ALT Image that says: The scoping project will support UKRI’s journey towards environmental sustainability and provide a clear roadmap to deliver carbon neutral digital research infrastructure by 2040. Four key areas will be tackled: Efficiency Sustainable power Supply chain Unavoided emissions More information at net-zero-dri.ceda.ac.uk

ALT Image describing webinar on 3rd December. Title: Open Science: what's in it for me? Speaker info: Helen Glaves is a Senior Data Scientist at the British Geological Survey (BGS), with more than 30 years’ experience in marine geoscience and geoinformatics. Her current role focuses on the development and implementation of research infrastructures, which includes acting as Director of the Integrated Core Services (ICS-C) for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). She is also actively involved in a number of national and international initiatives addressing various aspect of open science, including as a member of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Technical Advisory Board, and co-chair of both the GEO In-situ Data subgroup and Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth & Space Sciences (COPDESS) Helen recently took over as President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) having previously served as the Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) Division President for three years.

ALT Image describing webinar on 12th November. Title: Research data management services provided by NERC EDS. Speaker info: Jaana Pinnick is the Grants Manager at the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). She leads the NGDC grants team, advising grant holders on all aspects of research data management lifecycle from the start of the research project to the archiving and reuse of research data. This webinar describes the RDM advice and support provided to grant holders by the NERC Environmental Data Service. Jaana specializes in digital preservation of geoscience data at the NGDC where she is developing a preservation programme to enhance the long-term availability and reusability of the research data held at the data centre. She is also a member of the British Geological Survey (BGS) Information Governance Group, delivers an annual RDM training course for NERC- funded geoscience PhD students and is the current Vice-Chair of the UK Information and Records Management Society (IRMS).