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IEA Bioenergy

IEA Bioenergy was set up by the International Energy Agency in 1978, with the goal of fostering collaboration between countries with national bioenergy programmes. It undertakes a series of 'tasks', each with a work programme led by a participating nation. Ongoing tasks include analysing bioenergy systems and producing biomass from sustainable forestry.

InterAcademy Panel on International Issues

The IAP is an umbrella organisation for 90 science academies that helps members develop tools to contribute to discussions about science policy. Amongst others, the IAP supports a programme on science and the media. IAP works closely with other international organisations, including the InterAcademy Council, the Interational Council for Science and the InterAcademy Medical Panel.

International Institute for Environment and Development

IIED promotes sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. In partnership with other organisations, IIED seeks to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources.

International Institute for Sustainable Development

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications

INASP, which was established in 1992 by the International Council for Science, seeks to promote the electronic dissemination of science publications. It offers advice on publication and dissemination, assists development and funding agencies with information-related programmes, and hosts its own programmes which include INASP Health Links and the library support programmes. INASP also runs regular country-based workshops.

Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

ISESCO aims to promote the separate and distinct educational, scientific and cultural heritage that combines the 57 OIC member countries. The primary purpose of the organisation is to coordinate the activities of specialist agencies responsible for similar functions within each of the OIC member countries.

ISESCO has helped develop a number of action plans and strategies on an OIC-wide basis in areas such as water resources, university education and Islamic culture. ISESCO has also started awarding prizes in education and literacy, sciences and university research, and culture and communication to individuals within the OIC member countries.

Jamaican Science Research Council

The SRC is Jamaica's primary agency for fostering Jamaican research and promoting its applications. It runs seven research units, from microbiology to wastewater management, and offers services ranging from training to tissue culture and laboratory analyses. The SRC website hosts four databases: the skills bank, plant gene bank, plant information, and library collection.

WHO: Climate change and human health

This part of the WHO's website focuses on the links between climate change and health. One factsheet looks specifically at climate change and infectious disease: it examines the historical evidence for links between climate and vector-borne disease, outlines different models to forecast climatic influences on infectious disease and offers examples of exactly how changes in climate can affect the spread of infectious disease. Another factsheet describes how to translate the science into useful policy decisions so will be particularly valuable for policymakers.

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