Introduction

The EGU runs a substantial outreach programme, coordinated by the Outreach Committee.

Objectives

• Increase public awareness of the scientific work of the EGU membership and facilitate dissemination of information beyond the geosciences community.
• Identify and highlight societal challenges that can be addressed by the EGU membership and harness the expertise of members to address societal needs.
• Establish and strengthen links between the EGU membership and policy- and decision-makers, primarily but not exclusively in Europe.
• Facilitate interactions and transfer of information within the geoscience community via newsletters, websites, data portals, bulletins, blogs, and social media.

Target groups

• The membership of the Union and its component groups
• Geoscientists who are not Union members
• National or international geoscience societies, agencies and enterprises, both within and outside Europe
• People, institutions, organisations and scientific unions engaged in fields other than geosciences, both within and outside Europe
• Decision makers, the working media and the non-scientific public, primarily but not exclusively in Europe

For more information, see outreach best practices.

• EGU newsletter – monthly information service
• News & press
• Blogs & social media
• Networking opportunities
• General Assembly mentoring programme
• Imaggeo, the geosciences image and video repository
• EGU TV
• Public Engagement Grants

The EGU Outreach Committee works closely with the EGU Working Group on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, established by the EGU Council in Autumn 2018.

• Chair: Mioara Mandea (outreach@egu.eu)
• Members: Athanasios Nenes, Emmanuel Salmon, Martin Archer, Miguel Gomez-Heras, Philippe Jousset, Solmaz Mohadjer, Sophie Berger, the Head of Media, Communications and Outreach, the Communications Officer, the Policy Officer, the Topical Events and Education Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board