G-Science Academies meetings

The annual G-Science Academies’ meetings started in 2005 and have become a major platform through which the Society collaborates with other leading science academies. The academies discuss and produce statements on global challenges in order to inform and influence public policies and debate.

Participation at the meetings has varied over the years, and usually includes the academies of the G7 nations (USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan), Russia (G8) and other nations. The 2016 meeting included additional participants from Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, South Africa and the African Academy of Sciences.

In May 2016 the G7 Science and Technology Ministers  published the Tsukuba Communiqué.

Joint Statements of G Science Academies 2005-2018

2018

• Food and nutrition security: improving soils and increasing productivity
• Realising our digital future and shaping its impact on knowledge, industry and the workforce
• The global Arctic: the sustainability of communities in the context of changing ocean systems

2017

• Cultural heritage: building resilience to natural disasters
• The challenge of neurodegenerative diseases in an aging population
• New economic growth: the role of science, technology, innovation and infrastructure
• Improving Global Health: Strategies and tools to combat communicable and non-communicable diseases

2016

• Understanding, Protecting, and Developing Global Brain Resources
• Strengthening Disaster Resilience is Essential to Sustainable Development
• Nurturing Future Scientists

2015 

• Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance: Threats and Necessary Actions 
• Neglected Tropical Diseases 
• Future of the Ocean: Impact of human activities on marine systems

2013 

• Driving Sustainable Development: the role of Science, Technology and Innovation 
• Drug Resistance in Infectious Agents - A Global Threat to Humanity 

2012 

• Building Resilience to Disasters of Natural and Technological Origin 
• Energy and Water Linkage: Challenge to a Sustainable Future 
• Improving Knowledge of Emissions and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases 

2011 

• Education for a Science-Based Global Development 
• Water and Health 

2010 

• Health of Women and Children 
• Innovation for Development 

2009 

• Climate changes and the transformation of energy technologies for a low carbon future 

2008 

• Climate Change Adaptation and the Transition to a Low Carbon Society 
• Global Health 

2007 

• Sustainability, energy efficiency and climate protection 
• The promotion and protection of innovation 

2006 

• Energy Sustainability and Security 
• Avian influenza and infectious diseases 

2005 

• Global response to climate change 
• Science and technology for African development