Videos

Fusion Energy: COST Action MP1208

2015

A research consortium spanning 20 European countries is giving a boost to fusion research in Europe. Learn more about the work of COST Action MP1208 towards unlimited, clean and affordable energy.

The role of Forests in a Green Economy

2012

Dr Sjur Baardsen, Chair of the FPS Domain, shares his views on Forests in a Green Economy when interviewed by the GreenUp programme.

The GreenUp programme, powered by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), prepares for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (aka Rio+20) in June 2012 by collecting a critical mass of evidence showing that the green economy is a real possibility for intertwining the world’s economies with our environmental and societal aspirations. The first action relates to Forests!

Visit http://www.greenup-unep.org/ for more information.

Interviews with quantum physicists

2012 | Action MP1006

COST Action MP1006 – the world’s first network focussed on the foundations of quantum mechanics – asked 13 major scientists in the field to explain quantum theory!

We embedded the introduction video below. Please click the link above to watch the other videos on the YouTube playlist as well.

COST Foresight 2030 - Eleonora Barbieri Masini

2009

Organisation of European Society

TINNET - short-term scientific missions (part II)

2016 | Action BM1306

What TINNET researchers had to say about their short-term scientific missions

COST Training School

2009

Early Stage Researchers take part in COST Training Schools across Europe.

Clouds, electricity, and climate

2015 | Action ES1005

What role does atmospheric electricity play in climate change? Two scientists (Mai-Mai Lam, from the British Antarctic Survey, in Cambridge UK, and Jean Lilensten from CNRS in Grenoble, France) discuss this topic. This movie was produced by COST action TOSCA (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on climate), a multidisciplinary European network of scientists from 20 countries whose objective is to provide a better understanding of the hotly debated role of the Sun in climate change. For more information, and more movies, see http://www.tosca-cost.eu

Let the solar wind blow

2015 | Action ES1005

How does the varying solar wind affect the Earth’s climate? Two scientists (Jean Lilensten from CNRS in Grenoble, and Laure Lefèvre, from the Royal Observatory of Belgium) discuss this topic. This movie was produced by TOSCA (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on climate), a multidisciplinary European network of scientists from 20 countries whose objective is to provide a better understanding of the hotly debated role of the Sun in climate change. For more information, and more movies, see http://www.tosca-cost.eu

Marc Caball at ESOF 2012

2012

Dr Caball says COST plays a valuable role in the exchange and dissemination of ideas at European level. Dr Caball is the Chair of the COST Domain Committee for Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH).