{"id":105397,"date":"2025-06-30T21:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.science\/?post_type=publications&#038;p=105397"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:03:33","slug":"hlpf-2025-five-years-to-course-correct","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/council.science\/publications\/hlpf-2025-five-years-to-course-correct\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years to course correct \u2013\u00a0 Science and engineering for a world off track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The position paper presents seven priority themes and 17 case studies illustrating how science and engineering are advancing sustainable development \u2013 and what\u2019s needed to strengthen their impact in the final five years of the 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/events\/hlpf-2025\/\" data-content=\"Learn more about ISC at the HLPF 2025\">Learn more about ISC at the HLPF 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HLPF-2025-Position-paper-30-06-2025.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3.png 601w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-71x100.png 71w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-141x200.png 141w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-256x362.png 256w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-383x542.png 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p><strong>Five years to course correct \u2013&nbsp; Science and engineering for a world off track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOI: 10.24948\/2025.03<br>Publication date: 30 June 2025<br>Publisher: International Science Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HLPF-2025-Position-paper-30-06-2025.pdf\" data-content=\"Download\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 1: The importance of international scientific cooperation in addressing global challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open science infrastructures partnership for SDG capacity building in the Global South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enabling reliable and trustworthy crisis response: Open science-based data policies for global resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 2: Science as a tool for cooperation and peacebuilding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Management of tuna fisheries in the Pacific Small Island Developing States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using international science cooperation to combat illegal logging: A global assessment to inform UN biodiversity governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 3: Harnessing technology for sustainable development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From research to impact: transforming sustainability data disclosure from cost to investment through science-based AI modelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turning industrial CO2 into aquaculture feed: Large-scale microalgae cultivation in Northern Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renewable energy meets ecological restoration: An integrated model for inclusive development in high-altitude Qinghai, China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science for smarter cities: Using urban systems research to reshape commuting in China\u2019s megacities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 4: Bridging science, policy and plural knowledge for transformative action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coordinating science advice across government: Germany\u2019s national dialogue between scientific advisory councils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restoring coral reefs in Belize: A science-based, communityled approach to marine ecosystem recovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bringing together Indigenous and scientific knowledge systems: Climate advice for the Great Barrier Reef<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 5: Multistakeholder and transdisciplinary collaboration to advance integrated SDG implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Science in action for community-led forest management in Upper Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ginger tissue culture for food security: A science-based partnership model for sustainable agriculture in Samoa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 6: Building capacity and diverse leadership in science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reforming science from within: Advancing gender equality in global scientific organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immersive design and ancestral knowledge for inclusive education and climate action in Vaup\u00e9s, Colombia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme 7: Public engagement and science literacy as foundations for trust in science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Citizen science for microplastics monitoring: Empowering Malaysian schools through environmental literacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A-Z science and health literacy for young learners in Malaysia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With just five years to 2030, science and engineering are demonstrating their potential to drive progress across the Sustainable Development Goals, but this potential is threatened by rising geopolitical tensions, shrinking scientific freedoms, and underinvestment. To stay on course, governments must protect science as a global public good, support inclusive and transdisciplinary collaboration, and align policy and funding with long-term sustainability goals. Science and engineering can be powerful tools for peace, equity, and innovation, but their impact depends on responsible governance, diverse leadership, and public trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now is the time to reinforce the foundations that connect knowledge to action \u2013 through bold political will and renewed commitment to global cooperation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HLPF-2025-Position-paper-30-06-2025.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3.png 601w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-71x100.png 71w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-141x200.png 141w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-256x362.png 256w, https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-3-383x542.png 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p><strong>Five years to course correct \u2013&nbsp; Science and engineering for a world off track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOI: 10.24948\/2025.03<br>Publication date: 30 June 2025<br>Publisher: International Science Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HLPF-2025-Position-paper-30-06-2025.pdf\" data-content=\"Download\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Cover image: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-person-walking-through-a-narrow-slot-in-a-canyon-jtIsqPlZbDI\">Jules Marvin Eguilos via Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A joint position paper from the co-convenors of the Scientific and Technological Community Major Group, the International Science Council (ISC) and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), prepared for the 2025 UN High-level Political Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":105396,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[543,22,25],"publication-committee":[],"region":[],"publication-type":[],"tag":[],"class_list":["post-105397","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-science-policy","tag-sustainability","tag-united-nations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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