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2025 July ESIP Meeting
We are a home for Earth science data and computing professionals. Our sessions bring together the community for hands-on, interdisciplinary deep dives as we explore "Innovation to Impact" this year. Learn more about ESIP: esipfed.org
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What role should civil society play in climate and environmental data stewardship?
Wednesday July 23, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
TBA
Session Description
The American climate and environmental data landscape is changing rapidly. The responsibility for data collection, processing, maintenance, and dissemination may need to shift substantially onto civil society.  This session is an interactive workshop that explores the question: What role could and should civil society play in American climate and environmental data over the coming decade?

This session will include brief presentation about civil society data stewardship, but the majority of the session will focus on breakout group discussions about the opportunities, needs, challenges, and limitations of civil society performing key data stewardship functions (collection, processing, maintenance, dissemination, and others) across several different types of data: atmospheric and marine climate data, conservation data, toxic chemicals release and exposure data, and regulatory compliance data. We will come together at the close of the session to share about the possibilities and pitfalls we see in civil society taking on new roles in different kinds of data stewardship.

Value to Session Participants
The future of federal data is a significant concern, and many people are asking if non-governmental entities can step in to provide data that researchers, policymakers, and society at large rely on. This session is an opportunity for participants to share thoughts, learn from colleagues, and dive deeply into considering what civil society can–and can’t–take on in the coming years. Participants will come away with a sense of what is possible and what is feasible for civil society in different fields.

Recommended Ways to Prepare for this Session
The best way to prepare is to think about and perhaps do some background research about what kinds of equipment are necessary for data collection, what expertise is needed for processing, which entities are currently responsible for data collection, processing, storing, and disseminating.

Speakers
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Gregory Maurer

Data Scientist/Data Manager, New Mexico State University
An ecologist and the information manager for the Jornada Basin LTER, with research interests in global change, drylands, and data science.
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Wednesday July 23, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
TBA
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