The International Science Council (ISC) works at the global level to catalyse and convene scientific expertise, advice and influence on issues of major concern to both science and society.
The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together more than 250 international scientific Unions and Associations, national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils, international Federations and Societies, and Young Academies and Associations.
The ISC is an international non-government organization created in 2018 as the result of a merger between the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC). The ISC is headquartered in Paris, France, and has Regional Focal Points in Asia and the Pacific, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science, Latin America and the Caribbean, hosted by the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, an office for the United Nations in New York, United States, and is in partnership with Future Africa, a pan-African organization based in South Africa, to explore the possibilities of a regional presence in Africa.
ISC Introduction
Advancing human development within sustainable planetary and social boundaries is the most important challenge for humanity and for science. To deliver on the 2030 Agenda and its 17 sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs), we must urgently intensify fair and equitable transformations to sustainability across all sectors – from science, policy, business and civil society.
Learn more about the ISC through our introductory brochure in six languages and our introductory video.