On 27 May 2021, the ENVI committee hosted apublic hearing on the new EU strategy to reduce methane emissions. Experts, members of the European Parliament, and Commissioners discussed measuring and reducing methane emissions in the waste, energy, and agriculture sector.
As indicated in thedraft report, the new legislation will tackle the following points:
Importance of EU Action across the supply chain
Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV)
Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)
Performance Standards, Benchmarks and Emission Limits
Abandoned and Unused Oil and Gas Wells
International Action
Abandoned and Unused Coal Mines
During this public hearing, emphasis was placed on the progress made in the waste management sector, i.e. through the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD).
A proposal to set a price on methane emissions has also been made. This strategy is already in place for carbon dioxide emissions with carbon pricing: this market-based approach aims at reducing CO2 emissions by putting a price on tons of carbon dioxide for industry and consumers. As a result, effective methane pricing could lower the cost and increase the economic efficiency of reducing emissions.
“Methane is a much higher global warming potential but live less long in the atmosphere than CO2. Actions we take today has a rapid impact on climate change. […] I would like also to cite the work of the UN environmental programme and the global methane assessment which estimates that achieving a 40 to 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 could slow the rate of global warming by 30% by 2040.”
– Kitti Nyitrai, Head of Unit Decarbonisation and sustainability of energy sources at the European Commission
Source: https://bit.ly/2SeKrd8
During the meeting, Professor Myles Allen from the University of Oxford’sNet Zero unit emphasized the misunderstanding of the consequences of methane. According to him, the climate impact caused by methane emissions mainly depends on warming, not “CO2-equivalent emission”. He also mentioned that the EU should set a separate, ambitious – yet realistic – target to reduce biogenic methane emission.
On 14 October 2020, the European Commission launched theEU strategy to reduce methane emissions. It aims to achieve the 2050 EU climate-neutral goal by improving methane measurement and reporting. This strategy encourages the use of tools, such as satellite data sharing and biogas industry opportunities. This public hearing highlighted the new strategy, you can read more about ithere.
On 11 May, the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) met to discuss the “health and economic benefits of microbiome”. The meeting was chaired by STOA president and member of the European Parliament Eva Kaili and gathered speakers from the Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRAE) (France), the University of Ferrara (Italy) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Emphasis was placed on microbiome’s beneficial effects on humans’ health as well as on its multiple impacts on responses to drugs, diabetes, and cancer and how it can provide guidance towards new therapeutic approaches.
As part of the second session speakers, Professor and Doctor Lene Lange discussed its many potential environmental applications such as pesticide use reduction, animal welfare, wastewater analyses and how they can help reach the EU Green Deal’s objectives by 2030.
Marta Hugas, chief scientist atEFSA, then presented the wide capacity building on microbiome-based health and safety risk assessments of which numerous aspects are to be addressed during EFSA’s “ONE” conference on the one-health-approach; planned for June 2022.
Find more details and watch the event’s web streaming here.
On 25 May 2021, the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER), the European University Association (EUA) and Science Europe released a joint statement supporting Open Science and Open Access. These associations demand less restrictions from scholarly publishers to facilitate the dissemination of scientific research findings. In this joint statement, CESAER, EUA and Science Europe ask for more flexibility, transparency and modernity from publishers.
Later on, science leaders gathered at the International Conference on Research Infrastructure (ICRI) on 3 June, to discuss infrastructures’ open science programmes and their engagement in responding to climate change and sustainable economic development.
“I think that research infrastructures and open science policy are probably the two most powerful instruments to really bind scientists”
– Jean-Eric Paquet, European Commission’s directorate general for research and innovation
Source: https://bit.ly/3x4XKvp
The framework of international governance was considered by the different parties represented, taking G7 as an example to build an international structure.
Read more about the global science cooperation here.
The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) is actively contributing to Open Access through its dedicated Task Group and by contributing to Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) initiatives as an observer member. EuChemS is also a member of the high-level expert group Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), an expert group that advises the Europe Commission on how to further develop and practically implement open science policy, in line with the priority of Commissioner Moedas to improve the quality and impact of European science.
