Open AccessAfrican Science Leaders Focus on Key Challenges and Opportunities
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo330002
Subject(s) - summit , political science , poverty , focus (optics) , public administration , economic growth , geography , law , economics , physics , optics , physical geography
While dozens of African presidents were in Washington, D. C., in early August to meet with U.S. president Barack Obama during the first U.S.‐Africa Leaders Summit, African science ministers and science academy officials held their own gathering at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to focus on challenges and opportunities related to environmental protection, climate change, development, health, poverty, technology, and other issues.