EGU NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 70, OCTOBER 2020 ======================================= October: EGU’s Natural Hazards & Risk Reduction Month The Sendai Framework 2015–2030 What is the status of the UN's international framework for disaster risk reduction, five years in? Many countries have taken different approaches, but one thing they all need is better data, writes historical and social volcanologist Jazmin Scarlett. Read more!(https://egu.eu/5Q0VUO/) UPCOMING DATES -------------- 2 NOVEMBER Education Committee vacancies (https://egu.eu/79Q8M3/) APPLY NOW EGUsphere moderator (https://egu.eu/2UIS3B/) SCIENCE POLICY -------------- A new EGU document: How geoscience can support the European Green Deal outlines key aspects that the geoscience community, through its research and expertise, can support in two of the Green Deal’s main policy areas: biodiversity and zero pollution. Read the document here! (https://egu.eu/7WFEBL/) New EGU statement: The Union urges all EU leaders to prioritise research funding, including grants for fundamental science through the ERC, in Horizon Europe, and the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework. Learn more! (https://egu.eu/7RTRFC/) JOURNAL WATCH ------------- GEOROUNDUP October EGU journal highlights (https://egu.eu/78E7SM/) UPDATES ------- 2021 medals & awards: EGU is honouring 51 recipients for their contributions to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. See who won! (https://egu.eu/1LBN6I/) Starting in 2021, EGU will use this new logo to highlight General Assembly sessions whose conveners fulfill three EDI criteria. Learn more! (https://egu.eu/15REEY/) RESOURCE OF THE MONTH --------------------- Funding opportunities: European Research Council grants This webinar discusses the main features of ERC individual grants, with a special focus on the Earth System Sciences panel (PE10). View it here! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okzJoYMMvkQ) FUTURE EVENTS ------------- EGU Autumn Election 2020: Please vote from 1–30 November for EGU’s Treasurer. Members will receive an e-ballot next week. Learn more! (https://www.egu.eu/elections/) Webinar: On 16 November, EGU will host the day-long European Research Council webinar: Sex and gender dimension in frontier research. Find more info here! (https://egu.eu/686VCG/) EGU BLOGS --------- Spatial seismic hazard in western Indonesia – a new, adaptive, approach (https://egu.eu/5UYPN7/) GeoLog, the Union’s official blog Volcano-seismology in North Korea (https://egu.eu/67FWGA/) Seismology Division blog Natural Hazards 101: The concept of risk (https://egu.eu/79ID6L/) Natural Hazards Division blog Why social inequalities matter for hydrologists? (https://egu.eu/29KZ6O/) Hydrological Sciences Division blog FOLLOW US --------- Web: https://www.egu.eu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion Twitter: https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-geosciences-union Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eurogeosciences/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EuroGeosciencesUnion SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER --------------------- On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/70/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=EGU+Newsletter%2C%20October%202020%3A%20https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/70/ ©2020 European Geosciences Union. All rights reserved. EGU - European Geosciences Union e.V. Kastenbauerstr. 2 81677 Munich, Germany * Privacy policy (https://www.egu.eu/privacy-policy/) * Subscribe (https://lists.egu.eu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newsletter/) * Unsubscribe (https://lists.egu.eu/options/newsletter/)