The European Commission presented a proposal for the European Union to ratify the Paris Agreement, a legally binding deal to tackle climate change.

This proposal follows the successful conclusion of the COP21 in Paris, as well as the Commission´s full assessment of the Paris Agreement presented in March 2016. The Paris Agreement is an opportunity for achieving broader sustainable development goals, as well the EU’s priorities of investment, competitiveness, circular economy, research, innovation and energy’s transition. Chemistry will be playing a major role in providing solutions to reach the Paris Agreement targets.

Source: http://europa.eu/

Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts), and Oganesson (Og) are the names proposed for the four new additions to the periodic table. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Inorganic Chemistry Division has reviewed these proposals and recommends them for approval. A five-month public review is now set, expiring 8 November 2016, prior to the formal approval by the IUPAC Council.
Source: http://iupac.org/

EuCheMS was selected for the European Commission  High-Level Advisory Group “Open Science Policy Platform”. The group, in which EuCheMS will be represented by Prof. Wolfram Koch, was recently announced by European Commissioner Carlos Moedas at the Competitiveness Council in Brussels.
The mandate of this group, composed by 25 stakeholders, is, among other, to advise the Commission on how to further develop and practically implement open science policy, in line with the priority of Commissioner Moedas to radically improve the quality and impact of European science; and to support policy formulation by helping to identify the issues to be addressed and providing recommendations on the policy actions required.
Source: http://www.euchems.eu/