Integrated science is essential to strengthen water management, sustainably use the oceans and tackle climate change, the head of the United Nations cultural agency said on World Science Day for Peace and Development.<\/p>\n
\u201cSciences, Technology and Innovation (STI) provide key answers<\/a>\u00a0to build peace and bolster sustainable development,\u201d said Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO<\/a>) in her message on the\u00a0World Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need more integrated science to strengthen water management, to ensure the sustainable use of the ocean, to protect ecosystems and biodiversity, to tackle climate change and disasters, to foster innovation,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Ms. Bokova underscored that STI stand at the heart of the\u00a02030 Agenda<\/a>\u00a0for Sustainable Development and the\u00a0Paris Agreement<\/a>\u00a0on climate change, pointing out that UNESCO has developed a unique approach to promote global scientific cooperation while encouraging local actions, with the dual focus of gender equality and Africa.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this spirit, UNESCO launched in 2017 a ground-breaking\u00a0international symposium and policy forum<\/a>\u00a0on girls’ education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), to challenge the gender inequalities in Today, as the complexity of the world’s issues goes beyond the framework of a single discipline, UNESCO has made \u201ctrans-disciplinarity\u201d the cornerstone of its work for sustainability \u2013 building networks with multiple stakeholders, such as museums, universities, private and public actors, governments and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n