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Expert Group Meeting on Science-Policy Interface
5 Sep 2013
time
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
location
New York
A major outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (or Rio+20) was the decision to establish a universal, intergovernmental high-level political forum (HLPF). This forum is to build on the strengths, experiences, resources and inclusive participation modalities of the Commission on Sustainable Development, and subsequently replace the Commission. According to the Rio +20 outcome document A/RES/66/288, the high-level political forum shall follow up on the implementation of sustainable development. It should avoid overlap with existing structures, bodies and entities in a cost-effective manner.

The outcome document also stipulates that the forum could, as one of its functions, “strengthen the science-policy interface through review of documentation bringing together dispersed information and assessments, including in the form of a global sustainable development report, building on existing assessments” as well as to enhance evidence-based decision-making at all levels.

For more please read our concept note on the right.
Statements & Presentations

Number of statements/presentations: 6

Presentations
Mr. Bassel T. Daher, Qatar Foundation
Strengthening the Interface between Science and Policy Communities through Inclusive Tools
Mr. Gerald Berger, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Experiences with science-policy interface for sustainable development in Europe
Mr. Robert Kates, University of Maine
Science and Sustainable Development
Mr. Souknilanh Keola, Lund University
Monitoring Developments from Space: Bringing Remote Sensing to Social Sciences
Ms. Gladys Ghartey, Ministry of Finance, Ghana
STRENGTHENING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND POLICY COMMUNITIES
United Nations