Four Polish scientists joined the signatories of an open letter calling for the creation of a European humanitarian foundation whose aim would be to prevent and counteract environmental and health crises.
The letter was published on Wednesday, June 24, on the page of the journal Nature.
The crisis of COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown in terms of pandemic, public administration systems in individual countries are often unable to respond adequately and quickly to the emerging need for humanitarian, medical or research assistance across Europe.
The letter was signed by 75 European scientists from 15 countries, including three scientists from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow: Prof. Józef Dulak, Prof. Jan Potempa, Prof. Krzysztof Pyrć and Prof. Ewa Łojkowska from the University of Gdańsk.