GeoPolicy

GeoPolicy: Social media is influencing our political behaviour, democracies, and scientific communities

Chloe Hill March 19, 2021

Technology and Democracy: understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making

A recently published report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has found that our democracy is under pressure from the influence that social media has on our political opinions and our behaviours. What can be done to mitigate this and what could it mean for our democracy, society and scientific community? The pros and cons of living in an increasingly online world The COVID-19 pa ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: EGU science for policy: what’s coming up in 2021?

Chloe Hill January 15, 2021

Credit: European Parliament. Distributed via Flickr

There were a lot of big changes to the EGU’s science for policy programme in 2020 with many of our activities, such as the annual science for policy event and science-policy pairing scheme, moving online. But 2021 promises to be an even bigger year with a greater number of opportunities to engage and activities becoming even more accessible! So, if you haven’t engaged with science for policy befor ...[Read More]

Top 5 GeoLog posts of 2020!

Hazel Gibson January 1, 2021

Sunrise at Mount Fuji . Credit: Kaifeng Yu (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Happy New Year!! 2020 has been a pretty relentless and turbulent year – and a lot has happened. Here at EGU headquarters (currently spread across our staff’s several homes) we all know how much we owe to you, our members, followers and friends, this year, through all the highs and the lows. We honestly could not have made it through without our wonderful community – and yo ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: How geoscience can support the European Green Deal

Chloe Hill November 13, 2020

Earlier this year, the EGU hosted the Integrating science into the EU Green Deal event in collaboration with the Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development to outline how the geosciences can most effectively support the European Green Deal and ensure its ambitious biodiversity and zero-pollution targets are reached. The event provided policymakers, scientists and indust ...[Read More]