As part of International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development program, UNESCO selected some photos exhibiting how the basic sciences worked for Sustainable Development. They will be displayed in Paris where UNESCO Headquarter is located till end of July. Two photos about fusion energy from HFIPS, CAS are among them.
The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly 2 December 2021 for 2022, stressing that the applications of basic sciences are vital for advances in medicine, industry, agriculture, water resources, energy planning, environment, communications and culture, and that basic sciences rupture technologies respond to the needs of humankind by providing access to information and increasing societal well-being, and promoting peace through improved collaboration toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).