First annual meeting of academy communications professionals
We would like to invite you to join the first annual European meeting for professionals working on communications in scientific academies.
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New advice: Do biodegradable plastics bring benefits?
What does ‘biodegradable plastic’ mean? Can biodegradable plastics help reduce plastic pollution? What policies should be in place to ensure that biodegradable plastics are beneficial to the environment, compared with non-biodegradable plastics?
How to avoid a backlash against experts
A new EU-funded research project has set out to study the role of expertise in democracies, how science should inform political decisions, and how to prevent a populist backlash against the notion of ‘expertise’.
Advice on climate change and health
Today, the European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors published their opinion Adaptation to climate change-related health effects which contains advice and recommendations on how the EU can help to make our societies, and in particular the health sector, better prepared and more resilient with respect to impacts from climate change on health.
Joint statement on science advice in Covid-19
The European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors has published a detailed statement on EU science advice in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, in collaboration with the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies and Peter Piot, a special advisor to Ursula von der Leyen.
Sustainability plan published
SAPEA today published its sustainability plan, which lays out a roadmap for the organisation’s future development in its role of providing evidence for the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors.
Unite to defend evidence-informed policy, science advice community tells Commission
Politicians, scientists and civil society need to defend evidence-informed policy as a cornerstone of liberal democracy.
This was the #1 message to send to the new European Commission, as voted by Europe’s science advice community at a major event in Helsinki.
Evidence on microplastics does not yet point to widespread risk, say Europe’s top scientists
The best available evidence suggests that microplastics and nanoplastics do not pose a widespread risk to humans or the environment, except in small pockets. But that evidence is limited, and the situation could change if pollution continues at the current rate.
EASAC and FEAM tackle vaccination
A conference examining scientific and social perspectives on vaccination will be held in Amsterdam by two of SAPEA’s member academies, FEAM and EASAC.
New topic: Making Sense of Science under conditions of complexity and uncertainty
The European Commission Group of Chief Scientific Advisors adopted this topic to address policy makers using scientific advice within the European Commission.
