable us to understand the impact of the currently nearly 8 billion people on the planet and to act to limit, and sometimes even to reduce it: depletion of the ozone layer, climate change, depletion of natural resources, extinction of living species.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Applications of technology<\/strong>\u00a0are easy to recognize. On the other hand, contributions of basic, curiosity-based, sciences are not well appreciated. They are nonetheless at the basis of major technological advances that stimulate innovation, as well as essential for training future professionals and for developing capacity of populations who can take part in decisions that affect their future. UNESCO is well aware of this: its\u00a0<em>Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers<\/em>, revised in 2017, recalls the importance of bringing together politicians, scientists, diplomats, international organizations, entrepreneurs and every goodwill person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development<\/strong>, that we organize in 2022, focuses on these links between basic sciences and the Sustainable Development Goals. This is a unique opportunity to convince all stakeholders that through a basic understanding of nature, actions taken will be more effective, for the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iybssd2022.org\/dt_team\/michel-spiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Michel Spiro<\/strong><\/a><strong>, President of IUPAP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic sciences are the sine qua non for sustainable development Agenda 2030\u00a0for Sustainable Development is the ambitious program that the Member States of the United Nations have agreed on to ensure a balanced, sustainable and inclusive development of the planet. Basic sciences\u00a0have an important contribution to make to the implementation of this program. 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