Welcome to the EGU 2025 press centre Press release 22 April 2025 The European Geosciences Union’s annual General Assembly will be held from 27 April – 02 May 2025 in a hybrid format. Journalists, science bloggers and other media participants can now browse the online press centre for press conferences and sessions of media interest. Read more
The European Geosciences Union expresses its support for its fellow American scientific societies 2 April 2025 EGU stands behind our sibling American scientific societies, providing our support for them and all their members in the face of recent changes to US scientific policy. Read more
Extraordinary election: Earth and Space Science Informatics Division President – vote! 31 March 2025 The incoming Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) Division President will be unable to take their position in April 2025 for unforeseen reasons, as such EGU are holding an extraordinary election for a new Division President. EGU members can now vote for the candidate of their choice by 23 April 2025. Read more
EGU General Assembly 2025 – Meeting programme and provisional press conferences 24 March 2025 The EGU General Assembly 2025 is fast approaching, and the full programme is now online! With over 1000 sessions and nearly 19,000 abstracts, the meeting will showcase groundbreaking research across the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. This year’s press conferences will highlight urgent topics, including climate hazards, air quality and public health, technological and social innovations for climate solutions, and even new discoveries from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter. For information on accommodation and travel, for in-person attendees, please refer to the appropriate sections of the main EGU General Assembly 2025 website. Read more
EGU celebrates the diversity of people needed to create truly outstanding science 8 March 2025 The Union restates our support for a geoscience community that is diverse as an essential feature of conducting cutting edge, innovative science research. In order to support this, we share a list of EGU’s tools, resources and policies that our community can use to broaden access to science, both in Europe and around the globe. Read more
Job alert! EGU Science for Policy Officer (maternity cover) 5 March 2025 The Union are looking to hire a Science for Policy Officer (maternity cover) to work within EGU’s existing Policy Programme, supporting researchers to engage with the European policymaking process. This is a fixed term (18 months) full time position, based in Munich, Germany. Apply by Wednesday 19 March 2025. Read more
Extraordinary election: Biogeosciences Division President – vote! 4 March 2025 The incoming Biogeosciences (BG) Division President will be unable to take their position in April 2025 for unforeseen health reasons, as such EGU are holding an extraordinary election for a new Division President. EGU members can now vote for the candidate of their choice by 24 March 2025. Read more
EGU leaving Twitter/X 3 March 2025 Following a vote by EGU’s volunteer Council, the Union will no longer be posting on X, formerly known as Twitter. Read more
Apply now for EGU’s 2025 Education Fellowship for Early Career Scientists! 24 February 2025 The EGU’s Education Committee is now accepting applications for the 2025 Education Fellowship, to develop and deliver a creative initiative which promotes geoscience at the primary, secondary, and/or university education level. Apply by 25 March 2025. Read more
Join the EGU’s new Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force! 18 February 2025 EGU announces ‘Climate Hazard and Risk’ as our new Policy Priority Area and launches an open call for members of the Climate Hazard and Risk Policy Task Force, who will develop new ways to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from research into practice and to connect policymakers in Europe to the most relevant geoscience experts. Read more
