New topics selected for the development of scientific evidence reports
22/02/2024
Congreso de los Diputados The Board of the Congress, in its meeting on 22 February 2024, selected four new topics for the development of Report C, which gathers scientific and technical consensus on subjects of interest to the MPs.
The selected topics for the development of new reports are:
- Artificial intelligence and education
- Sustainable management of coastal areas
- Active prevention of suicide
- Critical materials in the energy transition
These four topics were chosen from a total of 12 proposed by Oficina C for their potential relevance to Spain in the medium term, in collaboration with its Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee includes representatives from leading national research institutions, organisations, and associations.
The proposed topics were grouped into four main areas (environment and sustainability, biomedicine and health, energy and transport, and new technologies and digital society) and meet criteria such as defined scope, medium to long-term relevance for Spain, existence of scientific and technical evidence, parliamentary relevance, and promotion of public discussion.
The suggested topics were:
- Artificial light in the night environment
- Applications of biotechnology for sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable management of coastal areas
- Decline of pollinators
- Prevention of emerging diseases
- Active prevention of suicide
- Strategies against antimicrobial resistance
- Childhood obesity in Spain
- Critical materials in the energy transition
- Options for atmospheric CO2 removal
- Artificial intelligence and education
- Current perspectives in quantum technologies
In the coming months, Oficina C will gather scientific and technological evidence using a working method based on reviewing and contextualising scientific literature, interviewing subject experts, peer review by other scientists and technologists, and a multidisciplinary approach.