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UNESCO » Social and Human Sciences » Global Environmental Change  » COMEST » Emerging Issues in Ethics

Ethics, Science and Society

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    • Environmental Ethics
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Further Reading

'Mind the Gap': Science and Ethics in Nanotechnology [PDF, 281 KB]

21st Nanotechnology Research and Development Act [PDF, 63 KB]

European Commission: Nanotechnologies [PDF, 3414 KB]

Website of the Royal Society on Nanotechnology

 

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  • Rules of procedure [PDF, 152 KB]
  • Sessions

EVENTS

  • 8th Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)
    Bratislava, Slovakia, 27-29 May 2013
  • Follow-up Conference to the 8th Ordinary Session of COMEST on Emerging Ethical Issues in Science and Technology
    Bratislava, Slovakia, 30-31 May 2013

REPORTS

  • Statement on issues relevant to consideration of the desirability of preparing a declaration of ethical principles in relation to climate change
  • Framework of Ethical Principles and Responsibilities for Climate Change Adaptation
  • Summary Report on Decisions Adopted at the Seventh Ordinary Session, Doha, Qatar, 9-12 October 2011 [PDF]
  • The Ethical implications of global climate change, 2010 [PDF]

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  • Avicenna Prize
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