U.S. and EU Sign Pact on Common Environmental Challenges

Feb 19, 2007 12:00 AM

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U.S. and European Union scientists and researchers plan to work more closely in solving common environmental problems and sharing information on emerging issues such as nanotechnology under a new agreement finalized in Brussels.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and Director General for Research Jose Manuel Silva Rodriguez of the European Commission (the executive body of the European Union) have signed an "Implementing Arrangement on Environmental Research and Ecoinformatics." Ecoinformatics is advanced computer and information technology necessary for environmental research.

The EPA says the agreement marks a new level of collaboration supported by sound science that will continue to protect the environment and citizens.

Cooperation under the EPA-EC Implementing Arrangement is expected to take many forms, including direct collaboration between U.S. and European researchers and associations; joint sponsorship of conferences, workshops and meetings; coordinated calls for proposals and mutual participation in peer reviews; and exchanges of information, methodologies, and data.

Among the collaborative research topics included in the Implementing Arrangement are efforts to address the linkages between environmental pollution and human health, as well as uses and impacts of nanotechnology in environmental monitoring, soil remediation, and water quality. Other topics include:

sustainable chemistry and materials;

environmental information systems;

development of environmental and sustainability indicators;

environmental technologies;

air quality management;

decision support tools; and

environmental modeling.

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