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Given the interdisciplinary nature of science for sustainable<br />

development, the Scientific Advisory Board to the Secretary-<br />

General of the United Nations has stressed the importance<br />

of intensifying co-operation among the different scientific<br />

fields and portraying science clearly and forcefully as a key<br />

ingredient in the future success of Agenda 2030. Governments<br />

should acknowledge the potential of science to federate<br />

different knowledge systems, disciplines and findings and<br />

its potential to contribute to a strong knowledge base in the<br />

pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals.<br />

REFERENCES<br />

ICSU (2004) ICSU Position Statement: The Value of Basic<br />

Scientific Research. International Council for Science. Paris.<br />

Perspectives on global issues<br />

NAS (2013) Antibiotics Research: Problems and Perspectives.<br />

National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina: Hamburg<br />

(Germany).<br />

United Nations (2013) Statistics and Indicators for the Post‐2015<br />

Development Agenda. United Nations System Task Team<br />

on the Post‐2015 Development Agenda. New York.<br />

United Nations (2012) The Future We Want. General Assembly<br />

Resolution A/RES/66/288, para. 247.<br />

WHO (2014) Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Report on<br />

Surveillance. World Health Organization: Geneva.<br />

Perspectives on emerging issues<br />

Planck, M. (1925) The Nature of Light. English translation<br />

of lecture given to Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the<br />

Advancement of Science: Berlin.<br />

NO<br />

POVERTY<br />

ZERO<br />

HUNGER<br />

GOOD HEALTH<br />

AND WELL-BEING<br />

QUALITY<br />

EDUCATION<br />

GENDER<br />

EQUALITY<br />

CLEAN WATER<br />

AND SANITATION<br />

AFFORDABLE AND<br />

CLEAN ENERGY<br />

DECENT WORK AND<br />

ECONOMIC GROWTH<br />

INDUSTRY, INNOVATION<br />

AND INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

REDUCED<br />

INEQUALITIES<br />

SUSTAINABLE CITIES<br />

AND COMMUNITIES<br />

RESPONSIBLE<br />

CONSUMPTION<br />

AND PRODUCTION<br />

CLIMATE<br />

ACTION<br />

LIFE<br />

BELOW WATER<br />

LIFE<br />

ON LAND<br />

PEACE, JUSTICE<br />

AND STRONG<br />

INSTITUTIONS<br />

PARTNERSHIPS<br />

FOR THE GOALS<br />

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