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IRDR Ex-officio Prof. GUO Huadong was given The Science for Sustainability Award by ISC

15 October 2021

IRDR Ex-offico Prof. GUO Huadong won the first Science for Sustainability Award at International Science Council (ISC) Geneal Assembly 2021.

As quoted from ISC: "The Science for Sustainability Award was given to Huadong Guo, who has led the development of a platform to integrate Big Earth Data for monitoring and predicting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals".

The ISC Awards Programme was established by the ISC Governing Board in 2020, and a call for nominations from Members and partners resulted in more than 100 nominations from which the final awardees were chosen by an Awards Selection Committee and endorsed by the ISC Governing Board. The prizes include unique original artworks by award-winning scientific photographer Karl Gaff.

For more information on Big Earth Data:http://english.casearth.com/index.php

Source: https://council.science/current/news/2021-isc-award-winners/

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