DOI: https://doi.org/10.3974/geodp.2021.04.15
CSTR: https://cstr.escience.org.cn/CSTR:20146.99.2021.04.15
Academician Guo, Huadong was Honored the ISC “The Science for Sustainability
Award”
Editorial office of Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery
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Academician Guo Hua
Dong (photo by Wang, J. L.)
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The International Science Council (ISC) announced on 13th
October 2021 that the Science for Sustainability Award was given to Guo, Huadong, who has led the
development of a platform to integrate Big Earth Data for monitoring and
predicting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Professor Guo, Chairman
of the Steering Committee of Global Change Research Data Publishing &
Repository, regular member of the World Data System of the International
Science Council (ISC) and Director of International Research Center of Big Data
for Sustainable Development Goals. He is professor of Aerospace Information
Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was honored Academicians
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences in
Developing Countries. He is a fellow of Geographical Society of China.
Prof. Guo is a leading
scientist in remote sensing and digital earth studies. He is founder of the
International Society of Digital Earth (ISDE) and served as secretary general
and then president. He also led to establish and serve as director of the
International Centre on Space Technologies for Cultural and Natural Heritage
(HIST) of UNESCO. He was the President of the Committee on Data for Science and
Technology (CODATA) International Science Council, previously served as the science
advisor on sustainable development to the secretary-general of the United
Nations. He was Director of Institute of Remote Sensing, and Secretary General
of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Now, he dedicates his knowledge and ability to
the big data for SDGs using data-driven methodology. He is Editor-in-Chiefs of
the Journal of Big Earth Data, Digital Earth and Scientific Data of China.
The
International Science Council was founded in 1931 with headquarter in Paris,
France. It is a non-governmental organizations, and the largest scale, highest
level, most comprehensive international science organization. It brings
together over 200 international scientific unions and associations as well as
national and regional organizations.
The Science for
Sustainability Award is the first-ever edition of the ISC Awards, which
recognize excellence in the advancement of science as a global public good.