After a three-day summit, the leaders of the G7 countries agreed on 13 June to back the “Nature Compact” to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and reverse biodiversity loss. With the adoption of this compact, the G7 countries – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States – recognise the need to transition from carbon energy to more sustainable solutions and to commit to taking global actions on climate change. The G7 governments will tackle deforestation and will strive for a greener supply chain.
As stated in the G7 official communique, developed countries will jointly raise their contributions $100 billion per year to reach this ambitious carbon neutrality goal and to support poorer countries. Furthermore, the G7 countries will work alongside other political leaders and stakeholders to enhance climate actions in the various upcoming summits (i.e., COP 26, UN Environment Assembly, etc.).
The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) recently hosted the webinar ‘The Carbon Element – Key towards a sustainable society’, which presented the opportunity to discuss decarbonization, the carbon cycle, fossil fuel reserves and carbon sequestration and utilization in the energy and chemical sector.
If you wish to discover more about this online scientific workshop, we invite you to have a look at the recordings on the EuChemS YouTube channel.
On 26 May 2021, the Federal Council of Switzerland decided to terminate the negotiations of the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework Agreement, hence freezing bilateral cooperation between the EU and Switzerland. Chairman Roger Nordmann referred to this day as “Black Wednesday” and the European Commission “regrets this decision, given the progress that has been made over the last years”.
As a consequence, Swiss researchers might not be eligible to apply for Horizon Europe projects as Switzerland faces potential exclusion from Horizon Europe. Discussions are still ongoing concerning the associate status for Switzerland to join Horizon Europe, despite the fact that it was already an associated country under H2020.
On 17 May, Swiss Universities expressed their concern in a statement. As they stated, such a political decision may affect the subsidy process and the Swiss access to the Horizon Europe associate status.
Transatlantic partnership between the EU and the private sector
In the meantime, Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst programme partners up with the European Commission and sets up a €820 million to €1 billion fundraising objective to be invested in the clean energy sector.
This new partnership will result in a demonstration project – for which half of the financing will be covered by both Horizon Europe and the Innovation Fund – aiming at setting an example and encouraging private investment (from the private sector) in sustainable energy technologies such as green hydrogen or optimised energy storage.
It is expected to generate a much-needed boost in green investment over the five upcoming years and help the EU reach its Green Deal’ decarbonisation 2030 deadline.
Learn more about the new (transatlantic) partnership here.
Back in January 2021, Portugal took over the Council of the EU’s presidency from co-member state Germany and will be passing it over to trio closing-member state Slovenia on 30 June.
While preparing for a new 18-months term, the trio agreed on its common policy framework for the June 2020-January 2022 period. This involved a number of ambitious actions such as the implementation of the Energy Union’s Governance, the 2030 Energy Framework, and milestone measures towards the Green Deal’s zero-carbon objective.
Over its six-months long allotted time, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa and his government have committed to fulfil the previously agreed on common priorities while narrowing their action down to specific guidelines in line with Portugal’s presidency motto “Time to deliver a Green recovery”.
As the above-mentioned leitmotiv suggests, Portugal has focused on a sustainable upturn from the sanitary crisis, beginning with the crucial need to secure strong links between the European recovery plan and the Horizon Europe Programme – for which first calls were launched in March 2021 and some work programmes are yet to be approved.
The EU-wide implementation of the Water Framework Directive as well as key measures from the Circular Economy Action Plan were also among Portugal’s top priorities.
Moreover, its agenda has been packed with several key events and achievements such as the entry into action of the Soil Strategy and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
The latter – which had been presented by the European Commission last October under Germany’s presidency – was reviewed by the Council of the EU on 15 March 2021. It welcomed and underlined the importance of some specific points such as the establishment of a dedicated high level roundtable (of which EuChemS is a member), specifications on the “essential-use” concept as part of the harmful substances phasing-out process and the need to revise REACH and CLP regulations to effectively achieve the Strategy’s goals.
Chairing the Transparency Regulation adoption celebratory online event together with the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on 30 March 2021 was also one of the presidency’s majorhighlights.
