Social sciences play vital role in tackling environmental challenges, says UNESCO report

Social sciences play vital role in tackling environmental challenges, says UNESCO report

17 NOVEMBER 2013

15 November 2013 – A new United Nations report underscores the vital contribution of the social sciences to survival in the face of climate change, and stresses that human behaviour must be at the heart of efforts to tackle the challenges related to the natural environment.

The 2013 World Social Science Report takes stock of the “unprecedented and staggering environmental challenges” facing society and their potentially devastating consequences on the well-being of people worldwide, according to a news release issued by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Read more at UN News Centrehttp://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46495&Cr=science&Cr1=#.UokuqtKKm9U

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