EASAC - der Verbund der Nationalen Wissenschaftsakademien der EU-Mitgliedsstaaten - ist die Stimme der unabhängigen Wissenschaft in Brüssel. Wir beraten Entscheidungsträger/innen in der EU, indem wir wissenschaftsbasierte Empfehlungen zu Fragen abgeben, welche für die Bürger/innen Europas von Bedeutung sind. Unsere Empfehlungen sind vollkommen unabhängig von wirtschaftlichen oder politischen Interessen. Unsere wissenschaftsbasierten Analysen und Empfehlungen erarbeiten wir in einem nachvollziehbaren und transparenten Prozess. Wir möchten eindeutige Empfehlungen anbieten, die von Relevanz für die aktuell dringlichsten Fragen der Gesellschaft sind. EASAC arbeitet mit Wissenschaftlern in Steuerungs- und Arbeitsgruppen und wird von einer eigenen Geschäftsstelle an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien) und den Königlichen Akademien für Wissenschaft und Künste von Belgien (Brüssel) unterstützt. Als Netzwerke von herausragenden Wissenschaftlern verfolgen nationale Wissenschaftsakademien das Ziel, sowohl den wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt und die Zusammenarbeit zu fördern, als auch das Verständnis für Wissenschaft in Politik und Bevölkerung zu verbessern. EASAC vertritt die nationalen Wissenschaftsakademien aller EU-Mitgliedstaaten, eine paneuropäische Wissenschaftsakademie und den Verband aller Akademien des geographischen Europas. Die nationalen Wissenschaftsakademien von Norwegen und der Schweiz wurden von der EASAC-Vollversammlung, dem Lenkungsgremium von EASAC, separat zu Mitgliedern gewählt. EU-Entscheidungsträger haben sich an Interessengruppengewöhnt, die versuchen, Einfluss auf Politik- und Finanzierungsentscheidungen zu nehmen. Von diesen unterscheidet sich EASAC dahingehend, dass wir Entscheidungsträgern detaillierte Analysen und Empfehlungen von Europas besten Wissenschaftlern zur Verfügung stellen.
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Last week, the SAPEA staff and Board members came together for a productive series of meetings and workshops. Following the SAPEA Board meeting, we explored the use of AI in the context of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), exchanging ideas and perspectives on how emerging technologies can support evidence-informed policymaking in Europe.
Today and tomorrow, the Danish EU Presidency hosts a #Plant-based Food Summit. The summit is intended as a platform to learn, taste and experience how Denmark is incorporating plant-based initiatives as part of the development of a future-proof food system. Denmark is the country with largest animal production per capita and a major player in the global pig meat export market. Yet, the country has successfully adopted groundbreaking policies paving the way for more plant-based #foods and diets to be part of the national food system. "In 2021, an agreement was made between nearly all parties in the Danish Parliament. We had a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 70%. And one of the things we could do was to promote plant-based food, rather than to say that there should be a limit to #livestock production," explained Danish Minister Counsellor Anders Christiansen at the recent launch of our Report on Meat Alternatives. Needless to say, getting farmers on board was vital. "In Denmark, we have a tradition of talking to each other." Pretty successfully, one can argue, as these talks let to the publication of a Danish Action Plan for Plant-based Foods in 2023." Anders also kindly agreed to say a few words about the EASAC Report. But see for yourself 😉 🪴 https://lnkd.in/e9ajrsuD 📗 https://lnkd.in/eSb8dGHE 🤝 https://plantdiplomacy.eu/ #itsscience #vegetarian #veganism #meatalternatives BERTA MARTINEZ GARCIA Rudolf Hielscher Thomas Cole-Hunter Tilly Metz Irina Popescu Giuseppina Luvara Hanna Tuomisto Rosa Castro Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves
Last Friday, an EASAC delegation of wildfire experts together with EASAC President Wim van Saarloos and Executive Director Georg Bërveniku-Brunner met with EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy Jessika Roswall for an exchange on the EASAC report “Changing wildfires - Policy options for a fire-literate and fire-adapted Europe” and on the challenges that #wildfires pose for Europe. We very much appreciated the Commissioner’s interest in the topic, and discussed inter alia linkages to the #water resilience strategy and to the new European #Bauhaus. Cathelijne Stoof outlined the main findings from our report, with the conclusion that Europe has a choice to either continue to strengthen reactive policies or adopt integrate policies that support fire adaptation and fire literacy. EASAC representatives also addressed priorities to restore #peatlands, to incorporate wildfire risk into tree planting initiatives, and to strengthen fire literacy (e.g. knowledge on health risks from wildfires smoke). Tiago Oliveira also shared important insights on pioneering an Integrated Fire Management System for #Portugal. With the G7 Kananaskis Wildfire Charter and inspired by FAO/UNEP, OECD - OCDE and The World Bank Group recent reports, we trust the EU is on a pathway towards Integrated Fire Management. And we much look forward to a continued dialogue with the Commissioner! Pernille Weiss-Ehler Adrian Tišťan Tom De Groeve Urbano Fra Paleo Bachisio Arca Pierre L. Ibisch Tobias Plieninger Kemal Sarp Arsava Jüri Engelbrecht Kostas Kalabokidis Todor Stoyanov Guido van der Werf Thomas Elmqvist BERTA MARTINEZ GARCIA Rudolf Hielscher Gregor Erbach
If you are in #Poland during the second half of the month, you may not want to miss this: the 38th Conference on "Issues of energy resources and energy in the national economy" will take place in #Zakopane from 19 to 22 October 2025. It will bring together about 250 participants from academia, universities, energy industry, fuel industries, and different levels of administration (from municipalities to ministries). Lidia Gawlik, Associate Professor of the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, and member of our Energy Programme Steering Panel, will present the findings of our Report on the Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies. Please note that the conference language is Polish. Detailed programme: https://lnkd.in/ggPu4PMf Information about registration and costs: https://lnkd.in/gy9yjSPk Ewa Gasiorowska - Wajman Tomasz Surma Mariusz Niedźwiecki Agnieszka Baran Wojciech Lach Ewa Zwolińska, Executive MBA Kalina Misiak Aleksandra Niegolewska, MBA Lidia Kolucka, EMBA (she/her)