We will write about Slovenian presidency priorities in the July issue of the BNU newsletter. In the meantime, please find out more about the upcoming Slovenian presidency here.
We are pleased to invite you on Wednesday 23 June, from 15:00 to 16:30 CEST to the 2019 EuChemS Lecture Awardee Webinar. During this online event, David Portehault will give a talk on “From water to molten salts: geoinspired syntheses and reactivity of nanomaterials“.
Registration link ➡️ HERE Please note that online registration is compulsory to attend this event.
Floris Rutjes, EuChemS President, will welcome all and introduce the awardee. In addition, two students under the supervision of David Portehault will give a short presentation on their research: Yan Song will discuss “Design of metal silicide nanoparticles in molten salts for electrocatalytic water oxidation” and Fernando Igoa will address the topic of “The soft chemistry of extended covalent systems towards boron-based nanomaterials”.
The detailed programme for this webinar is available here.
On 6 April 2021, the commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, launched the Manifesto for Rural Innovation in partnership with the Rural European Innovation Area (REInA).
In this declaration, the European Commission supports this initiative which aims to fill the gap between rural and urban areas in terms of social, economic, and environmental differences. The fields targeted by the approach are research, education, industry, new technologies and digital framework.
The main recommendations to improve rural attractivity are:
Skills and talent by implementing the latest technologies, Open Online Courses and rural incubators;
Culture and Mindset Shift by developing local medias and creating innovation map;
Connecting Innovation Actors by establishing networks, communication platforms, physical space for remote workers and European/national jobs;
Attractive work-life environment for young professionals by promoting tax incentives for entrepreneurs, developing entertainment and adapt urbanism norms to rural areas;
Leadership and Monitoring by appointing Chief Rural Innovation Officer (CRIO) and rewarding innovation champions.
The Manifesto is still available for support on the REInA website.
On 6 May 2021, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a study probing the risks of the toxicity of titanium dioxide – also known as food additive E171. The European Commission requested this evaluation in March 2020, as the evaluation conducted in 2016 lacked substantial data.
When used as a food colouring, this additive gives vibrancy and texture to many colourless industrial products. E171 could be found in processed food such as sandwiches, bakery wares or soups.
The main risk highlighted by EFSA is genotoxicity, more precisely strand breaks and chromosomal damage (mutations are not included). It is now up to the relevant stakeholders (i.e., the European Commission and the EU member states) to incorporate EFSA’s scientific advice in their upcoming regulation.
On 12 January 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) presented the revised Drinking Water Directive (DWD). This new regulation aims to harmonize the water consumption legislation within the EU member states.
To prepare the DWD, member state authorities can submit National Positive Lists and other modifications until 12 July 2021. Every starting substance, composition or constituent that meets tap water shall be added to the positive lists.
Later, the positive lists will be evaluated and combined by the European Commission. The implementation of the DWD is expected early in 2025. The main steps are summarized below:
The ITRE committee of the European Parliament, chaired by MEP Cristian Bușoi, met on 13 April to discuss the decarbonisation of the energy sector in view of the forthcoming official adoption of various work programmes for Horizon Europe, including the “Climate, Energy and Mobility” cluster.
Speakers’ presentations mainly revolved around green gases, blue and green hydrogen, and electrification alternatives.
During this meeting, a discussion ensued on the high percentage (70%) of the current pipeline infrastructure being Hydrogen-ready that would allow the EU to meet the Green Deal’s objectives while becoming a global leader in the clean energy field. Focus was also put on the need for a renewed mobility system and new city planning green substitutes, such as geo-thermal energy and sustainable biomass for heating.
Some additional greener options for the transformation of the global transport sector, such as E-kerosene, E-methanol, E-ammonia (especially for the aviation and shipping industry), were discussed.
Presentations were also intended to demonstrate how a quick decarbonisation of industries, as well as the energy system, was feasible through efficient policymaking.
Find out more about the ITRE committee meeting held on 13 April here.
On 20 April 2021, the European Parliament reached an informal agreement with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission during a trilogue on the new EU climate law. The European Union and its Member States could engage for carbon neutrality by 2050.
