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Date Time UN Deputy Secretary-General launches new Global Development Hub at Imperial Imperial will focus its world-leading scientific expertise on some of the most pressing global challenges through a new Global Development Hub. The Global Development Hub – launched on 29 April 2021 by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations – aims to maximise the impact of Imperial’s world-leading research, education and innovation to help the world plan for the challenges society will face over the next 50 years. It will convene Imperial researchers, academic partners, policymakers, NGOs and industry collaborators to accelerate society towards a more resilient, sustainable future and engage with the United Nations Sustainable Agenda 2030. ....
Share Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, the President-elect of the International Science Council (ISC) from the University of Auckland, joins epidemiologist Professor Sir David Skegg of the University of Otago as part of an oversight panel for the recently launched ISC Covid-19 Scenarios Project. The panel was announced in the world-leading medical journal The Lancet in a commentary, ‘Future scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic’, co-authored by Sir Peter and Sir David, and panel members Geoffrey Boulton, Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and Christiane Woopen. The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists. ....
. The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists. Within eight months, the panel will report on the possible COVID-19 scenarios the world faces over the next three to five years, and on the choices for governments, agencies, and citizens. Sir Peter, who heads Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland, initiated the ISC project. He says decisions made by governments and individuals over coming months will impact on how the world recovers from the pandemic over the next three to five years. ....
The Lancet in a commentary Future scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic co-authored by Sir David and Sir Peter and panel members Geoffrey Boulton, Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and Christiane Woopen. (Ed note: Wednesday 17 February NZ Time). The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists. Within eight months, the panel will report on the possible Covid-19 scenarios the world faces over the next three to five years, and on the choices for ....