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The current status of biofuels in the European Union (2012)
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...
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IAC/IAP Report: Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise (2012)
A Policy Report
Forging an international consensus on responsible conduct in the global research enterprise.
The contributions that scientific and scholarly research makes to economic growth, to improved health, and to addressing many other societal needs are widely appreciated around the world. As...
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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (2012)
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...
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Building Resilience to Disasters of Natural and Technological Origin (2012)
Disasters impose huge social and economic costs on societies. By reducing exposure and adopting new strategies to increase resilience, these costs can be reduced. While experience from...
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Energy and Water Linkage (2012)
Challenge to a Sustainable Future
Needs for affordable and clean energy, for water in adequate quantity and quality, and for food security will increasingly be the central challenges for humanity: these needs are strongly...
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Improving Knowledge of Emissions and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases (2012)
Most countries have made commitments to limit human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases. To determine the success of these efforts, we need to usestandardized methods that accurately...
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Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (2011)
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...
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Concentrating Solar Power: its contribution to a sustainable energy future (2011)
Concentrating solar power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic electricity generation as a commercially available renewable energy technology capable of harnessing the immense solar resource in...
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Impact of Engineered Nanomaterials on Health (2011)
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...
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Education for a Science-Based Global Development (2011)
Joint G8+ science academies’ statement for an education for a science-based global development
Economic growth, provision of food and progress in health – as measured by the spectacular increase in life expectancy during the 20th century and into this first decade of the 21st century...
