Science for Net-Zero Transition
This virtual symposium was organised as a side event to COP26 and discussed ways for the research community to unite efforts towards the net-zero transition.
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This virtual symposium was organised as a side event to COP26 and discussed ways for the research community to unite efforts towards the net-zero transition.
The partners of the Science for Net-Zero Symposium CESAER, the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN), Science Europe, and the University of Strathclyde are calling for a collaborative, systems-based approach to tackling the Net-Zero emissions challenge, and are taking immediate steps to lead by example.
The European Union’s research and innovation community urges the European Commission and UK Government to work towards a successful UK association to Horizon Europe as soon as possible.
Countries are falling well short on emissions targets, but the first day of the UN conference saw fresh commitments, with the new US strategy underlining the central role research and innovation will play in delivering climate neutrality
On 24 November, Science Europe, in collaboration with the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and the Luxembourg Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), will organise the 13th high Level Workshop – this year on the topic of ‘Research Culture’.
Science Europe was launched formally in its first General Assembly on 21 October 2011 in Berlin. A total of 49 Member Organisations, including the seven official founding members (DFG, ESRC, ETAg, FWO, FNRS, ARRS, and SNSF), celebrated the start of the association and elected its first President, Paul Boyle, and Governing Board.
The Nobel Prizes were announced between 4 and 11 October this year, honouring the greatest achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economic sciences.
On 26-27 October 2021, the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised the “Conference New ERA - Towards a responsible knowledge driven society of the 3rd Millennium.” It was intended to better integrate the ERA in key stakeholder communities, industrial sectors and policymakers on regional, national and EU levels, especially those responsible for research and from broader innovation ecosystems.
Want to join us and help us strengthen innovative European research? Science Europe currently has an open vacancy for the post of Policy Officer.
Together with CSIC and NCN, Science Europe is organising the European Regional Meeting of the Global Research Council to provide input to the 2022 GRC Annual Meeting.
With this letter, the undersigned representatives of research and innovation (R&I) organisations wish to reiterate the added value of including European R&I stakeholders in the ERA governance system, especially in both its co-creation and implementation.
Maria Leptin will not join until 1 November due to clashing commitments in her calendar, but research lobbies are sanguine about the delay.
Member state governments’ move to slash EU funding labelled “extremely disappointing”, especially in “unusual” times.
The research is there, but scientists are having trouble getting their voices heard. In the lead up to COP26, funding agencies are calling on scientists to be better at communicating their findings.
This workshop will look at how national governments, research performers, and research funders can help translate scientific knowledge into policies and actions to address the climate crisis. It also serves as the launch of the new Working Group on the Green and Digital Transition and help prepare input towards COP26.
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Science Europe Response to the European Commission Consultation on European Digital Principles
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The Pact for Research and Innovation should give stakeholders a greater say over the implementation of the European Research Area. As things stand, stakeholders will have little say over how proposed increases in R&D budgets are implemented in member states. But this input and know-how is essential to advancing the single European area for research.
Science Europe’s Reaction to the Commission Proposal for a Council Recommendation on a Pact for Research and Innovation.
Science Europe Secretary General, Lidia Borrell-Damián, comments alongside other research stakeholder organisations on the new Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe, put forward by the European Commission.
Science Europe Response to the European Commission Inception Impact Assessment: Adapting Liability Rules to the Digital Age
Research covers Science Europe's response to the European Commission Inception Impact Assessment for a Data Act. The research sector has vast experience in data generation, storage, curation & (re-)use. Taking into account its expertise & knowledge can contribute to making the European single market for data useful for the society & economy at large.
Science Europe Response to the European Commission Inception Impact Assessment for a Data Act.