PRESS RELEASE
World Science Forum 2024 Declaration Calls for Strengthening
Trust in Science Globally
Discussions on future role of science continue in Indonesia in 2026
Budapest, 23 November, 2024 – The 11th World Science Forum, held in
Budapest, Hungary, on 20-23 November, ended with a declaration accepted
unanimously by the founding and partner organizations and participants of
WSF2024. The next Forum will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2026 and be
titled “Science for Global Resilience and Equity”.
The WSF2024 declaration calls for efficient, trusted and creative science and policy
interfaces, responding to disruptive global transformations.
“Our world is under rapid transformation and facing an uncertain future. Extraordinary
scientific and technological advances are at odds with inadequate progress on
addressing the challenges of climate change and most of the Sustainable
Development Goals, a growing number of conflicts, rising inequalities and the
emergence of rapidly evolving and disruptive technologies,” the declaration states.
“We urgently need to broaden scientific understanding and to promote evidence-
based, science-informed and long-term-thinking decision-making.”
The World Science Forum was created by three founding organisations, the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences – hosting of the 2024 event – the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International
Science Council (ISC), and partner organisations the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the
InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), and the European Academies’ Science Advisory
Council (EASAC).
“Science as a universal language is the evidence-based tool for understanding our
world and its future. It should guide society, policymakers, and the economy on risks,
opportunities, and choices. […] We recognise the evolving role of science diplomacy
in bringing together science and policy to address these challenges and promote
science for peace,” the declaration highlights.
Titled “A Science and Policy Interface and Dialogue at the Time of Global
Transformations”, WSF2024 attracted 1,200 delegates from 122 countries, who
joined sessions and roundtable discussions with 100 lectures in 19 plenary and
thematic sessions over four days on 20-23 November, with the aim to overcome the
present limits of the wide-scale implementation of science-based policy measures on
a global level.
The full text of the declaration can be found here on the World Science Forum
