Statement on wind power

• 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.

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