"We have a window of opportunity to put in place the technologies and policies that we need to curb greenhouse gas emissions," says Mohan Munasinghe (TWAS Fellow 1994).
Oil is not the only energy source in oil-rich Arab countries, says Farouk El-Baz (TWAS Fellow 1985). The region is also richly endowed with sun and wind.
Romain Murenzi, a key architect of Rwanda's efforts to devise a successful blueprint for science-based sustainable development, has been appointed the new executive director of TWAS
"The rapid growth of cities worldwide marks a demographic shift as significant as the shift from hunters and gatherers to farmers and settlers that took place some 10,000 years," says Hans Van Ginkel
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
The TWAS 21st General Meeting will take place in Hyderabad, India, on 19-22 October 2010. More than 300 invitees from 54 countries are expected to attend