The framework of Millennium Development Goals has led to several in-depth discussions and debates focused on review of the progress made so far and preparation of strategies for post-2015...
From the first antibiotic, penicillin introduced in 1940s, which came into wide scale use in the 1950s, anti-infective drugs to prevent mortality and morbidity arising from infections have...
Research capacity is the ability to conduct, synthesize, manage, share, and apply research. Research capacity strengthening (RCS) is important in all countries and involves developing...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important component of many national, European and worldwide strategies to tackle climate change. CCS can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing...
The current status of biofuels in the European Union, their environmental impacts and future prospects
As part of its strategy to combat global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, the European Union (EU), in 2009, agreed the Renewable Energy Directive with ambitious targets...
Ein Strategiebericht
Absteckung eines internationalen Konsenses zu verantwortungsvollem Verhalten im weltweiten Forschungsbetrieb.
Verfügbar im englischen Original und in deutscher Übersetzung.
Die Beiträge, die die Wissenschafts- und Gelehrtenforschung im Hinblick auf Wirtschaftswachstum, eine verbesserte Gesundheitslage und viele andere gesellschaftliche Bedürfnisse leistet, sind...
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing for health-related purposes in the European Union: the view from EASAC and FEAM
Until recently, human genetic testing was mainly confined to specialist medical genetic services, traditionally focusing on the relatively rare inherited disorders. However, the rapid pace...
Katastrophen sind mit hohen sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Kosten für Gesellschaften verbunden. Diese Kosten können reduziert werden, indem die Exposition reduziert wird und neue Strategien...
Eine Herausforderung für eine nachhaltige Zukunft
Der Bedarf an erschwinglicher und sauberer Energie, der Bedarf an Wasser in adäquater Menge und Qualität und der Bedarf an sicheren Nahrungsmitteln entwickeln sich zunehmend zu den zentralen...
Die meisten Länder haben sich verpflichtet, die anthropogenen Treibhausgasemissionen zu begrenzen. Um den Erfolg dieser Bemühungen nachzuweisen, müssen wir standardisierte Methoden...
Roles and research priorities in the European Union
The world faces major challenges of population growth, climate change, increasing social and economic instability and a continuing failure to achieve food security. The challenge of...
Concentrating solar power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic electricity generation as a commercially available renewable energy technology capable of harnessing the immense solar resource in...
Considerations for Benefit-Risk Assessment
Nanotechnology encompasses the design, characterisation, production and application of materials and systems by controlling shape and size at the nanoscale (nanometres). Nanomaterials may...
Gemeinsame Erklärung der Wissenschaftsakademien der G8+ zur Bildung für eine globale Entwicklung auf der Grundlage von Naturwissenschaften
Naturwissenschaftliche Bildungsangebote sollten sich nicht nur an zukünftige Wissenschaftler, Ingenieure und andere Spezialisten richten, sondern auch an die breite Öffentlichkeit.
There have been major advances during the past century in research into and treatment of infectious disease. However, assumptions that most infectious disease had been conquered are now seen...
Das vorliegende Dokument bietet dem Leser eine Zusammenfassung der wesentlichen Aussagen des EASAC-Berichts....
Gemeinsame Erklärung der Wissenschaftsakademien der G8+ zu Wasser und Gesundheit
Zugang zu sauberem Wasser und Sanitärversorgung wurde am 28. Juli 2010 von den Vereinten Nationen zu einem Menschenrecht erklärt.
Synthetic biology covers the design and construction of novel biological components, systems and processes – that are not already known to exist in nature – together with the re-design of...
Das Thema psychische Erkrankungen wurde in der EU-Politik bisher vernachlässigt. Die derzeitige Praxis in der Psychiatrie wird erschwert durch ein unzureichendes biologisches Verständnis...
The introduction of the Clinical Trials Directive...
Unter Federführung der Leopoldina hat das Inter-Academy Medical Panel (IAMP) eine Stellungnahme im Vorfeld der UN-Klimakonferenz, die am 29. November 2010 in Cancun/Mexiko beginnt,...
What is the importance of groundwater for Europe?...
Climate exerts both direct and indirect effects onthe appearance and spread of human and animalinfectious diseases. The impact of climate changeon the transmission and geographical...
There can be no solution to climate change without addressing deforestation;Deforestation must be addressed now, not later, if we are to meet an 80% CO2 reduction target by 2050;Forests play...
European energy policy seeks to achieve a substantially increased contribution from renewable sources of electricity, and the creation of a pan-European competitive electricity market. The...
Oceans play a critical role in the global carbon cycle by absorbing about a quarter of the CO2 emitted to the atmosphere from human activities;The rapid increase in CO2 emissions since the...
Worldwide, more than nine million people develop active tuberculosis (TB) every year, with 1.7 million dying from the disease. TB had been considered conquered in many European countries,...
Most new human pathogens reported in the past 25 years, such as influenza and SARS, have zoonotic origins. The risk of zoonotic infection, that is any infection transmissible between...
Gemeinsame Erklärung der Akademien der Wissenschaften: Globale Gesundheit
The healthcare screening and treatment processes for migrants entering the EU need to be better evaluated and coordinated across Member States to prevent the potential spread of infectious...
Deaths from previously treatable infections will become more common unless there is investment in the science needed to tackle antibiotic resistance the Royal Society has warned in a report...
EASAC published on 9 May 2006 a report on vaccines: innovation and human health....
EASAC published on 14 June 2005 a report on infectious diseases and the need for co-ordinated activity in Europe. In the report EASAC describes major challenges facing Europe from...
EASAC published on 22 March 2005 a users guide to biodiversity indicators. The guide highlights that while the EU has set the challenging target of halting the loss of plant and animal...
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