⚡New EASAC Commentary launched: Energy System Integration
As Europe faces rising energy costs and growing pressure on supply, this new publication shows how integrating electricity, heat and green gases can reduce dependence& support competitiveness.
👉https://tinyurl.com/2yn2k4a5
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@easac.bsky.social has launched a new Commentary on Energy System Integration, offering evidence-based insights into strengthening Europe’s energy resilience.
Read more here: www.ria.ie/2026/04/16/e...
The European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (@easac.bsky.social) has published a new commentary which emphasises the need for accelerated transition to home-grown renewable energies and energy system integration. Learn more and download the report here. 👇
EASAC Commentary “Energy System Integration”, April 2026.
EASAC Commentary “Energy System Integration”, April 2026.
⚡ Europe is facing its biggest #energy crisis in a century, mandating an accelerated transition to home-grown renewable energies.
The new #EASAC Commentary emphasises that radical energy system transformation and integration is a strategic imperative.
👉 Find out more: easac.eu/publications...
⚡ Don’t miss today’s launch of the new #EASAC Commentary on #Energy System Integration.
🗓️ 16 Apr 2026, 15:00 CEST (online).
Speakers:
@nduic.bsky.social
@paulakivimaa.bsky.social
@renewablesgrid.bsky.social
@iea.org
👉 Register here and join us: easac-events.eu/event/energy...
Don’t miss the launch of the new @easac.bsky.social Commentary: Energy System Integration. Register here to get the link for the online event, scheduled for Thursday, 16 April 2026, from 15:00 to 16:45 CEST: easac-events.eu/event/energy...
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🗓️ Join us on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at 15:00 CEST for the online launch of the new #EASAC Commentary on #Energy System Integration. #ItsScience
👉 Register here: easac-events.eu/event/energy...
Photo by Ruben Hanssen/Unsplash. Scientist letter to the IPCC on the topic of carbon accounting for forest bioenergy: https://scienceonbiomass.org/
In letter to @ipcc.bsky.social, leading scientists, including #EASAC experts, urge the #IPCC to fix loopholes in its carbon-accounting rules.
They warn: splitting land-use and #energy accounting lets countries claim #CO2 cuts not reflected in real emissions.
🌱 Read it here: scienceonbiomass.org/
🗓️ Join us online 16 Apr 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 👇
For evidence and recommendations, see the #EASAC Report on the Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies:
👉 easac.eu/publications...
#EnergyCrisis #EnergyTransition #ItsScience
⚠️ Southeast Europe’s #energy security is under pressure amid rising geopolitical tensions. New pipelines are not the answer, said @nduic.bsky.social, Co-Chair of the #EASAC Energy Panel at an IENE event at @europarl.europa.eu last week. Instead, he urged the region to unlock its renewable potential.
According to the IAP report “Towards gender equality in scientific organizations” (2026), only 6,9% (67 out of 976) Nobel laureates have been women (1901-2025).
♀️ Marie Curie made history in 1903 as the first woman to win a #NobelPrize, sharing it with her husband Pierre for their work on radioactivity.
⚖️ Yet 123 years on, women account for under 7% of all Nobel laureates. Recent gains aside, structural change remains painfully slow. #FromPresenceToPower
Irmi Seidl, EASAC Council member for the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
“Although the proportion of women Nobel laureates has been around 15% in recent years, women’s scientific curiosity, creativity and courage stand out far more prominently in research and society than this figure suggests. Why not introduce quotas here too? They have proven successful in many other fields.” - Irmi Seidl, EASAC Council member for the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
In our miniseries on leading #WomenInScience with @iapartnership.bsky.social we explore challenges and reflections on the position of women in the STEM community.
To every woman driving change in science and policy: Your rigour, empathy and bold vision inspire us and future generations. #ItsScience
🌊 Why Europe Needs A New Ocean Act
On #WorldWaterDay, Fiona Regan and Lars H. Smedsrud from EASAC’s Environment Steering Panel reflect on the @ec.europa.eu proposal for a #EuropeanOceanAct and urge a single, coherent EU ocean policy framework to better protect the marine environment. #ItsScience
#EU National Energy and Climate Plans are vital to Europe’s #EnergyTransition.
In feedback to @ec.europa.eu #CfE on #EnergyUnion and #ClimateAction governance regulation review, #EASAC urges:
📋 enforce common reporting standards
⚖️ strengthen accountability
📈 address energy poverty systematically
EASAC’s Energy Steering Panel co‑chair Professor Neven Duić participates in a debate on energy security in Southeastern Europe, organised by the Institute of Energy for South‑East Europe, IENE.
▶️ Live now from @europarl.europa.eu: EASAC’s Energy Steering Panel co‑chair Professor Neven Duić participates in a debate on energy security, hosted by the Institute of Energy for South-East Europe, IENE: www.youtube.com/live/97A3eMU...
@nduic.bsky.social #EnergySecurity #ItsScience
📋 Find out more in the #EASAC 2025 report “Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies” #EnergySecurity
🔗 easac.eu/publications...
