geoscience policy

GeoPolicy: Insights for the Green and Digital Transition

Chloe Hill September 8, 2023

Credit: Paschal O'Hare (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

This month’s GeoPolicy Blog post dives into the Science Europe publication, Science–Policy in Action: Insights for the Green and Digital Transition, which aims to contribute to the development of a framework for Science-Policy Interfaces, map the interface activities coordinated by their member organisations, and identify areas where these activities could be improved. Not only does the report pro ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: A window into a career in Science Policy, as EGU’s first Policy Intern.

Ned Staniland September 4, 2020

Photo Credit: Ned Staniland

My name is Ned Staniland and I am a third year PhD student in space physics at Imperial College London. I study the magnetic field of Saturn using data from the Cassini-Huygens mission that was launched in 1997. In July 2020, I was lucky enough to be EGU’s first intern where I worked in their policy and communications team. Finding an Internship Since the beginning of my PhD, I have kept an eye ...[Read More]

3 ways geoscientists can support the Biodiversity Strategy for the EU’s Green Deal

Ned Staniland August 28, 2020

'Elnia raised bog in northwestern Belarus' by Annett Thiele (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The European Union Green Deal outlines an ambitious plan for turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities to make the EU’s economy sustainable and make Europe the first climate-neutral continent. This plan covers a wide range of topics such as preventing biodiversity loss, achieving net-zero pollution and making the agricultural industry more sustainable. These topics include sp ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Interview with the former President of the European Research Council – Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Chloe Hill March 13, 2020

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon speaking during the EGU's Sahping EU Missions event

I recently had the honour of interviewing Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, who completed his six-year term as the President of the European Research Council (ERC) at the end of 2019. As an award-winning mathematician, he has been a fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for most of his career. Bourguignon held a Professor position at École Polytechnique (1986-2012) and served ...[Read More]