Outreach

GeoPolicy: The importance of communicating your research with the public

Chloe Hill February 26, 2019

LEGO reenactment of Carolyn Porco's TED Talk on the Cassini mission to Saturn. Credit: Maia Weinstock (distributed via Flikr)

Science and innovation are a central priority for the European Union with the current research framework, Horizon 2020, allocating almost €80 billion to research and innovation over seven years, until 2021. It appears that policymakers are currently happy with this investment as they are looking to increase research and innovation spending to at least €100 billion in the next research funding fram ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: getting ready for the European Parliament Election

Chloe Hill January 25, 2019

You are the children of a modern, democratic and open Europe. Credit: Ministry of Environment - European Parliament (distributed via Flickr).

The European Parliament currently has 751 members who belong to one of the eight political groups, at least one of the 20 different committees and represent approximately 500 million people from the 28 EU Member States. The EU Parliament plays an extremely important role in the EU. It oversees the EU budget, launches investigations into specific issues and shares legislative powers with the Counci ...[Read More]

EGU Photo Competition 2019: Now open for submissions!

Olivia Trani January 16, 2019

Jebel Bayda (White Mountain). Credit: Luigi Vigliotti (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu). This is an aerial view of the Jebel Bayda, a white volcano made by silica-rich lava (comendite) in the Khaybar area. The photo is one of the three winners of the EGU Photo Competition 2018!

If you are pre-registered for the 2019 General Assembly (Vienna, 7 – 12 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! The tenth annual EGU photo competition opened on 15 January. Up until 15 February, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three original photos and one moving image ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: COP24 – key outcomes and what it’s like to attend

Chloe Hill December 28, 2018

COP24. Credit: Kaia Rose, Connect4Climate

Earlier this month, the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24), was held in Katowice, Poland. COPs are held annually and provide world leaders, policy workers, scientists and industry leaders with the opportunity to negotiate and determine how best to tackle climate change and reduce emissions on a global level. With so much at stake, these negotiations can be tense. Some COPs see more action tha ...[Read More]