INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
International Council for Science
The Academy is Australia's National Member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and 30 of its constituent bodies.
The Academy maintains links the International Council for Science and its constituent bodies and committees. The principal objective of ICSU is to encourage international scientific activity for the benefit of mankind by initiating, designing and coordinating international scientific research projects. It also acts as a focus for the exchange of ideas, the communication of scientific information and the development of standards in methodology and units. Australia, through the Academy, adheres to the following member Unions of ICSU:
34th International Geological Congress (IGC) Brisbane, Australia, 2-10 August 2012
Committees or commissions of ICSU are created to organise programs in multi- or trans-disciplinary fields which are not completely under the aegis of any one of the scientific unions. Australia currently adheres to the committees concerned with:
- Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
- Global Change (IGBP)
- Oceanic Research (SCOR)
- Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
- Space Research (COSPAR)
- World Climate Research (WCRP)
The Academy, through the relevant National Committees, also adheres to the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM).