While technological contributions are easy to recognize, it is not the case for that of basic sciences, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, says.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) says that technological contributions are easy to recognize.
On the contrary, the scientific body, noted that the contributions of basic sciences are not sufficiently recognized.
IUPAP is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity.
Recalled that the United Nations General Assembly in December 2021 designated 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, an initiative credited to IUPAP.
Basic sciences and technological advances
Michel Spiro, President of IUPAP, in a post on ZTFNews.org, maintained that basic sciences “are the basis of the greatest technological advances that drive innovation and at the same time are essential during the training of future professionals, and in the development of capacities by the population to make decisions that affect their future.”
According to him, understanding the basic science of natural phenomena will contribute to the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda, fundamentally in relation to 6 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.
SDGs require science, technology
“Although all the SDGs require the contribution of science and technology,” he said.
Spiro, further pointed out that basic science has an important contribution to make in the implementation of the IYBSSD2022 program.
Basic sciences, essential means to…
He said: “They provide the essential means to meet crucial challenges such as universal access to food, energy, health coverage and communication technologies.
“They make it possible to understand the impact of the almost 8 billion current inhabitants of the planet and act to limit it, and sometimes even reduce it: depletion of the ozone layer, climate change, depletion of natural resources, extinction of living species.”
The blog post, from which this report was written, can be found here.