EU Parliament talks burgers and steaks Today, the #European Parliament will vote on a proposal by Céline Imart (EPP Group) to ban a long list of labels including "sausage" and "burger" from being used for vegetarian or vegan products. Whether you think this is a good idea or not, you may be interested in a few scientific facts about meat alternatives from our recently published report. While nutrient intake depends on the overall diet, meat alternatives generally perform better than conventional meat (in particular beef) in terms of environmental impact: 🟢 Plant-based products have the lowest environmental footprint, especially when minimally processed; 🟢 Insects and microbial proteins are highly efficient protein sources and have minimal environmental impact when using sustainable feedstocks; 🟢 Precision fermentation and cultivated meat can be environmentally better but require high energy input. For a more comprehensive picture, read the full report. It has been written by 18 leading scientists nominated by their respective national science academies 👉 https://lnkd.in/dEE-2myX #itsscience #proteinstrategy #plantbasedfood #cultivatedmeat #veganism #vegetarian #meatalternatives Manfred Weber
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7 out of 9 planetary boundaries have now been breached, reveals a new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - one more than just six months ago, when EASAC published a Commentary highlighting the troubling disconnect between the magnitude of crisis and the implementation of the necessary political actions towards transformative change. Despite global promises, crucial policies fall short. Carbon emissions are on the rise, natural feedback loops spiral downwards, and essential biodiversity targets remain elusive. Fossil fuel subsidies linger like unwanted houseguests, while GDP-driven models chase quick wins over sustainable gains. "The Ocean Acidification boundary has now been assessed as breached for the first time. This shift, driven mainly by fossil fuel burning and worsened by deforestation and land-use change, is degrading the oceans’ ability to act as Earth’s stabiliser," says the PIK. To understand who holds the match to the fire and learn more about the transformative changes we need, check out what the science says: 🟢 Report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab: https://lnkd.in/dwZu2kT7 🟢 https://lnkd.in/eqFN__qh #itsscience #PlanetaryBoundaries #OceanAcidification #FossilFuels #LandUse #Deforestation #CarbonEmissions
Security of sustainable energy supplies debated at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences How do we secure our energy supply in a turbulent world? Based on EASAC‘s report Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies, the Swedish Academy hosted a Workshop on 29 September to debate this question in a Swedish context. 📽️ You can now watch the recording (Swedish/English) here: https://lnkd.in/eks-J_cv While EASAC’s outgoing Energy Programme Director William Gillett presented the main findings of EASAC’s report, Olle Olsson from the Swedish Energy Agency highlighted how the Agency works to drive the energy transition while strengthening the resilience of the energy system. The two Swedish experts who participated in the preparation of the report, Mathias Ekstedt of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Bert Allard of Örebro University gave more insigts into their specific areas of expertise. Metals and raw materials designated as “critical” or “innovative” appear to be essential for the development of a sustainable energy supply that is not based on fossil fuels. Allard discussed which metals are involved, where they are found, particularly in Europe, and what role Sweden is expected to play in the European supply of these metals. Ekstedt highlighted the vulnerabilities of IT and OT components of energy systems and explained why they need to be analyzed and handled differently. 👉 Download the Report here: https://lnkd.in/dvE-bNwg #itsscience #energysecurity #cybersecurity #LNG #renewables
Meet Thomas Cole-Hunter, EASAC's new #Biosciences and Public Health Programme Director. Tom is an environmental epidemiologist and has already worked as a consultant to the Programme in the past months. In this short video, he explains what motivated him to join EASAC and what is coming next in the Biosciences Programme. We are happy to have him on board as new Programme Director and look forward to working together. #itsscience #healthcare #AI The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) ALLEA – The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities Austrian Academy of Sciences - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) Global Young Academy BERTA MARTINEZ GARCIA Rudolf Hielscher
7 out of 9 planetary boundaries have now been breached, reveals a new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - one more than just six months ago, when EASAC published a Commentary highlighting the troubling disconnect between the magnitude of crisis and the implementation of the necessary political actions towards transformative change. Despite global promises, crucial policies fall short. Carbon emissions are on the rise, natural feedback loops spiral downwards, and essential biodiversity targets remain elusive. Fossil fuel subsidies linger like unwanted houseguests, while GDP-driven models chase quick wins over sustainable gains. "The Ocean Acidification boundary has now been assessed as breached for the first time. This shift, driven mainly by fossil fuel burning and worsened by deforestation and land-use change, is degrading the oceans’ ability to act as Earth’s stabiliser," says the PIK. To understand who holds the match to the fire and learn more about the transformative changes we need, check out what the science says: 🟢 Report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab: https://lnkd.in/dwZu2kT7 🟢 https://lnkd.in/eqFN__qh #itsscience #PlanetaryBoundaries #OceanAcidification #FossilFuels #LandUse #Deforestation #CarbonEmissions
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