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17 May 2024
Discover the presentation leaflet
The National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF), as an independent public establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and under the protection of the President of the French Republic, exercises a mission of public service. The Academy was created in 2000 to inform public policy and society on technological development and its impact. It brings together several hundred elected fellows, from diverse backgrounds, who provide a variety of expertise on numerous technologies and societal issues. NATF seeks the common good as a trusted third party. It is an independent establishment and its organisational structure […]
28 June 2023
Towards sustainable food consumption (SAPEA Evidence Review Report)
Press release 28 June 2023 Consumers shouldn’t be the only ones responsible for the shift to sustainable food consumption, Academies advise European Commission A group of renowned scientists nominated by European academies through the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism, have advised Commissioners on how to transform European food consumption to become healthier and more sustainable. The advice comes in response to a request from the College of Commissioners to inform the revision of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy. The SAPEA evidence review report was submitted this morning in Brussels, addressing key policy areas including pricing, availability, composition, and the […]
15 June 2023
Activity report 2022
Editorial by Denis Ranque, President of the National Academy of Technologies of France It gives me great pleasure to present to you our academy’s Activity Report for the year 2022. We wanted this report to be a reflection of what our academy is: diverse, committed and open. Our academy boasts of 360 members, who come from varied backgrounds and paths – the world of industry, teaching and research, and are selected and elected by their peers. Our competence and independence are based on this diversity and on the collective and meticulously framed nature of our work. Finally, our gender diversity […]
27 February 2023
Towards Low-GHG Emissions from Energy use in Selected Sectors
This CAETS 2022 Energy report reviews existing technologies that could be used immediately to reduce green-house gas (GHG) emissions in seven key sectors: Food and Agriculture, Buildings and Smart Cities, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Cement, Iron and Steel, Information and Communication technologies.
27 July 2022
CAETS 2022 Engineering a better world: BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE
The National Academy of Technologies of France, in partnership with Dassault Systèmes and with the support of Air Liquide, Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, Fondation de l’Académie des technologies, Servier, European Institute for creative Strategies & Innovation, and Club de Paris des Directeurs de l’Innovation, is organizing this year’s CAETS (International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences) World Congress, which brings together more than 30 countries around the world. A unique opportunity to meet with the science and technology ecosystem, this congress will bring together renowned international speakers from academies and institutions who, for this 2022 edition, will address societal […]
26 July 2022
Challenges for European Science and Technology Driven Innovation in Europe
A Euro-CASE working group (WG) was set up with the intent to identify opportunities to better link research to technological innovation in Europe for the post-Covid period. This work follows up on a « pre-Covid » report on the potential and limitations of Open Science for academia and technology that was prepared by the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Belgium, and published in English and French1. The WG stabilized to a core set of nine members (including three female members), that includes professionals with managerial and political experience, from business, industry, academia, government and regulatory bodies. “Challenges […]
21 April 2022
Statement of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) on the invasion of Ukraine
STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ACADEMIES OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES (CAETS) ON THE INVASION OF UKRAINE The International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS), as represented by the undersigned, is dismayed by the unprovoked large-scale military invasion of Ukraine at the instigation of the Russian government. We condemn this attack on the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine, our sympathy and solidarity go out to them. CAETS considers the invasion as an attack on the fundamental values of freedom, democracy and self-determination, which in turn […]
24 November 2021
20th anniversary of the National Academy of Technologies of France
On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the National Academy of Technologies of France devoted its annual convention to the theme “Making a success of the 2030-2050 transitions “. The event, held at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris, in association with the media outlet Usbek & Rica, brought together 350 participants from the worlds of education, research, industry, public authorities and the press. The introduction to the Convention by the President of the Academy, Pascal Viginier, was followed by a speech by Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, who recalled that the main mission of […]
04 December 2018
Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies: research and climate aspects
Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies Research and climate aspects SAPEA Evidence Review Report No. 2 Informs the European Commission Group of Chief Scientific Advisors Scientific Opinion No. 4/2018 This report aims, within the framework provided by the SAM/HLG Scoping Paper, to assess the climate mitigation potential of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU), which is defined as “those technologies that use CO2 as a feedstock and convert it into value-added products such as fuels, chemicals or building materials”. From a system perspective, CCU involves a number of steps, from capture of CO2 to its conversion into usable C-rich products, from […]
04 December 2018
Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies
SAPEA Reports Group of Chief Scientific Advisors Scientific Opinion 4/2018 (Supported by SAPEA Evidence Review Report No 3) Brussels, 23 May 2018 The European Union has committed to achieve an economy-wide domestic target of at least 40% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions for 2030 and at least 80% GHG reductions by 2050. This should allow the EU to contribute to keep global warming well below 2°C as agreed by the almost 200 signatory parties to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Achieving those reduction targets requires the deployment of new and efficient technologies, appropriate legislative and policy initiatives, as well as […]