In 2001 IIASA, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), and the United Nations University (UNU) started a joint initiative to prepare a comprehensive scientific assessment of the role of population in sustainable development strategies, with the aim of producing a science-based policy statement as input to the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development.

The Global Science Panel comprises over 30 distinguished scientists from various disciplines and comes under the joint patronage of Maurice Strong and Nafis Sadik. The Panel is coordinated by Wolfgang Lutz and Mahendra Shah, and receives financial support from the UNFPA, the government of Austria, and the MacArthur Foundation.

Initial discussions were held at a meeting at NIDI and at General Conferences organized by the IUSSP and IHDP. Drafts were also discussed at two cyber seminars organized by the IUSSP/IHDP Population Environment Research Network (PERN).

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Co-ordinators: Wolfgang Lutz & Mahendra Shah
Administrator: Nina Drinkovic

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Last updated: 24 Feb 2011