2021 TÜBA International Academy, GEBİP and TESEP Awards were presented to their owners by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a ceremony held at the Presidential Complex on 28 December 2021 under the auspices of the Presidency.

The book "Forest Fires: Causes, Effects, Monitoring, Precautions to be Taken and Rehabilitation Activities" prepared by TÜBA and edited by Prof. Dr. Taşkın Kavzoğlu, TÜBA Associated Member and Gebze Technical University Faculty Member was published. The book deals with forest fires in all their dimensions and from the perspective of the modern world.

TÜBA 58th General Assembly was held on 18 December 2021 in Ankara. At the General Assembly, which started with the opening and protocol speeches, certificates were presented to TÜBA members elected as members at the 57th General Assembly.

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hassan, President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) visited Prof. R. Muzaffer Şeker President of TÜBA on 11 October 2021.

2nd General Assembly of International Science Council (ISC) was held on 11-15 October with the participation of TÜBA.

The 5th General Assembly of The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia-AASSA, of which TÜBA is a member, was held online on 15. October 2021. In the new Board of Directors elections held at the General Assembly, TÜBA Principal Member Prof. Dr. Ahmet Nuri Yurdusev became President-Elect of AASSA for the 2021-2024 period. For the 2021-2024 period, AASSA Elected-President Prof. Dr. Yurdusev will assume the Presidency of AASSA in the period 2024-2027.

The 2021 final statements including scientific detections and advice to the G-20 leaders prepared at the Science-20 (S-20) meetings, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) is also a partner, held as a sub-commission of the G-20 leaders’ summit were published. The 2021 G-20 meetings were hosted by Italy and the S-20 meetings were coordinated by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the whole world and continues to transform. The effects of the pandemic have the nature to affect humanity in many ways. Education, health, economy, trade, international relations, political science, the future of institutions, human psychology, sociological transformations, ethical issues are the areas where the effects of the pandemic are felt. In addition, food safety, environment, space and polar studies show that there will be new developments in the new period. Moreover, the entertainment, media and sports sectors have also started to transform after the effect of the pandemic with the technological developments.

The report consists of 5 chapters respectively; Introduction, Studies on Climate Change and Public Health, Climate Change and Its Impacts on Public Health, Compliance and Mitigation Policies, and Results and Recommendations. In the editorial board of the report, TÜBA President Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker, TÜBA Members Prof. Dr. İsmail Koyuncu, and Prof. Dr. İzzet Öztürk took place. In addition to the editors, prominent academicians and experts from related fields (Prof. Dr. Hasan Hüseyin Eker, Prof. Dr. Ali Özer, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Aydın, Prof. Dr. Ali Deniz, and Assoc. Prof. Fatih Kara) have given opinions to this report.

Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) Assessment Report on COVID-19 Global Outbreak was firstly published on 17 April 2020. The report has been updated six times periodically in Turkish.  The latest version of the report has been translated and published in English.

This report has been published in Turkish in June. Determination of the Legal Problems due to COVID–19 Outbreak and Solution Proposals at National and International Level is the topic of this report and prepared by benefitting from the open sources evaluating the national and international developments during the COVID–19 Pandemic.

As a part of G-20 Leaders Summit, S-20 Final Meeting was held on 26 September using the video conference.