9th Open Session of the International Geoscience Programme Council and Geoparks Information Session
2024-03-12 14:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Paris) | UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Developing an advanced understanding of the Earth’s fundamental processes and resources is essential to reaching UN Sustainable Development Goals. The International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme, with its two pillars, the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) and UNESCO Global Geoparks, aims to enable UNESCO Member States to use the UNESCO designated sites as learning sites for inclusive and comprehensive approaches to environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainable development.

The International Geoscience Programme Council will assemble in closed session from 10-12 March 2024 to evaluate 29 ongoing IGCP projects. The outcomes of the last International Geoscience Programme Council meeting will be shared during this open session, as well as an overview of IGCP projects and new geopark applications.

The Open Session that will be held on 12 March 2024, will allow council members to communicate the major outcomes of the IGCP council meeting and to present an overview of IGCP projects in 2023. An information sheet on each International Geoscience Programme theme and the 2023 annual report will be made available online.
On the occasion of the Open Session, and within the framework of the UNESCO Global Geoparks, new geopark applications, as well as one application for area extension, will be presented. An information sheet on each application will be made available online in early March, and the link will be included here.
For more information and to register, click here.

UNESCO Earth Sciences – 50th Anniversary
2023-03-16 13:30 - 18:00 | Hybrid
UNESCO Natural Sciences sector invites UNESCO Member States’ Government representatives to join global geoscience leaders, economists, policy makers, industry, and academic experts to identify how the science of our planet can help find people centered solutions to many of society’s ‘grand challenges’.
The International Geoscience Programme (IGCP)’s 50th anniversary celebration: Targeting UNESCO’s member states and the communities who are connected with earth scientists (natural and social sciences community, private and public sector, youth), UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector and IUGS are inviting Members States to the Conference entitled ‘Healing The Earth: UNESCO and Earth sciences past, present and future’ on the 16th March 2023.
The Conference will showcase IGCP’s achievements and impact; status and to provoke a discussion about the role of UNESCO and IUGS in international earth science cooperation during the next 50 years to address the challenges our society is facing today. The conference will highlight how, even today while big geosciences projects are delivered through big, internationally funded programmes, led by ‘big’, recognised names and adopted by the major funding agencies, IGCP empowers early-career geoscientists to establish their name and give them opportunities to flourish (in 2022, 379 project leaders from 94 countries, 41% female, 50% early career scientist brought together more than 5000 geoscientists to deliver the objectives of 60 projects).
Click here to download the concept note (PDF).
Webcast link, here.
