Budapest, November 4-7, 2015
During the above mentioned 1° Science Diplomacy
Program 2015, I was chosen with another three young scientists from Latin
America to attend the World Science Forum (WSF2015) “The enabling power of Science” held in
Budapest, Hungary. Yessica Elizondo (Costa Rica), Carlo Altamirano Allende
(México) and Hassel Johnson (Peru) we were chosen by our colleagues to
represent Latin American countries and the Science Diplomacy Program. Our participation was supported by the following young
scientist institutions IAP, WAYS, ICORSA and GYA, and funded by UNESCO.
The World
Science Forum aims to be a space of discussion among different parts,
politicians, scientist, policy makers and civil society representatives to face
together the most important global goals, and the role of science and
technology in this scenario.
During the
event, more than 50 young scientists from all over the world have participated
in different parallel sessions. One of them called “Scoping the future: views and ideas of young
scientist to tackle global challenges.” In this session we had the opportunity to discuss the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) set by UNESCO
(2015) and to make proposals to address some of the main topics. It was an
amazing experience to share perspectives and points of view with many young
scientists. The other important session was “Science Diplomacy in action”,
where we discuss about this emerging and powerful concept to tackle regional
and global challenges.
In addition these
four organizations of young scientist, promoted the intervention of early
career scientist in different session to raise their voice in this kind of
event.
So being part of
that, Mande Holford (WAYS), Peter McGrath (IAP) and Marga Gual Soler (AAAS) invited me to
deliver a speech in the Plenary Session V “Challenges and Global Cooperation: Practices and Pitfalls” on IAI Climate Services project (CRN 3035), the
challenges of co-producing knowledge and the inter-discipline approach. The
session was moderated by Alan Leshner, CEO Emeritus, AAAs, and the speakers
were:
- H.E. Sorena Sattari, Vice-President of Iran for Science and Technology, Islamic Republic of Iran,
- Aldo Malavasi, IAEA Deputy Secretary General, Head of Department of Nuclear Sciences and applications,
- Gordon McBean President ICSU and first country representative from Canada to the IAI.
- János Pásztor, Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change, United Nations.
For
a young scientist having the opportunity to participate
in this event was a very enriching experience at
personal and professional level. Moreover this could not have been possible
without the support of the CRN3035 project (IAI), UNESCO and the young
scientists organizations (IAP/WAYS/GYA/ICORSA)[1].
Visit to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
During
her stay in Europe, Maria Ines Carabajal was received in the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) by many representatives of the Global Framework
of Climate Services (GFCS): Tamara Avellan,
(Project Officer - GFCS Office), Jose Camacho (Scientific Officer – Agricultural
Meteorology Division) and Filipe Lúcio (Director of Global Framework for Climate Services).
In the
meeting she presented the different Research lines of the CRN3035 and the
support that the project is giving to many activities that National Weather
Service is implementing to develop dialogue spaces – user interface - with the
agricultural sector in order to improve the communication between the users of
climate information and it producers.
Maria
Ines, also, carried out some interviews regarding the implementation of this
global initiative and the impact at regional and local levels.