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Recent News

EASAC is the united voice of the EU National Academies of Science. Here are some news items about these academies‘ individual and joint activities.

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EASAC
03.06.2016

15th Anniversary of EASAC - "A Celebration of Science for Policy"

On the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the National Science Academies of the EU-member states, Norway and Switzerland…
EASAC
31.05.2016

EASAC Letter to Jean Claude Juncker on COP21

As an outcome of discussions between EASAC’s three Steering Panels (Environment, Energy and Biosciences) in May 2016, a letter…
EASAC
29.03.2016

Open workshop on energy storage in electricity grids

The EASAC working group on electricity storage held its 4th meeting on 23 / 24 March 2016 in Dublin, hosted by the Royal Irish…
EASAC
24.03.2016

EASAC report "Gain of Function" presented at symposium organised by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Main messages from the EASAC report "Gain of function: experimental applications relating to potentially pandemic pathogens"…
EASAC
18.03.2016

Presidents of the European Academy Networks meet EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas and the High Level Group of Scientific Advisors

On 17 March, the Presidents of the five European Academy Networks came together in Brussels to meet with Carlos Moedas, the EU…
EASAC
25.02.2016

Successful workshop held on "Europe's Forests"

Work on the project Sustainability and Multi-functionality in Europe’s Forests is progressing well, and benefited on 16 February…
EASAC
23.11.2015

Summary of the EASAC launch event of the report on "Gain of Function (in virology)"

On 21 October 2015 the EASAC report on "Gain of Function" was officially released during a public event at the Palace of…
EASAC
17.11.2015

Letter on Data Protection Regulation

Together with many of the most important research organisations of Europe, EASAC has sent a letter to the Times, asking for a…
EASAC
07.10.2015

Public Launch of EASAC report on Gain of Function

The next EASAC report on "Gain of Function" will be launched during a public event on 21 October 2015 in Brussels. This will be…
EASAC
02.10.2015

EASAC Summary on Personalised Medicine

This document is a result of discussions in our Biosciences Steering Panel. EASAC will potentially take the issue of Personalised…
EASAC
01.10.2015

EASAC has elected Thierry Courvoisier as new President

Professor Thierry Courvoisier, currently Vice-President of EASAC and President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, has…
EASAC
18.08.2015

EASAC signs open letter to Scottish government as response to the planned ban of GM in Scotland

The European Academies' Science Advisory Council has signed an open letter to the Scottish Minister for Rural Affairs Mr. Richard…
EASAC
19.06.2015

Highly successful workshop held in Vilnius on 17 June 2015

on joint report "Management of spent nuclear fuel and its waste" by EASAC and European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) …
EASAC
01.06.2015

Joint Statement on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation

EASAC has joined a number of stakeholders and organizations in signing the “Joint Statement on the potential impacts of the…
EASAC
11.05.2015

Statement of European academic networks in support of European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes

The Statement of the European academic networks: Academia Europaea, ALLEA, EASAC, Euro-Case and FEAM can be found here. The…
EASAC
17.03.2015

Gain of Function: request for advice from scientific community on revision of EU Export Control Regulation

One of the areas covered by the EASAC project on Gain of Function relates to the issues arising from the current situation where…
EASAC
02.02.2015

EASAC stimulates discussion on antimicrobial drug discovery

Following publication of the Statement "Antimicrobial drug discovery: greater steps ahead", EASAC organised a discussion in…
EASAC
10.01.2015

Knighthood for EASAC Vice President

EASAC is delighted to announce that one of its Vice Presidents, Professor Martyn Poliakoff, has been recognised in the United…
EASAC
05.12.2014

EASAC kicks off new project on "Gain of function"

The EASAC "Gain of Function" project was initiated to explore the issues (potential risks and benefits) raised by recent…
EASAC
24.10.2014

European Academies inform MEPs on GMO legislation

EASAC position on GMOs In July 2014, after four years' deliberation and negotiation among member states, the Council adopted…

Current Publications

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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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Current Projects

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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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Bioenergy and its role in Integrated Assessment Models - a Forest Bioenergy…

The use of bioenergy at the moment is already controversial as the science suggests that many applications-particularly…
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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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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