The EASAC Board met in Oslo on 27-28 April, kindly hosted by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Board members and programme directors discussed strategic challenges, upcoming milestones and ways to increase the impact of the science advice provided by European academies through EASAC.
🛡️ Shielding Europe from Energy Price Shocks and Shortages by Accelerating Change
⚡ Europe is facing its biggest energy crisis in a century, mandating an accelerated transition to home-grown renewable energies. Today, we have launched a new Commentary which emphasises that radical energy system transformation and integration is a strategic imperative.
👉 Read the full Commentary here: https://easac.eu/publications/details/energy-system-integration
#EASAC #Energy #EnergyCrisis #EnergyTransition #ItsScience #Science4Policy
🗓️ Join us online on 16 April 2026 at 15:00 CEST for the launch of a new #EASAC Commentary on #Energy System Integration.
📈 As debates intensify in Europe over soaring energy prices, affordability, and security of supply, the Commentary provides a timely roadmap for action. #ItsScience
Register here 👇
https://easac-events.eu/event/energy-system-integration
Join our livestream on 16 Apr 2026, 15:00 CEST. With debates in Europe intensifying over how to mitigate the impact of soaring energy prices, affordability, security and investment priorities, EASAC’s new Commentary provides a timely roadmap for action.
For evidence and recommendations, see the #EASAC Report on the Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies:
👉 https://easac.eu/publications/details/security-of-sustainable-energy-supplies-1
🌊 Why Europe Needs A New Ocean Act
On #WorldWaterDay, Fiona Regan and Lars H. Smedsrud from EASAC’s Environment Steering Panel reflect on the @EUCommission proposal for a European #OceanAct and urge a single, coherent EU ocean policy framework to better protect the marine environment. #ItsScience
https://easac.eu/news/details/world-water-day-2026-why-europe-needs-a-new-ocean-act
On the occasion of World Water Day, EASAC’s Environment Steering Panel co‑chair Professor Fiona Regan (Ireland) and panel member Professor Lars H. Smedsrud (Norway) reflect on the European Commission’s plan to propose an Ocean Act to strengthen and modernise marine spatial planning and to consolidate ocean‑related targets in a single legislative instrument. They emphasise the need to shift from fragmented policy instruments towards a single, coherent EU ocean framework to better protect the marine environment.
On International Women’s Day, we launch #FromPresenceToPower, a mini-series on leading #WomenInScience in cooperation with @IAPartnership!
Our first feature, EASAC President Lise Øvreås reminds us that advancing gender equality in science requires structural change so women can lead, influence, and help shape the agenda. Let’s keep pushing for structural change, equal opportunity, and representation at every level.
💬 Which woman has inspired your career? #IWD2026 #ItsScience
💡 “It is important that the voice of science, channelled through the academies of #Europe, is heard and has an impact on #energypolicy decisions,” says Alessandro Allegra, EASAC’s Energy Programme Director.
🇪🇺 Alessandro joined EASAC in November 2025. Previously employed by the European Commission’s Science, Policy and Ethics Unit, he brings knowledge of and expertise at the science-policy interface to #EASAC.
Learn more: https://easac.eu/programmes/energy
❗EASAC is looking for a #Biosciences and #PublicHealth Programme Director to help shape impactful science-based policy advice across #Europe, tackling critical challenges from public health to planetary well-being #itsscience #job #scienceadvice #health #vacancy
👉 https://easac.eu/news/details/job-ad-biosciences-and-public-health-programme-director
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