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The European Academies of Science (EASAC) warn that current efforts to resolve the plastics crisis are ineffective and misleading.…

The current EU rules on genetically modified organisms (GMO) are not fit for purpose anymore, leading scientists warn in a newly…

Burning forest biomass for electricity and heat is touted as a smart way for Europe to reach its climate targets. But especially…

The European Academies of Science and Medicine call for evidence-based diagnosis and therapy in response to the WHO inclusion of…

Forest biomass used for bioenergy – good or bad for the climate?

New EASAC report “The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe” highlights an alarming range of health risks…

EU unlikely to hit Paris Agreement target without urgently phasing out fossil fuels, generating more low-carbon electricity, and…

EASAC released publications in 2018 that urged policy-makers to take immediate action on CO2 mitigation including using Carbon…

Soils play a key role in climate regulation, nutritious diets, agricultural livelihoods, and biodiversity. But soils have dropped…

EASAC and the Smart Villages Initiative (SVI) are publishing their recommendations for energy access in off-grid communities that…

Replacing coal with forest biomass in power stations is not a simple fix – forest biomass with long carbon payback periods could…

EU policy-makers need to implement a food systems approach to address negative impacts of climate change on food systems and…

Europe’s national science and medical academies call for tailor-made interventions, European vaccination card and registry

Man-made climate change has been proven to have increased recent extreme rainfall and associated floods; coastal flooding due to…

Negative emissions technologies (NETs) – new technologies that aim to remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere – have “limited…

A new report confirms that negative emission technologies (NETs) offer only “limited realistic potential” to remove large amounts…

As part of an unprecedented global InterAcademy Partnership project by 130 science academies, a team of scientists from across…

​​​​​​​It will be vital to support and sustain a global culture of responsibility and integrity in research and innovation and to…

A new evaluation from EASAC confirms there is no robust, reproducible evidence that homeopathic products work.

According to a new EASAC report written by leading scientists, economists and energy experts across Europe.