The European Academy of Sciences and Arts was created in 1990 in Salzburg, Austria by heart surgeon Felix Unger of Salzburg; the cardinal archbishop of Vienna, Franz 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.
The Academy has initiated a development of an international university named Alma Mater Europaea - European University for Leadership. In early 2011, the university opened in Slovenia its first branch, the Alma Mater Europaea - Evropsko sredisce Maribor (ESM) (eng. Alma Mater Europaea - European Centre Maribor). In July 2011, Alma Mater Europaea of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences - European University for Leadership also co-sponsored a Summer School in St. Gallen, Switzerland. [1]
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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. “,[2] and welcomed Live Earth and Save Our Selves initiatives, for beginning the process of mobilizing the people to take action on this matter.