Science for sustainability
The engagement of US and European Big Science facilities
26 October 2021 – Key leaders and researchers from major US and European big science laboratories, namely EIROforum (Europe’s eight largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations, including CERN, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, EUROfusion, European XFEL and ILL) and the US Department of Energy’s seventeen National Laboratories (Ames, Argonne, Brookhaven, Fermi, Idaho, Jefferson, Los Alamos, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, NETL, NREL, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, PPPL, SLAC, Sandia and Savannah River), met by videoconference ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26).
Sharing the same values, and convinced that science performs best through collaboration, the EIROforum’s directors and NLDC (comprised of directors from the US National Laboratories) affirmed their common commitment to unite science towards a sustainable and resilient global society and economy:
- By stepping up their scientific collaboration on carbon-neutral energy and climate change
- By sharing best practices to improve the climate sustainability and carbon footprint of Europe’s and US’s big science facilities
- By sharing knowledge and fostering public engagement on clean energy and climate change research
Read the full statement on the EIROforum website.
