The European Academy of Sciences and Arts was created in 1985 in Salzburg, Austria by heart surgeon Felix Unger of Salzburg; the archbishop of Vienna, Franz Cardinal König; and the political scientist and philosopher Nikolaus Lobkowicz.
The Academy currently hosts around 1,300 of Europe's top scientists and artists as members (among them fifteen Nobel laureates), who approach the questions facing Europe and the globe in various colloquia and publications.
The members of the academy are organized in seven scientific classes: I. Humanities; II. Medicine; III. Arts; IV. Natural Sciences; V. Social Sciences, Law and Economics; VI. Technical and Environmental Sciences; VII. World Religions.
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Declaration on Climate Change
In March 2007, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts issued a formal declaration in which they stated, “Human activity is most likely responsible for climate warming. Most of the climatic warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Documented long-term climate changes include changes in Arctic temperatures and ice, widespread changes in precipitation amounts, ocean salinity, wind patterns and extreme weather including droughts, heavy precipitation, heat waves and the intensity of tropical cyclones. The above development potentially has dramatic consequences for mankind’s future. “[1]
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