UNDP launches new Insurance and Risk Finance Facility The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF), a new initiative that aims to build financial resilience and bridge a $1.4 trillion global health,...

The CODATA Task Group on FAIR Data for Disaster Risk Research (FAIR-DRR) organises occasional webinars on DRR data related issues.  The 2020 series resulted in discussions and collaborations, the outcome of which is a newly published paper authored by Fakhruddin...

CODATA and partners are convening a virtual session at the UN World Data Forum, 13:00-14:00 UTC on Monday 4 October. Registration for the UN World Data Forum (free): https://whova.com/portal/registration/unwdf_202110/ UN WDF...

Topic for the day: Sustainable Architectural design practices Date:  4th October 2021 Time: 12:00 pm UK time, 4:30 pm IST Duration: 45 min introduction and demonstration, 15 min break, 30 hands-on session and 10 min feedback session (Total 1:50 hour) Registration...

CODATA and WDS are pleased to announce that the REGISTRATION IS OPEN for Virtual SciDataCon 2021. Registration is free. Please note that you will need to register separately for each session you wish to attend. The programme at a glance may be viewed at...

When: TUESDAY, 21 SEPT. 2021 at 4:00 PM India time Where: Zoom and YouTube Astronomy is facing a tsunami of new data as a slew of new telescopes come online within this decade. Within these vast datasets, astronomers will search for rare objects (needles in the...

The CODATA Connect Early Career and Alumni Network in collaboration with the CODATA Data Science Journal (DSJ) is pleased to announce its second Essay Competition for Early-Career Researchers (ECR). The competition is open to all ECRs, defined as a university...

CODATA and WDS are pleased to announce that the programme for the fully Virtual SciDataCon 2021 has now been published: https://www.scidatacon.org/virtual-2021/programme/ Virtual SciDataCon 2021 will run in a series of sessions from Mon 18 October to Thu 28 October....

In consideration of revised timescales, and to better allow for the preparation of proposals, the founding organisations have decided to extend the call for proposals to 31 January 2022. THE FOUNDING ORGANISATIONS ARE INVITING PROPOSALS TO HOST THE FIFTH EDITION OF...

IPCC Report: 10 Innovative ways people around the world are tackling climate change The IPCC report said global warming of about 1.1 degrees Celsius has brought changes worldwide, from droughts and storms to melting glaciers. But it is not too late to cut...