Earth System science is crucially dependent on research methodologies and infrastructure for observing and monitoring many natural, social and human processes, and for conceptualising and modelling those processes at many space and time scales. In both relevant science domains, this need has driven calls for partnerships between the research community, funding agencies, and operational monitoring entities. Increasingly, the cost of collecting, managing and integrating accessible and documented data is becoming a significant problem and this calls for a new and ambitious strategy for data and metadata acquisition and management across many disciplines. Such efforts will help to optimise resources of research organisations and science funding agencies and to mobilise and engage diverse relevant science communities, especially in Europe.
Prof. Pahl-Wostl, Claudia (DE)
Prof. Toonen, Theo (NL)
Prof. Binder, Claudia (AT)
Dr. de Sherbinin, Alex (US)
Prof. Giupponi, Carlo (IT)
Dr. Haxeltine, Alex (UK)
Dr. Külls, Christoph (CH)
Prof. Richards, Keith (UK)
Prof. Rothman, Dale (US)
Dr. Sprinz, Detlef (DE)
Dr. van Bers, Caroline (NL)
Dr. Ilke Borowski-Maaser (DE)