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A website dedicated to the Solar Radiation Management Initiative (SRMGI), of which TWAS is a partner, is now online.

A workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 June - under the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative - gave African scientists an opportunity to learn about the issues and join the discussion

A workshop – 'Sharing the Start-Up Experience' – will be held 13-15 October at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem.

A workshop is being held at TWAS headquarters examining best practices in advisory roles and fellowship appointments.

On 10 June, Ichiro Kanazawa, President of the Science Council of Japan (member of IAP) presented Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda joint statements prepared by science academies for the G8 Summit

Science and diplomacy are closer than we think, argues David Miliband, UK foreign secretary, at the IAP General Assembly taking place at The Royal Society in London.

Economics professor Partha Dasgupta says we need new economic indicators that take into account the value of ecological systems.

The director general of the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discussed the valuable role that science and technology can play in disaster forecasting

"Just 24% of the members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences are women," says Rosaura Ruiz, the academy's president.

The role of science academies in advancing science, technology and innovation in the Balkans will be a key topic of discussion at an international workshop taking place in Trieste, Italy