A new chapter begins for integrated environmental science with the public launch of the upgraded ENVRI-Hub. Developed over two years by the ENVRI-Hub NEXT project, this platform is now available to the research community, offering improved access to Europe’s environmental research infrastructures.

“This launch is a testament to the consolidated collaboration across our consortium of Research Infrastructures and e-infrastructures, which has also been showcased on major stages like the EGU General Assembly and meetings with international communities such as WMO.” Marta Gutierrez, EGI Foundation, ENVRI-Hub NEXT Project Director

Your Gateway to Environmental Research

The launch is built upon the solid foundation laid during the project’s first 18 months, transitioning from a promising blueprint to a powerful, operational reality. The upgraded platform, accessible via its refreshed landing page, integrates a suite of enhanced and new tools designed for researchers:

• A Catalogue of Services  and Catalogue of Data: Serving as FAIR-compliant entry points, the Catalogues offer intuitive interfaces and API access libraries, streamlining the discovery of data and services across Europe’s research infrastructures.
• The new ENVRI Knowledge Base transforms how you find information. Powered by advanced AI, it enables dialogue-based natural-language searches to quickly locate datasets, publications, and code across the environmental sciences.
• An Analytical Framework supported by two harmonised Python libraries, allowing programmatic access to the Catalogue of Services and to the environmental research infrastructure’s datasets. 
• A global design focussing on essential climate variables (ECVs) with new filtering options in the Catalogue of Services, specific indexation in the AI system, specific parameterisation possibilities in the Python libraries, and normalised by the iADOPT ontology to describe scientific variables in a common way.  
• Single Sign On across the Hub services and integrated research infrastructures through ENVRI-ID, an EOSC-interoperable Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI), via a range of providers such as EDUGAIN, ORCID, Google and GITHUB.
• In collaboration with our sister project ENVRINNOV, we have integrated an Innovation Hub. This new component connects scientific research with entrepreneurial vision, fostering the development of market-ready solutions and sustainable business models from environmental data.

“The 2026 deployment successfully integrates our core services, from the Catalogue and Knowledge Base to the Analytical Framework, into a cohesive platform. This technical milestone proves our architecture is robust and ready for community testing and validation. Beyond technical readiness, this also represents the foundational milestone in establishing the ENVRI-Hub as the definitive ENVRI Node within the EOSC Framework, bridging the gap between environmental science and EOSC.” Ulrich Bundke, Forschungszentrum Jülich & IAGOS, ENVRI-Hub NEXT Technical Coordinator

Contribute to the Launch

This new Hub is built for and with our community. We invite all researchers, data scientists, and stakeholders to explore its capabilities, test its features, and shape its future.

To introduce the platform, we have hosted a dedicated launch webinar on 23 April 2026, providing an overview and quick demonstrations of some of the Hub’s new features. Meet us at EGU26 in Vienna and take the short course about the ENVRI-Hub.

Your exploration and feedback are crucial as we enter this exciting final year of the ENVRI-Hub NEXT project, focusing on community-driven refinement and widespread adoption. You can sign up for the ENVRI-Hub User Group to receive updates about meetings, consultations, training activities, and contribute to the future evolution of the Hub.