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17.11.2023
News
Policy and science: joining forces for a sustainable future
How should science participate in shaping a sustainable future? How can politics, administration and science work together to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals? These questions were the focus of
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2023
Report
Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
This report argues that one of the most effective ways to support sustainable development through research and innovation is to establish large, integrated funding programmes, referred to here as lighthouse
27.6.2023
Conference
Lighthouse programmes to support societal transformation
The SCNAT Sustainability Research Initiative organised an online session at the Sustainability Research + Innovation Congress 2023 (SRI 2023) on 27 June, 15:30 - 17:30 CEST. The central objective of
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2022
Report
Conference report: Sustainability Science Forum 2022
On 3 November 2022, key players in the field of science for sustainable development met in Bern at the second Sustainability Science Forum. The event of the SCNAT's Sustainability Research
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2022
Report
Blog: Sustainability Science Dialogue: 30 years after “Rio” – New research challenges for sustainable development?
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit set benchmarks for the sustainable development of our planet and resulted in the Agenda 21 and first binding conventions on climate change, biological diversity and
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2022
Report
Blog: Sustainability Science Dialogue - Mehr Vernetzung für die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung an der ZHAW
Am 27. September reiste das Team der Initiative für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung nach Winterthur an die Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW).

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27.9-13.12.2023
Lecture

ETH Public Lecture Series: SDG

The ETH lecture series "The Sustainable Development Goals in Context" offers insights into current research and practice and takes place online as a public event.

2023
Report

saguf-Mitteilungsblatt Nr. 46 (2023)

Jahresbericht der Schweizerischen Akademischen Gesellschaft für Umweltforschung und Ökologie (saguf)

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2023
Article

Klimawandel, Biodiversitätsverlust, Nachhaltigkeit und Suffizienzkriterien der Gerechtigkeit

Was dem Schutz des Klimas dient, kann den Verlust der Artenvielfalt befördern. Deshalb sind Maßnahmen gegen den Klimawandel und den Biodiversitätsverlust aufeinander abzustimmen. Grundlage dafür bilden Suffizienzkriterien der Gerechtigkeit, die

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29.11.2023
News

FoLAP-Projektunterstützung 2024

Das Forum Landschaft, Alpen, Pärke der SCNAT unterstützt ab 2024 jährlich Projekte mit transdisziplinärem Charakter zu den Kernthemen des Forums. Die Fördermöglichkeit richtet sich an ein breites Publikum (Forschung, Praxis,

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17.11.2023
News

Policy and science: joining forces for a sustainable future

How should science participate in shaping a sustainable future? How can politics, administration and science work together to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals? These questions were the focus of

Image: ARE

2023
Report

Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation

This report argues that one of the most effective ways to support sustainable development through research and innovation is to establish large, integrated funding programmes, referred to here as lighthouse

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