Agnieszka Pietruczuk 
The Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt to the European Union and the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Science and Digitalisation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt organise an event “Algae – Sustainable biomass production for a green economy and the future of nutrition in Europe – Innovations made in Saxony-Anhalt”.
The Future of Work will be the core theme of Euro-CASE annual conference, which will take place on 21 October 2019 in Oslo. The event, hosted by the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, will revolve around the following questions:
Representatives from SAPEA, the European Commission’s science advisors, and the Joint Research Centre yesterday addressed a packed room on how to ensure EU policy is informed by the best available evidence.
A high-level group of prime ministers and presidents from around the world have cited the SAPEA “Food from the Oceans” report in their own proposals for how to mitigate climate change.
Our report on the Future of Ageing has been presented to the public, researchers and policy stakeholders and the evidence discussed in light of demographic, health and economic conditions in several countries.
Today’s report on microplastics in drinking water by the World Health Organisation draws prominently on SAPEA’s evidence review report from earlier this year.
SAPEA will host an international symposium on science advice for policy in November, together with the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, the Academy of Finland, the Prime Minister’s Office of Finland and the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Now more than ever, policymakers need good quality science advice to inform their decisions. Yet — as a new report by European academies highlights — the very policy issues for which scientific input is most needed are the ones where the science itself is often complex and uncertain.
ALLEA, one of SAPEA networks, together with the Royal Society, published a discussion paper ‘Flourishing in a data-enabled society’.
Society must tackle the challenges presented by ageing in every generation – not leave them until old age. This is the key conclusion of a major new Evidence Review Report entitled Transforming the Future of Ageing, published today (27 June) by SAPEA and led by the Federation of European Academies of Medicine.
SAPEA is funded by the European Union. The activities of associated partners Academia Europaea and Cardiff University are funded by UKRI (grant number 10033786).
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