In his statement, Pascal Canfin, President of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENV Committee), highlighted an ambitious target for 2030: carbon emissions will be reduced by 57% compared to 1990. The creation of the High Council for the Climate and a dedicated budget for carbon are the two main pillars of this new law.
Jytte Guteland (Rapporteur and Member of the ENVI Committee) provided some details regarding the application of this law in a Q&A interview. The transition to renewable energy sources will create new job opportunities and foster skill transfer. This change will include new methods to train workers. The European Union will play a great role in this through fund programmes, such as Erasmus+ 2021-2027. The choice of energy sources, such as nuclear power or sustainable resources, will remain in the hands of EU Member States.
This new text was voted on at the European Parliament on 10 May 2021, adopted by the deputies with 52 votes against 24.
Late April (the 27th) has seen the €95.5 billion Horizon Europe budget’s official adoption by the European Parliament after the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE committee) gave its final consent over the past few weeks.
Sciences will play a key role throughout the whole framework and will constitute an inherent element to the programme’s five main mission areas:
Preparing Europe to a resilient climate transition
Tackling cancer
Creating 100 climate neutral cities by 2030
Regenerating our oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters
Ensuring that 75% of soils are healthy by 2030
Nevertheless, the European Commission postponed again the launch of Horizon Europe work programmes. Hence, the publication of calls is delayed at least until the end of May 2021. The initial publication of the Horizon Europe work programmes was due in March 2021.
Source: European Parliament, Infographics “how the EU invests in science” (https://bit.ly/3vY6Yc6)
In addition, chemistry will predominantly intervene under Pillar II – the second out of the Horizon Europe three Pillars – which is channelled towards “Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness”; and more specifically in clusters 1,5 and 6. These will focus on “Health”, “Climate, Energy and Mobility” and “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment” respectively. These clusters represent three of the five largest dedicated budget shares within the entire programme.
Negotiations on the UK case are still ongoing, but the former member state is still expected to take part in the multiple bilateral Horizon Europe agreements with external nations, which are provided to reinforce international cooperation. Therefore, the UK will be fully eligible to Horizon Europe calls with some minor exceptions (e.g., the EIC fund).
The country’s participation in Horizon Europe will be of utmost importance for British researchers and will maintain mutual benefits for both blocks. Moreover, the UK is also meant to take part in other EU programmes such as Euratom or Copernicus as an associated state.
With this in mind, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) recently launched its own guiding webpage providing useful information on how the UK is to be integrated into Horizon Europe’s various actions and calls over the next 7 years.
Read the European Parliament Press Release on the adoption of Horizon Europe here.
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 EuChemS Award for Service has been awarded to Professor Antonio Laganà and Dr. Jan Mehlich in recognition of their outstanding commitment and work in fostering chemistry in Europe, along with the activities and goals of EuChemS.
By serving on the editorial board of journals and organising several scientific conferences, Professor Laganà has contributed to the chemistry community in Europe and beyond with both his scientific achievements and services to the community.
Dr Jan Mehlich developed the free online course Good Chemistry-Methodological, Ethical, and Social Implications: around 400 students have registered so far, thus contributing to the dissemination of ethical chemistry conduct, the increasing impact of EuChemS’ activities and the enhancement of chemistry and EuChemS’ profile.
On behalf of all of us at EuChemS: congratulations!
Read more about the EuChemS Award for Service 2020 two awardees here.
On 27 April 2021, EuChemS answered to the Public Consultation on the new EU soil strategy. Citizens and organisations in Europe were invited to contribute to this survey on the ‘good’ soil practices to avoid soil mismanagement and degradation.
The European Commission proposed a soil assessment to evaluate the state of degradation of soil in the EU. In addition, EuChemS emphasised the balance of micro and macro elements of the soil.
EuChemS also mentioned the importance of soil research and knowledge enhancement, increased financial incentive to encourage new soil protection projects and introduced binding restoration targets for degraded soil.
