13.04.2022
“Look before you Leap”: European Science Academies Caution against Subsidies for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
As the European Union is discussing new legislation to certify carbon removal technologies, European Science Academies sound the…
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05.04.2022
Regenerative Agriculture: Healthy Soil Best Bet for Carbon Storage
Agriculture is the main driver of global deforestation and land conversion, and food systems account for more than a third of…
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29.03.2022
Climate and Biodiversity Crisis: Recognise the Strength of the Linkages to Safeguard Human Civilisation
“Climate catastrophe is like a giant meteorite hitting the earth in super slow motion,” says Prof. Michael Norton. “Maybe too slow…
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03.03.2022
EASAC member academies stand with Ukraine and support the freedom of its citizens and scientific community
Here you can find an overview of how our member academies react to the Ukraine crisis
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22.02.2022
Sir Andy Haines receives prestigious Tyler Prize
EASAC congratulates their colleague for receiving the prize for his work on Climate Change and Health.
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EASAC is the voice of independent science advice, mobilising Europe’s leading scientists to guide EU policy for the benefit of society. It brings together the National Academies of Science of the EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland and UK.

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Environmental Research

Climate change and human health in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

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Lancet Planetary Health

Health must become core to global climate policy negotiations

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Health in the Climate Emergency: A global perspective

Climate change is having a range of impacts on health today that will become more severe unless urgent action is taken.…

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Regenerative agriculture in Europe

A critical analysis of contributions to European Union Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies

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Energy Institute - New Energy World

Up in smoke – could subsidies for BECCS increase emissions?

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Common themes and objectives should lead to closer cooperation between the UNFCCC and the CBD

Message from European Science Academies for CBD COP15

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Neonicotinoids and Integrated Pest Management (Update)

Neonicotinoids (neonics) are a group of synthetic pesticides used to control insect pests. The most widely used…
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The Future of Gas

Update: 03.09.2022 The new EASAC project on the future of gas is building on earlier EASAC work on the decarbonisation…
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03.03.2022

EASAC member academies stand with Ukraine and support the freedom of its citizens and scientific community

Here you can find an overview of how our member academies react to the Ukraine crisis
06.08.2021

Academies’ recommendations to G20 leaders to increase preparedness for future global pandemics and to consider the impacts of crises on societies, from an economic, societal, legal and cultural perspective

Academies from the G20 countries have signed two joint statements on pressing global issues to be addressed. The statements…
31.03.2021

Science Academies submit three statements for G7 Summit

How can biodiversity decline be reversed, how can greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to net zero, and how can health data be…

Member Academies

The Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Czech Academy of Sciences
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
The Estonian Academy of Sciences
The Council of Finnish Academies
The Académie des sciences, France
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
The Academy of Athens
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Royal Irish Academy
The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
The Latvian Academy of Sciences
The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Polish Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences of Lisbon
The Romanian Academy
The Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Society, UK
Academia Europaea