To discuss the importance of climate sustainability and share good practice, CESAER, the International Sustainable Campus Network, Science Europe, and the University of Strathclyde invited universities and national research performing and funding organisations to a ‘Net-Zero Transition’ Symposium on 8 November 2021, as a side event to COP26. The objective was to discuss how they could better work together for a climate-sustainable future, realising that the Net-Zero Transition is an enormously complex challenge that requires collaboration across all disciplines, communities, and institutions, and involves societies across the globe.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a position ‘Advancing the flagship initiatives of the European Strategy for Universities’, offering expertise and cooperation ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council of the EU meeting from 4 to 5 April.
Our Annual Report 2021 summarises our efforts to shape knowledge societies in Europe and beyond for a sustainable future.
On 24 January, CESAER, COAR and LIBER publish a joint statement to call upon the EU institutions to (i) acknowledge the unique position of the public research and education sectors in the provision of digital services and infrastructure directed towards the common good and (ii) provide for an overarching legal framework which reflects the unique context of the public research and education sectors and protects the objectives of scientific knowledge and technology generation, sharing and preservation.
Our association together with the Royal Academy of Engineering has today published our joint conference statement with foresight and strategic recommendations on key technologies.
Joint statement dated 22 November 2021 by CESAER, EARTO and EUA
The partners of the Science for Net-Zero Symposium our association, the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN), Science Europe, and the University of Strathclyde are calling for a collaborative, systems-based approach to tackling the Net-Zero emissions challenge, and are taking immediate steps to lead by example.
Our association has joined forces with a broad spectrum of European research and innovation stakeholders to sign an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) urging the speedy association of the UK to Horizon Europe.
Our association joined forces with 15 other representative organisations of European research & innovation stakeholders to publish an open letter urging the EU institutions to include stakeholders in the co-creation and implementation of the governance of the European Research Area.
CESAER, the European University Association (EUA) and Science Europe call on all publishers to fully respect researchers’ rights and to end the use of restrictions and embargoes.