ICSD 2022 Plenary 5 | Science Communications for Impact
Channel: SDSN
Date: 2022-09-20

The Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, in partnership with the Global Masters of Development Practice and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), are organizing the 10th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD). These organizations have partnered with Springer Nature since 2020 on the Science for a Sustainable Future event series.

In 2021 we released a white paper: Harnessing Science for a Sustainable Future, which set out recommendations for encouraging integration between research, policy, and community in order to better address the world’s greatest challenges. One of the recommendations in this paper was:

Raise scientific literacy and awareness of the SDGs among citizens and policymakers through greater collaboration, advocacy, and outreach.

We are therefore delighted to announce that the third Science for a Sustainable Future event will explore this issue in more depth, through an exciting, high-level panel on science communications which will take place during the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Development. 

The expert panel comprised of journalists, researchers, influencers and activists, and moderated by Laura Helmuth, Editor in Chief of Scientific American, will participate in a discussion and a Q&A session covering the following topics:

- How important findings from academia can be disseminated in different ways to encourage action in support of the SDGs

- Journalism and the media’s role in addressing misinformation and behavior change in support of the SDGs 

- How social media, influencers, and other new forms of information and communication impact traditional sources of information and journalism outlets, and vice versa, when it comes to global challenges

- Techniques to understand and confront misinformation when it comes to delivering the SDGs

- How media and academics can cooperate to increase trust in science

Speakers:

- Laura Helmuth

- Jason Maitland

- Wolfgang Blau

- Elizabeth Wathuti

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About the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN):

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. SDSN works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing institutions, the private sector, and civil society.

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