The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has joined 14 other national science academies to urge G8 leaders to give greater consideration to the role S&T can play in addressing three of the world's most pressing challenges. The academies issued a joint statement at a May 10th meeting of science academy leaders in Washington calling on G8 leaders to engage the international research community on three global dilemmas: simultaneously meeting water and energy needs, building resilience to natural and technological disasters and more accurately gauging greenhouse gas emissions at the country-level to verify progress towards national goals and international commitments....