Science needed now, for action

Abstract

At the beginning of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77) in September 2022, UN members agreed to design and implement solutions to guarantee food, water, and education for all; improve human development; reform the global financial system; secure a healthy environment; and embark on a path toward a less unjust global society. Transformative solutions are needed to respond to the multiple related crises of the Anthropocene and to help reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the 78th session of the UNGA now gets underway, the importance of science in helping the UN to make progress on these issues is as clear and critical as ever. Yet participation of the scientific community is not what it could and needs to be.