To support of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), the International Science Council GeoUnions are launching a new lecture series in recognition of the ratification by the United Nations of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD)
Webinar 1: Firepower, Geopolitics and the Future: Rethinking Environmental Security, Simon Dalby, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. (https://council.science/events/rethinking-environmental-security/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALxz5KYwHU0&t=3s)
Webinar 2: Apprehending the Duality of Disaster Risk and Sustainable Development, Prof. Irasema Alcántara-Ayala from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico. (https://council.science/events/duality-disaster-risk-sustainable-development/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmtBXzsjIiE&t=2s)
Webinar 3: Geospatial Information-Enabled SDGs Monitoring, Chen Jun, Chief Scientist at the National Geomatics Center of China, Beijing, China, ISPRS Honorary Member. (https://council.science/events/geospatial-information-enabled-sdgs-monitoring/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhXc41nnmMA&t=1330s)
Webinar 4: From the Theory of Ice Ages to IPCC climate projections, María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi, Professor of Paleoclimatology at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Paris Science Lettres; works at the Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux at the University of Bordeaux, France. (https://council.science/blog/basic-sciences-webinars/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBE0B2YpQAc&t=1s)
Webinar 5: Linking Mechanisms to Soil Functions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Prof. Eleonora Bonifacio, Professor of Pedology at the University of Torino, Dept. of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Torino, Italy. (https://council.science/blog/basic-sciences-webinars/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKoQtWVFGcI)
Webinar 6: ENERGY Sustainability for Net ZERO Radio Communications, Nuno Borges Carvalho, Professor and a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro and an IEEE Fellow, Aveiro, Portugal. (https://council.science/blog/basic-sciences-webinars/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33RX_9XCmc)
Webinar 7: Knowledge about how the living world functions is the premise of sustainability, Ferdinando Boero Professor of the University Federico II, Napoli, Italy. (https://council.science/events/re-launch-of-isc-geounions-distinguished-lecture-series/)