RESEARCH AND INNOVATION - Europe needs better, more strategic crisis management, according to independent scientific and ethics advisors

The European Union is dealing with an increasing number of complex, overlapping cross-border crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to the scientific and ethical recommendations given to the Commission today in Strasbourg, the Union has to improve how it prepares for and responds to crises.

date: 22/11/2022

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Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth said:

"Expert advice is pivotal in moments of crisis, as COVID-19 and climate change have shown. I welcome the contributions of the Scientific Advice Mechanism and the European Group on Ethics, whose collaborative work has become a pillar of our crisis response ever since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic."