The book is a tribute to the thousands of scientists, partners, and institutions who have contributed to the TWAS mission. It reflects on four decades of progress: from building scientific capacity in the least developed countries, to supporting displaced researchers, to training the next generation of science diplomats and climate scientists. It also highlights the Academy’s evolving role in amplifying voices from the global South in international fora, and in ensuring that science communication is inclusive, accessible, and impactful.
Other Publications
2025 - TWAS in the New Millennium: Building scientific capacity in a time of promise and peril
2024 - Beijing Declaration on Partnership for Accelerating Sustainable Development through Digital Technologies
A declaration from the representatives of nations, organizations, and stakeholders, together with 700 participants at the Fourth International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (FBAS 2024) in Beijing,
2024 - About TWAS (English)
English-language version of a leaflet giving an overview of what TWAS is and what it does.
2022 - Declaration of the Tenth World Science Forum
Science for Social Justice
Text adopted on 9 December 2022, in Cape Town, South Africa
2022 - Statements from the Plenary Session on "Basic science for human development, peace, and planetary health"
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has held conferences and issued science-based statements urging to address, among others, the massive health problems caused by the pandemic and by inadequate health systems, the large-scale destruction of nature and the climate crises, artificial intelligence, rising inequalities, hunger and poverty, and increasing local and global conflicts.