On 26 June, Science Europe and partners, including KIN, are organising a webinar for researchers, research institutions and decision-makers to explore the potential of rapid evidence synthesis (RES) as a tool for accelerating the uptake of innovations in policy and practice. The aim is to enable scientifically based solutions to flow more quickly to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Addressing the triple planetary crisis – climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss (see United Nations Climate Change, 2022) – requires a steep and consistent decrease in emissions that needs to start right now.
Science plays a key role in environmental action. Based on their previous work on science for policy, interdisciplinarity, and environmental sustainability, Science Europe and partners would like to explore more ways to accelerate the science-policy exchange in the field of the environment and how to increase the accessibility and practical impact of science for the environment.
To address these issues, and in the framework of the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings (SB 62) taking place in Bonn, Science Europe invites you to a public webinar to discuss how rapid evidence synthesis (RES) may be a useful tool for accelerating innovation uptake in policy and practice for the sustainability of the environment.
During the webinar, we aim to discuss:
- What improvements are needed in the existing science-policy interfaces on climate, environmental pollution, and biodiversity?
- What are potential use cases for rapid evidence synthesis (RES) in environmental science?
- Can RES effectively support evidence-based policy action on the environment, and if yes, what would be the prerequisites for its successful deployment?
- What are the lessons learned from other fields in which RES has been used?
- What are the next possible steps for decision makers, research organisations and other stakeholders?
The webinar is co-organised by Climate Research Initiative Netherlands; Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal; French National Research Agency (ANR); Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN); Lund University; Research Council of Norway (RCN); Science Europe; and the University of Cambridge.
