The main conference is now fully booked, but web streaming will be available on the conference website. Side-events online and in person are still open for registration.
The European School of Public Administration organizes, as part of a series of learning and development, a workshop on “Skills for Evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM)”. The workshop will include interactive sessions on EIPM competences for policymakers and scientists, Better Regulation, and the role of values and identities in policymaking, along with a range of interesting expert interventions on EIPM.
The event will take place in Paris on 21 March 2022. It is organised by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in the context of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union.
If ‘energy efficiency’ was a fuel, it would be the single largest source of energy in the EU. Improvements in energy efficiency since 1990 have reduced primary energy demand by more than 30%. But, while energy efficiency has continued to improve in recent years, this improvement is getting harder and harder to sustain — partly because we are running out of low-hanging fruit. This webinar co-organized by the Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism and the European Parliament Intergroup webinar will bring together scientific experts, policy advisors, stakeholders and citizen representatives to discuss the future of energy efficiency.
The pandemic has shown the importance of science to underpin policymaking. Excellent scientific output is not enough - the main challenge is to bridge the gap between science and policy. In light of this, Nicole Grobert - Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission - will take part in a panel discussion on the diversity of science advice governance in Europe.
A webinar about the Cities Mission will take place on Friday 21 January 2022, at 14:00 CET. During the webinar Mission Manager Matthew Baldwin and members from the Mission team will reply to questions by city representatives.
You can participate in the Cities Mission session on 19 January 2021, 10:45 – 12:45 CET.
Nicole Grobert - chair of the GCSA - will exchange views with the ESIR Group on the impact of science on crisis resilience and preparedness of the EU. Join this event to learn about ESIR’s work over the past two years on how Europe can “build forward better” and emerge stronger after the pandemic.
The JRC continues its online workshop series “Strengthening and connecting ecosystems of science for policy across Europe” in November 2021 with two workshops zooming in on two national ecosystems, namely those of Portugal 16 November 14:30-18:00 (CET) and Lithuania 23 November 13:00-16:00 (CET). More details in the links below.
In this panel discussion organized at the SDG7 Pavilion of COP26 by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors in collaboration with SAPEA, science advisors from around the world will present the key messages of their recent joint statement, and discuss them with representatives from businesses, policy and civil society.
In this panel organized at COP26 by U.S. Science Advisor Dr. Eric Lander, panelists including Deputy Chair of Group of Chief Scientific Advisors Prof. Nebojša Nakićenović will discuss the range of efforts needed, as well as how countries can cooperate to develop National Science and Technology Roadmaps to undergird national commitments to achieve a net-zero-emissions world.
What would you do if you invented a time machine? Would you travel back to the past, to alter history or fix mistakes? Or would you rather jump forward, to collect future knowledge and bring back advanced technologies? Led by the audience, the moderator will be asking these and other challenging questions to two of Europe’s top experts on climate change and energy: Professor Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, and Professor Peter Lund, co-chair of the SAPEA working group on Europe’s energy transition.
Recording of the session organized by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission as EU side event to the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 on 1 November 2021 is available on YouTube.
Deputy Chair of the Group Professor Nebojsa Nakicenovic will present and discuss with international experts the recently published scientific opinion A systemic approach to the energy transition in Europe in a side session of the COP 26 in Glasgow organised by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
The recording of the EP Intergroup webinar hosted on 12 October 2021 by MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and MEP Maria Spyraki with participation of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors "49% renewables in buildings by 2030 - How to get there?" is available now
This webinar is going to discuss the challenges of energy transition for society, focusing on the latest scientific opinion published by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission A systemic approach to the energy transition in Europe and the SAPEA evidence review informing it. The Deputy Chair of the Group, Prof Nebosja Nakicenovic, will explain and discuss the policy. recommendations of this opinion with experts and participants.
Professor Nicole Grobert, the chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission, is opening the final conference of the PRO-RES project. What challenges have science advisors encountered during COVID-19? Nicole Grobert will reflect on the importance of trust and multidisciplinarity in providing responsible policy advice in times of crisis.
