Zakri Abdul Hamid

Zakri columns: Science Diplomacy and Sustainability

Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia Selected columns, New Straits Times national newspaper, Kuala Lumpur “I hope that this volume, containing opinions from 2020

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Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report

UN Convention on Biodiversity, Montreal 11-month-old Sumatran orangutans. (c) Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark, natgeophotoark.org Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed

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In the news: 30 clients’ most noted news releases of the decade

Terry Collins & Associates, Toronto, December 31, 2019   Many of the ~200 science news releases written and distributed for 30 clients in the 2010s

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Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people

IPBES, Bonn 26 March,  2018 Main cause of species loss; driver of the migration of millions of people by 2050 In landmark 3-year assessment report,

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Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat

IPBES, Bonn / Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia 26 Feb 2016 Assessment Details Options for Safeguarding Pollinators Kuala Lumpur

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Future of lung treatment: Malaysian scientists join Harvard team creating safe, effective nano drugs

MIGHT, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  (Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology) 11 Jan 2015 Additional Malaysian nanoscience research includes converting greenhouse gases into energy source; ‘Smart

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Malaysia passes per capita GDP milestone en route to developed country status

Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology, Kuala Lumpur International ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ of sustainable development advisors assesses progress at 5th annual meeting in New York Malaysia

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Investing ~3.5% GDP in science, technology, innovation: benchmark for sustainable development

UNSG’s Scientific Advisory Board Paris 9 July 2015 UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board calls for advisor, not observer seat for science at leaders’ policy-making table; recommends

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Inclusive Wealth Index shows more than half of countries ‘consuming beyond their means’

United Nations University – International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn; UN Environment Programme, Nairobi; UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development 9-DEC-2014

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Creating smarter cities to promote healthier people: new global science program debuts

United Nations University UNU International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 9 Dec. 2014 ‘Science of Systems’ comes of age in pioneering interdisciplinary programme; Secretariat

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To help solve slums, innovators build jobs, food security into affordable housing

Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology 2-Oct-2014 Proposed urban edition of Malaysia’s ‘smart’ eco-villages debuts Building on the poverty relief success achieved through self-sustaining high-tech

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Growing scientists: World’s future jobs are rooted in STEM

Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 22-Sep-2014 Malaysia a founding nation in new global sciences education alliance New York — Malaysia today became a founding

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Malaysia’s ‘Smart Villages’ and 9 other proven ideas for sustainable development

Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 17-Sep-2014 Smart Village, Malaysia As nations zero in on the UN’s post-2015 global Sustainable Development Goals, innovations being successfully

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Beyond GDP: innovative yardsticks of well-being, wealth

Malaysian Industry ­Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia hosts UN-backed symposium: ‘Beyond Gross Domestic Product — Transitioning into Sustainability’ Birth weight, hours

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Indigenous knowledge: preserving biodiversity, ecosystem services

UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of information with indigenous people With

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Most nations lack means to assess biodiversity, key ecosystem services and their value: Experts

UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting biodiversity — nevertheless cannot measure

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$100M green energy megafund launched by science, investment experts in Malaysia, Japan

Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology, Kuala Lumpur 23 September 2013 Venture capital fund to seed building of green energy products, businesses in SE Asia;

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Even farm animal diversity is declining as accelerating species loss threatens humanity

Chair IPBES / Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 27-May-2013 Founding Chair of new world biodiversity body offers

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Malaysia to battle ‘nutrition transition’ problem emerging worldwide: More income, poorer diet choices

Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 1 Nov 2012 ‘Nutrition transition’ common to Mexico,

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Pioneering, self-contained ‘smart village’ offers world model for rural poverty relief

Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 16-Jul-2012 California innovation experts counseling Malaysia’s development drive An

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South East Asian nations meet on reforms to international environmental governance

Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia, and the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) 12 July 2011 Zakri Abdul Hamid Amid

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Founded on science, world cooperation in Antarctica a model for meeting climate, other challenges

Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) 16 Jun 11 The success of world co-operation based on

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