Press | Friday, 20 May 2011
Leopoldina makes recommendations to the G8 heads of state and government
Together with the national science academies of the other G8 states, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has prepared two statements for the G8 states in the run-up to the G8 Summit of Heads of State and Government. The recommendations contained in these statements were now presented to the participating governments for the negotiations in Deauville, France on 26 and 27 May. In a statement on the topic of “Education for a Science-Based Global Development”, the academies urge governments to target investment to establish an infrastructure for a globalization of knowledge in science and technology. A further statement on the topic of “Water and Health” urgently recommends improving the world’s population access to clean drinking water and sanitation to protect people against serious disease and epidemics.
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