On Earth Day (22 April), the European Chemical Society had the pleasure of hosting the webinar ‘The Carbon Element – Key towards a sustainable society’. This online event saw a wide range of scientific and EU policy discussions on decarbonization. It was also the opportunity to discuss the EuChemS Periodic Table.
This webinar was chaired by Nicola Armaroli, member of the EuChemS Executive Board, who was the driving force in shaping this event in his capacity as Chair of the EuChemS Task Group on the EuChemS Periodic Table. Over the course of five hours, the speakers from academia, research organisations and the European Commission tackled the carbon cycle, fossil fuel reserves and carbon sequestration and utilization in the energy and chemical sector from different perspectives: research, innovation, policy, economic and political. Furthermore, the attendees were invited to ask the speakers questions as well as answer polls related to the webinar discussions. Their feedback will be carefully considered by the EuChemS Task Group on the EuChemS Periodic Table for follow up actions. Welcome and closing words were given by Floris Rutjes, EuChemS President, who also led the afternoon panel discussion.
In total, 350 registrants attended the webinar which indicates the relevance of sustainability in scientific discourse. EuChemS thanks the speakers for their contribution to the event’s success. Thank you all for joining online, the presentations of the speakers can be downloaded on the EuChemS website! We invite you to watch the recordings of the Morning Session and Afternoon Session on the EuChemS YouTube channel – and consider subscribing!
The first meeting of the High Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability was held on 5 May 2021. Nineta Hrastelj, EuChemS Secretary-General, presented EuChemS’ expectations on the role of the Roundtable to Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, and Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, who both chaired this online meeting, as well as to all the other stakeholders.
Our expectations on the role of the Roundtable are towards providing a discussion platform for different groups of stakeholders with the aim of achieving the best possible solutions towards the group’s threefold purpose. The members of the European Chemical Society recognise chemistry education in the field of sustainability as a key driving force in this endeavour, fuelling both basic and more applied research, as two of many cornerstones to make this a success. The European Chemical Society is well-positioned to stimulate these sustainability goals from an academic and research point of view.
– Nineta Hrastelj, EuChemS Secretary General,
First meeting of the High Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
5 May 2021
During this online meeting, the members of the Expert Group tackled numerous pressing issues, including the social and economic dimensions for the industrial transition to safe and sustainable chemicals.
This online meeting was recorded and will soon be made available. Stay tuned and follow us on social media to not miss out on our latest activities!
For a toxic-free environment where chemicals can deliver all their benefits without harming the planet 🌍 we must transform our practices!
The Federation of European Academies of Science (FEAM) has recently released its “International Sharing of Personal Health Data for Research” report.
Part of the statements draw on discussions from the ISC’s GDPR Webinar that was hosted back in 2019 and which second session is to take place in September 2021.
The report outlines various key points as regards to the GDPR in open science and open research such as the crucial need for international collaboration “for example in large-scale epidemiology and registry data [to work] with a high number of variables from different countries” (p. 24 of the “International Sharing of Personal Health Data for Research” report); while learning how to process the wide data diversity. FEAM also underlines the importance of adequate use, appropriate safeguards, explicit consent and above all prioritising social interest.
The report closes with some recommendations for improvement such as closer collaboration with academies and the need to take patients opinions into account.
On 30 and 31 March 2021, the UNESCO’s International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) was inaugurated online by the Republic of Slovenia’s President, Borut Pahor, and the UNESCO’s Director General, Audrey Azoulay. This Center is under the auspices of UNESCO at Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), Ljubljana, Slovenia. IRCAI’s objectives are to provide a coordination point, funding route and exploitation accelerator for approaches to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that make use of AI.
Opening speeches introduced the audience to the IRCAI project and the many contributions from Slovenia in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent years; for which it was selected. Emphasis was put on transparency, gender balance and how a more ethical AI would help reach the United Nations’ 17 SDGs by 2030. Discussions also focused on the need for a more efficient open education system on AI.
There are currently 10 initial projects that are being developed and are to be launched in 2021.
You can find more information about it on the IRCAI website and watch the launch event here.
