ISC will organise the second edition of the UNGA76 Science Summit around the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76) in New York in September 2021. The objective of the virtual meeting will be to raise awareness of the role and contribution of science to the attainment of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. It will demonstrate initiatives that provide models for global science mechanisms and activities supporting the SDGs, particularly in science infrastructure and capacity building. Science is more than…

The theme of the GEO Climate Policy and Finance Workshop is “Earth observations for climate ambition” and reflects the GEO focus on the role of Earth observations in supporting national climate action and the overall Global Stocktake process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement. The main objective of the workshop is to present initial results of the ongoing mapping of climate-related activities in the GEO Work Programme. Additionally, other ongoing results of the GEO…

The RI-VIS Australia - Europe Symposium will be held between Tuesday, October 5th and Thursday, October 7th 2021, as a virtual event. Register for the Symposium White Paper Ahead of the symposium, the RI-VIS project has published the White Paper entitled "Recommendations towards cooperation between Australian and European research infrastructures". This White Paper collates the insights of experts from Australian RIs, European RIs, and policymakers, highlighting examples of Australian-European RI collaboration, best practices for successful collaboration, perceived challenges and bottlenecks,…

The aim of this virtual, half-day workshop is to provide an opportunity for operators and potential users of research facilities in ATMO-ACCESS to contribute to the development of new transnational access pilot studies for atmospheric research infrastructures. The workshop is a part of ACTRIS Week 2021. A detailed agenda can be found online : ATMO ACCESS Stakeholder workshop schedule The registration for the meeting can be accessed here: https://actris.eu/form/actris-imp-week-2021 Please, note that registration is open until Friday October 22nd.

There are major milestone events linked to global policy agendas taking place in 2021, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP26, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. These will bring a new set of challenges and opportunities for the international community. During GEO Week 2021, the organizers will present the multidisciplinary activities of the GEO Work Programme that address these…

We are pleased to announce that registrations for the 2nd Ocean Observers Workshop are open until November 2nd, 2021, at:https://forms.ifremer.fr/euroargo/2nd-ocean-observers-workshop-registration/ The 3-day workshop, focusing on educational activities linked with in situ ocean observations, will take place online from November 29th to December 1st. Two sessions are organized each day at 11:00-13:00 CET (Paris Time) and 18:00-20:00 CET (Paris Time). The workshop language is English. Depending on the nationalities of the attendees, simultaneous translations in one or two languages could be…

After a two-year-long process of hard and meticulous work by a great number of scientists and ESFRI delegates, a new ESFRI Roadmap is to be published. On December 7th, 2021, ESFRI will present the 2021 ESFRI Roadmap on Large Scale Research Infrastructures during a half-day conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Roadmap will include 11 new Research Infrastructure Projects and report on the development of Research Infrastructures on the existing Roadmap. The ESFRI Roadmap details the best European science facilities, as determined by a thorough evaluation and selection procedure. It also…

The 1st ESFRI Stakeholders Forum Meetup will take place on December 8th, 2021, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, as a hybrid event. The ESFRI Stakeholders Forum is a newly established platform, developed by ESFRI with the ambition to instigate an open dialogue among the different European research infrastructure stakeholders, in order to reinforce the position of Research Infrastructures (RIs) as an essential pillar of the European Research Area (ERA). This concept was presented in the ESFRI White Paper adopted in 2020. As we move towards a renewed ERA the participatory element should be…

The fourth SIOS Polar Night Week (PNW) will take place in Longyearbyen, 24-28 January 2022. Registration is now open - deadline for registration: 15 December 2021! This annual meeting brings the SIOS community together for science seminars, working group meetings and plenary discussions. One of the highlights is the release of newest issue of the State of Environmental Science (SESS) report. The Polar Night Week is an arena for exchange, reflection and planning of future activities and creates a vibrant atmosphere…