"to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society"

Statement on wind power

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  • Statement on wind power

    2010-01-27 The Royal Swedish Academy’s Energy Committee expects a massive expansion of wind power in the decades ahead. Globally, it looks set to rise from 260 TWh of electricity in 2008 to an estimated 5,000 TWh in 2050. This represents an annual average increase of 8%.
  • The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010

    2010-01-21 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010 to Walter Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA “for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to our understanding of ocean circulation, tides and waves, and their role in the Earth’s dynamics”.
  • Academy statement on climate change

    2009-10-16 The Academy has formulated a statement concerned with the scientific basis of climate change. It has not been an objective to deal with areas outside the natural sciences. However, it is clear that changes in climate require a response from society that involves a wide range of other disciplines, with development and application of new technologies.
  • Message for the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

    2009-10-26 At the international symposium Energy 2050 a message for the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference was discussed. It contains recommendations for the future global energy production and is based on analyses of different sources of energy made by the Energy Committee 2005-2009.
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Science in society

Energy 2050 was an international symposium organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm 19-20 October 2009. The symposium was held in association with the Swedish EU presidency. All lectures and discussions are available as video on demand.

Science in society

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Tropical conservation through biodiversity development, Daniel Janzen
2010-02-10, 3-4.30 pm CET

Education

The Academy has long considered it important to foster the teaching of science and mathematics in Swedish schools. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the Academy has initiated and become involved in many activities seeking to improve school teaching and attract people to learn natural science.

Education

Grants/Funding

Grants/Funding

Prizes

The Nobel Prizes

On 6, 7 and 12 October the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2009 were announced. This year's prizes award research on fiber optics, CCD-sensors, ribosomes and economic governance.

The Nobel Prizes

Each year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards many prizes in recognition of distinguished achievements. Mostly to researchers, but sometimes to teachers, writers and translators.

Prizes

Members

At the General Meeting on 11 November five Swedish researchers were elected to the Academy: Johan Åqvist and Lars Tranvik, Uppsala University, Klas Kärre, Karolinska Institutet, Juleen Zierath, Karolinska University Hospital and Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University.

Members
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