FIRST WORLD DAY FOR GLACIERS – 21 MARCH 2025 – AND THE ‘TIME ACCORDION PUZZLE’
A special webinar celebrating the first World Day for Glaciers on March 21, 2025 was convened and moderated from the United Nations in Paris and New York by the Next-Generation Science Diplomat Committee with the University of the Arctic (UArctic): First World Day for Glaciers (21 March 2025): Planning Toward the 5th International Polar Year…
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY AND THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAM CREATED BY HUMANITY
“The 5th International Polar Year (IPY-5) in 2032–2033 represents an important next step in the legacy of the oldest continuous climate research program created by humanity, which intentionally began during a Solar Maximum with IPY-1 in 1882–1883, following the Little Ice Age.” This insight is elaborated in the invited Cambridge Prisms perspective – Science…
3rd International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly and the Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue
The 3rd International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly was convened along with the Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue in Oman from 26-30 January 2025. The pre-event workshops on 26 January and the “Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue” on 27-28 January were open to all participants, including ISC Members, Fellows and invited guests. The General Assembly days on…
ACCELERATING SCIENCE DIPLOMACY CAPACITIES ACROSS EUROPE
Science Diplomacy with the European Commission On 13 February 2025, the European Commission published A Framework for European Science Diplomacy: Recommendations of the EU Science Diplomacy Working Groups. This report presents the results of five EU Science Diplomacy Working Groups, which were launched in October 2023 by the European Commission to develop recommendations that will…
AASCO-2 Meeting at the Musée Océanographique in Monaco
The Arena for the Gap Analysis of Existing Arctic Science Co-Operations (AASCO-2) project convened a dialogue during 4-5 February 2025 at the Musée Océanographique in Monaco, supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. This two-day event, which was opened by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, aimed to build stronger links between…
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AWARDS FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST 2024-2027 IN SCIENCE DIPLOMACY
At the invitation of the United States Department of State, Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman was approved as a Fulbright Specialist 2024-2027. His initial Fulbright Specialist project will be in Malaysia with the International Institute of Science Diplomacy and Sustainability (IISDS) at UCSI University in Kuala Lumpur from May-June 2025.
PAN-ARCTIC DIALOGUES TO PROMOTE COOPERATION AND PREVENT CONFLICT
The XIV International Forum Arctic: Today and the Future in Honour of A.N. Chilingarov was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in December 2024.  Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman contributed virtually in the session about “Shared Values: International Scientific Dialogue in the Arcticâ€, conveying observations about Building Common Interests to Balance National Interests with Science Diplomacy in…
SCIENCE ADVICE WITH GOVERNMENTS
A recent Nature contribution about the Future of Science Advice “to governments†asked: What needs to change? It first may be helpful to step back and see the progress, reflecting on the inclusive global community of “specialists†that now exists with science diplomacy as a ‘language of hope’. To answer ‘what needs to change’ is…
ANTARCTICA DAY 2024
HAPPY ANTARCTICA DAY! December 1st is a day of “peace for all mankind”, celebrating annually the day the 1959 Antarctic Treaty was signed by the United States and Soviet Union with ten other nations, including claimant and non-claimant states, at the height of the Cold War as the first nuclear arms agreement. ANTARCTICA DAY celebrations…
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY WITH PEACE IN OUR WORLD
The WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT is on November 10th, as initiated in 2001 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), reaffirming each year the commitment to attain goals proclaimed in the Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge from the 1999 World Conference on Science in Budapest: The…