Knowledge and Diplomacy

Committee for Survey and Analysis of Science Advice on Sustainable Development to International Organizations, Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 The Rise of Advisory Systems for Science and Technology; 4 2 Elements of Science and Advice; 5 3 UN Sustainable Development Activities and Their Science Advisory Processes; 6 4 Structure of Science Advice in the United Nations System Today; 7 5 Findings and Recommendations; 8 References; 9 Acronyms; 10 Appendix I: The United Nations System; 11 Appendix II: Procedures for the Preparation, Review, Acceptance, Adoption, Approval, and Publication of IPCC Reports; 12 Appendix III: Modus Operandi of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity; 13 Appendix IV: Draft Resolution on the Modus Operandi of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; 14 Appendix V: Rules of Procedure of the InterAcademy Council; 15 Appendix VI: Procedures of the Production and Review of Proactive Academy Reports and Statements of the Royal Academy of Engineering; 16 Appendix VII: Study Procedures of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences