UN Climate Conference 2017

This year’s United Nation´s (UN) climate conference, COP23, concluded on 18 November with steps forward to ensure global climate action through implementation of the Paris Agreement. Clarity on the design of the so called ‘Talanoa Dialogue’ (Facilitative Dialogue) has been achieved looking at how global climate action can be accelerated in the years to come. The Facilitative Dialogue next year will be the opportunity for political stock-taking for the parties on progress made on the implementation of the Paris Agreement. EuCheMS was present at COP23 with a EU Pavilion side event entitled “Future-Oriented Chemistry”, where Ulrich Schubert presented the EuCheMS white paper Solar-Driven Chemistry. The next UN climate conference (COP24) will take place in Katowice, Poland, in December 2018.
Source: http://europa.eu/

Outcomes of the Fourth Meeting of the Open Science Policy Platform

The Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), where EuCheMS is represented by Executive Board Member Wolfram Koch, recently met for the fourth time, in Tallinn. During this meeting, the expert group on rewards and skills presented their final reports for discussion, while the OSPP working group on altmetrics presented their recommendations on Next-Generation Metrics. The next meeting of the OSPP will take place on 2 March 2018. Reports, minutes and other materials from OSPP meetings can be found at https://ec.europa.eu/. The OSPP is a high-level advisory group that supports the European Commission on how to further develop and implement open science policy.
Source: http://www.euchems.eu/