Objectives and current activities

The EDI Committee promotes the EGU vision of EDI of opportunities via an integrated, co-ordinated, and constructive approach.

Objectives

• Providing constructive suggestions and ideas to the EGU Council to promote EDI within the organisation and the geosciences in general
• Organising sessions and meetings dedicated to EDI issues during the EGU General Assembly and at other conferences and meetings organised by EGU and its sibling societies
• Raising awareness of the value of EDI within the scientific community
• Representing EGU on relevant initiatives focusing on EDI in the geosciences

Current Activities

• A special issue in the Advances in Geosciences Journal dedicated to EDI. This was published as a joint initiative with AGU and JpGU (completed)
• A new EDI logo awarded to General Assembly sessions whose team of conveners meet three specific EDI criteria (ongoing)
• Awards & medals, including the nominations process and the representativeness of nominees and awardees (ongoing)
• Improving accessibilities related to the General Assembly and other EGU-sponsored meetings (e.g., colour-vision deficiency and other physical limitations as well as childcare) (ongoing)
  • Website accessibility (ongoing)
• Sessions at each EGU General Assembly to inform members of the committee’s activities and to educate participants regarding EDI issues such as harassment, bullying, and unconscious bias
• Unconscious bias training within the organisation (ongoing)
• Surveys and data collection (ongoing)
• Contributing to EGU’s surveys and data analysis in order to integrate EDI perspective (ongoing)
• Increasing collaboration and open dialogue with other EGU entities (committees, Council, etc.) (ongoing)
• Increasing visibility and collaboration with the community, which is the only way the EDI Committee’s mission can be accomplished (ongoing)
• Solidarity fund to support EDI activities (under discussion)