♻️ Read the article “Perspectives on #Decarbonisation of Existing Buildings in Europe” in #RenewableEnergy, Vol. 242, April 2025 #EASAC
🔗 easac.eu/publications...
📋 For more insight, read the #EASAC 2021 report “Decarbonisation of Buildings: for Climate, Health and Jobs”
🔗 easac.eu/publications...
"Recycle materials, re-use components, stop demolition." Infographic from the EASAC 2021 Report "Decarbonisation of Buildings: for Climate, Health and Jobs".
🏢 Most #EU Member States failed to submit draft National Building Renovation Plans under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive on time.
🔋 Buildings account for one third of EU energy use.
♻️ Several #EASAC reports highlight that #Decarbonisation is key for #ClimateAction and #EnergySecurity
According to the IAP report “Towards gender equality in scientific organizations” (2026), only one in five national academies is currently led by a woman.
👩🔬 Still, representation does not equate influence. Although women’s presence has increased in many organizations, this has not consistently translated into leadership roles, says the 2026 report “Towards gender equality in scientific organizations” by @iapartnership.bsky.social #IWD2026 #WomenInSTEM
Lise Øvreås, EASAC President, says: "Reaching leadership positions in both the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA) and EASAC has shown me how vital it is that women’s expertise is reflected not only in membership, but in the decisions that guide scientific institutions. Equality means influence, not just presence."
This #IWD2026 we’re launching #FromPresenceToPower, a mini-series on #WomenInScience in cooperation with @iapartnership.bsky.social!
⚖️ Our first feature, #EASAC President Lise Øvreås reminds us that gender equality in science needs structural change so women can lead, influence and set the agenda.
💡 “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.
Learn more about our Energy programme:
easac.eu/programmes/e...
#scienceadvice #itsscience
Infographic for the EASAC Commentary “Update on the EASAC Plastics Report: Towards a Plastics Treaty,” launched on February 1, 2024. For more insights: https://easac.eu/publications/details/update-on-the-easac-plastics-report-towards-a-plastics-treaty
♻️ The #CircularEconomy is not only essential for a habitable planet; it is also major business opportunity. Yet the EU remains far from its goal to double circularity by 2030.
🔗 As @envi.europarl.europa.eu debates #plastics circularity tomorrow, we reiterate EASAC’s advice: easac.eu/publications...
#EASAC works across three #science4policy programmes: #Energy, #Environment and #Biosciences & Public Health.
🔬 But what are biosciences, actually? And why do they matter for policy, industry and society? Here, we explain the key principles and disciplines!
🧬 Learn more: easac.eu/programmes/b...
On today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the brilliant women scientists who have led EASAC’s scientific advisory work over the past year. Their leadership, expertise and dedication have advanced evidence-based policy across Europe. In the photo, representing all women scientists who helped advance our work in 2025: Prof. Lise Øvreås, EASAC President; Prof. Birgitta Henriques-Normark, EASAC Vice-President; Prof. Hanna-Leena Pesonen, EASAC Vice-President; Prof. Fiona Regan, Co-Chair, Environment Steering Panel; Dr. Cathelijne Stoof, Co-Chair, Changing Wildfires Report; Dr. Orsólya Valkó, Co-Chair, Changing Wildfires Report; Prof Claire Dupont, Co-Chair, Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies Report; Prof Paula Kivimaa, Co-Chair, Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies Report; Prof. Louise E.M. Vet, led the work on Transformative Change at the Scientific Advice Mechanism Conference; Dr. Rosa Castro, (former) Biosciences Programme Director.
On International #WomenInScience Day, we celebrate the brilliant women who led #EASAC science advice over the past year. Their leadership and expertise advanced evidence-based policy across Europe. Many more are involved—thank you for inspiring the next generation. #Science4Policy #itsscience
Renewables and electrification hold the keys to EU energy security: New @chathamhouse.org paper largely echoes EASAC messages.
Read EASAC's Report: 👉 easac.eu/publications...
Read the Chatham House Report: 👉 www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...
#Pesticides: Christopher John Toppings, former EASAC Environment Director Michael Norton and others identify a core cognitive bias behind what the call the “reductionist trap” and argue for system-level approaches that account for cascading impacts across ecosystems. ▶️ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Europe’s ecosystems are at risk – but restoring them is smart economics.
💡 €150B investment → €1.5T+ benefits
✅ Avoided disaster losses
✅ Improved public health
✅ Climate resilience & food/water security
Read EASAC's Commentary on Nature Restoration: tinyurl.com/3e544777
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🛡️ La restauración de la naturaleza es una inversión estratégica para nuestra seguridad alimentaria, hídrica y sanitaria, confirma el Consejo Asesor Científico de las Academias Europeas (@easac.bsky.social)
🌿 Los beneficios multiplican por más de 10 los costes.
👉 https://tinyurl.com/n33a6t7v