As of 27 March 2021, the new Transparency Regulation (EU) 2019/1381, passed by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, will be put into application. This regulation will foster the ability of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to carry out its risk assessments while complying with the highest transparency standards. It also aims to increase the independence of studies, to strengthen governance and scientific cooperation and to develop a comprehensive risk communication.
An online celebratory event for the entry into application of the Transparency Regulation took place on 31 March 2021.
“This is a pivotal moment for the assessment of risks in the food chain in the EU. EFSA is grateful to the European Parliament, to the European Commission and to the EU Member States for giving us this opportunity to bring citizens and stakeholders closer to our work and to benefit from greater scrutiny of our working processes and practices.”
In March 2021, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) gathered to discuss several pressing issues, including a ban on pesticides export.
On 23 March 2021, the DG SANTE, discussed during the ENVI committee meeting the regulation on EU pesticides ban export. Currently, pesticides banned in the EU can be found in products that the EU imports from third countries, where pesticides regulation is different. As a result, banned pesticides in the EU circulate within the 27 member states. Although 72 countries signed the Rotterdam’s Convention, which is a global agreement on pesticides and chemicals regulation, the EU law in this regard is more restrictive according to Jürgen Hellbig, senior Expert on Chemicals advising the DG ENV.
MEPs pointed out the “tolerance 0” on pesticides within this regulation: third countries do not insure the same level of food safety as in the EU. In addition, trade agreements, such as the Mercosur, also do not guarantee the same risk assessment level between the EU 27 states and other countries.
Emphasis was also given to banned chemicals produced inside the EU that are being used by third countries. In November 2020, 70 NGOs urged in an Open Letter to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, to prohibit the export of banned pesticides and the import of food with these same banned pesticides.
The recording of the full session is available here.
This strategy is part of the European Union’s toxic free environment by 2050, as announced in the European Green Deal. This new strategy for chemicals sets the long-term vision for the EU chemicals policy and aims to ban the most harmful chemicals in consumer products and to phase-out hazardous chemicals that affect vulnerable groups.
In its conclusions, the Council supports the European Commission in implementing the actions laid down in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. The Council emphasised the necessity to limit exposure to endocrine disruptors and to reduce the harmful effects of chemical mixtures.
Read more about the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability in the press release of the Council of the European Union.
On 24 March 2021, the European Commission launched the Open Research Europe publishing platform. In its press release, the European Commission presents this platform as a tool to support open science and transparency in the scientific publishing process within the EU. Open Research Europe will also enable rigorous open peer review and fast publication.
Furthermore, Open Research Europe is free-of-charge, making the platform accessible for everyone.
Researchers from all scientific, humanities and social sciences fields, stemming from Horizon 2020 funding, can submit their articles on Open Research Europe at no cost to them. One author of each publication must have been, or still is, a recipient of a Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe grant.
EuChemS had its representative within the High Level expert group of the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), which advised the European Commission on how to further develop and practically implement open science policies.
The European Chemical Society has recently answered to the European Commission’s public consultation with regards to the upcoming repeal on the Mercury Regulation.
Relying on its previous contribution to the public consultation for the last Mercury Regulation repeal in 2014, EuChemS could provide its views on the Commission’s plan for a complete Mercury phasing-down process to be completed by 2030.
While supporting the European Commission’s initiative and its relevance with the European Green Deal and the European Water Directive (amongst others), EuChemS reiterated some reservations about the total elimination of Mercury use in specific professional sectors where it might remain the best-known option to this day.
The crucial need for international scientific cooperation was also addressed.
The European Chemical Society, EuChemS, is organising a webinar ‘The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society’. The webinar will take place online on Thursday 22 April, from 10:00 to 16:30 CEST // morning session: 10:00-12:00 CEST – afternoon session: 13:30-16:30 CEST.
Registration link ➡️ CLICK HERE Please note that online registration for this event is mandatory. One unique link will be sent to you via email and will give you access to the full event at any time.
The webinar will be chaired by Nicola Armaroli (EuChemS Executive Board member, CNR) and hosted by Floris Rutjes (EuChemS President, Radboud University). Speakers from the international Chemistry community and the EU institutions will address scientific and policy-related topics.
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