A scientific appeal for COP30 - The Academies of Science unite for climate action

Tropical forests, pillars of the global climate and refuges of biodiversity, are today threatened by deforestation, fires and climate change. These interconnected crises risk transforming these vital ecosystems, once carbon sinks, into net sources of emissions, exacerbating global warming and weakening food, water and health systems worldwide.
 

Faced with this urgency, the Academies of Science are calling for biodiversity to be placed at the heart of climate action: strengthening research and international cooperation, supporting local and indigenous knowledge, investing in education, and building science-based public policies. COP30 must mark a decisive turning point: protecting tropical forests means protecting life, justice and our common future.
 

Signatory academies: 

Argentina - National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences; Argentina - National Academy of Sciences; 
Australia - Australian Academy of Sciences; 
Austria - Austrian Academy of Sciences; 
Bolivia - National Academy of Sciences ; 
Brazil - Brazilian Academy of Sciences; 
Canada - Royal Society of Canada; 
Caribbean - Caribbean Academy of Sciences; 
Chile - Chilean Academy of Sciences; 
Colombia - Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences; 
Costa Rica - National Academy of Sciences; 
Cuba - Cuban Academy of Sciences; 
Denmark - Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters; 
Dominican Republic - Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic; 
Ecuador - Academy of Sciences of Ecuador; 
Europe - European Academy of Sciences; 
Finland - Council of Finnish Academies; 
France - Academy of Sciences; 
Guatemala - Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala ;
Honduras - National Academy of Sciences of Honduras; 
Indonesia - Indonesian Academy of Sciences; 
Ireland - Royal Academy of Ireland; 
Japan - Scientific Council of Japan; 
Latin America - Latin American Academy of Sciences; 
Mexico - Mexican Academy of Sciences; 
Nicaragua - Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences; 
Panama - Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Science; 
Paraguay - Scientific Society of Paraguay; 
Peru - National Academy of Sciences; 
Portugal - Lisbon Academy of Sciences; 
Senegal - National Academy of Sciences and Technologies of Senegal; 
South Korea - Korean Academy of Sciences and Technologies; 
Switzerland - Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences; 
TWAS - World Academy of Sciences; 
United Kingdom - Royal Society; 
Uruguay - National Academy of Sciences of Uruguay; 
Venezuela - Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela.
 

Regional networks signatories: 
AASSA - Association of Asian Science Academies and Societies; EASAC - Network of European Academies; IANAS - Inter-American Network of Science Academies; NASAC - Network of African Science Academies.
 

--> Read the declaration: A scientific call for COP30