HAPPENING TODAY: South African Minister of DIRCO South Africa Naledi Pandor will host US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today at 15:45 at Future Africa Platform Campus. Join the event here: youtu.be/mttSboa824U US Embassy SA #RSAandUSARelations #USAinRSA

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken presents the administration’s sub-Saharan African Strategy at the University of Pretoria's Future Africa Platform Future Africa Platform

Happy #WomensDay, SA 🇿🇦. We echo President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦's words today: "Just as the 1956 Women’s March sent a signal that equal rights for women were an important goal of national liberation, ending all forms of violence against women & children is vital to national progress."

The red thread in science over the past 30 years? (1) Real world disasters confirm the climate science (2) Things are changing faster than expected…Here, worst ever drought in Europe in pictures. Do we need more evidence to act with urgency? The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/ga…

Future Africa and the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute are excited to host a dialogue with Dr Riel Miller, Professor Geci Karuri-Sebina and Professor Alinah Kelo Segobye on developments in the theory and practice of how we think about and use the future.

Big news for #openscience : A new White House policy will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be made freely available to the public without delay #sciencepublishing

2003 disaster heat in Europe that killed 70,000 is a level of extreme we now have to accept. By 2035 the extreme heat of 2022 will be the new normal - analyses of UK Met Office shows, and presented by Climate Crisis Advisory Group edition.cnn.com/2022/08/25/eur…

The Governing Board of the International Science Council is delighted to announce its decision to appoint Dr Salvatore Aricò as Chief Executive Officer. He will take up his appointment in January 2023. Welcome Salvatore! council.science/current/news/d…

At #COP27, calls for societal transformations are louder than ever - but how do we bring the key lessons from research into policy and practice to foster transformative action? 📅 17 November 🕑 13:00 UTC Join the live discussion: council.science/events/need-in…

🔴 Join our panelists live as they distill key insights gained over nearly a decade of research on societal transformations towards sustainability: council.science/events/need-in… 📅 17 November 🕑 13:00 UTC

🎉 The ISC and Future Africa Platform (University of Pretoria) sign new agreement to strengthen the presence of African science on the global stage. Future Africa, on our behalf, will lead the work on convening African partners in an inclusive scoping and development process. council.science/current/press/…

Thank you Heide Hackmann, Ellen Tise, Tshiamo Motshegwa, and @BurgelmanJean for a fruitful discussion about the paths to fully open access science across the Global South at WorldScienceForum #WSF_ZA2022 #WSF2022 @dsigovza

Join ISC President peter gluckman's keynote lecture on the use of science or scientific knowledge to advance diplomatic goals. 👉 How can science reboot multilateralism and global solidarity? #ScienceDiplomacy 🔴 Live from Ballroom at WorldScienceForum | #WSF2022 #WSF_ZA2022

Decarbonising the world economy within the Paris climate range will require <5% of GDP in investment. Solving world food crisis will cost a few % of global GDP. At the same time we put 6-7 % of global GDP in fossil fuel subsidies. Unacceptable. Shows we can afford a bright future

This needs to get mainstreamed. And not only hand waving but real. World’s biggest investment fund warns directors to tackle climate crisis or face sack theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Future of work and skills. Formal education should be focused on values, critical thinking, media literacy and individual resilience. Life-long learning should help to adapt to the new working conditions determined by #artificial_intelligence and #digital. #europeanyearofskills

Just out: A new agenda-setting report on Planetary Health, by Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences @_Knaw (coauthored by yours truly and many great colleagues) knaw.nl/nl/publicaties…

Future Africa University of Pretoria congratulates Professor Dire Tladi, our Research Chair in Global Equity in Africa on his appointment as judge of the International Court of Justice. Read the full press release here: bit.ly/3ubdP6F #ICJ #GlobalJustice #FutureAfrica

Dr Heidi Hackmann recrived the Lifetime Contribution In International STI Cooperation To Serve Society. She is Director for Future Africa Platform & Strategic Advisor on Transdisciplinary and Global Knowledge Networks University of Pretoria

The Future Africa Campus of University of Pretoria has hosted dinner to honor Professor Ernest Aryeetey on his retirement as ARUA Secretary-General. The Board Chair, Professor Sizwe Mabizela spoke in glowing terms of Aryeetey’s great achievements as Foundation Secretary General.