The Forum is linking science and policy to meet this challenge.

UNESCO: CULTURE

An initiative to assess erosion and sediment transport to marine, lake or reservoir environments aimed at the creation of a holistic approach for the remediation and conservation of surface waters, closely linking science with policy and management needs.

UNESCO: International Hydrological Programme (IHP)

Over the past decade there has been growing international agreement that the system for linking science and policy in the area of biodiversity and ecosystem services needed further improvement, resulting ultimately in the process for creating an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

"By linking up computer technology with the science of olfaction, we can speed up the creation of new compounds, and it can take us into areas we've never dreamed of, " says Rahman Ansari, vice president of technical affairs at Quest International, a unit of British chemical giant ICI that developed Este Lauder's blockbuster Tommy Girl.

FORBES: Breaking a Sweat

Linking market moves to causes is an imprecise science, to say the least.

FORBES: Best Buy Copies J.C. Penney and Wall Street Applauds?

Sir, Andrew Motion (report, Feb 23) is correct to castigate climate change deniers, but he is profoundly mistaken in linking all those who oppose the current climate science orthodoxy into one group.

FORBES: Climate Change: We're Just Not Ready to Deal With it Yet