Key recommendations from this project include strengthening and supplementing existing geosciences postgraduate training courses on themes aligned with Vision 2030 (such as renewable energy, disaster preparedness and climate change, and water, amongst others), to ensure its needs are met.

In September we celebrated 10 years of activity as an organisation, championing geoscience’s role in delivering a better, more sustainable future for all. We heard the stories of those who’d been involved with GfGD in the past and went on to impressive careers.

GfGD will join the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26, Glasgow). While at the summit, we will be advocating for climate action through a series of Earth science based perspectives and recommendations:

Geology for Global Development (GfGD) has been given provisional admittance to COP26, where representatives will decide if we will be admitted as an Observer Organisation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

This year we celebrate 10 years of activity as an organisation, championing geoscience’s role in delivering a better, more sustainable future for all.

In July 2021, the GfGD team welcomed Viki O’Connor as business development and fundraising lead.

We are looking for three to four motivated individuals to help us advance key areas of our work, over the next couple of months

Following the establishment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, a UN forum meets annually to review progress. This year, GfGD has contributed to a report together with other science and engineering organisations, in which we advocate for governments to endorse the International Geodiversity Day.

A new GCRF-funded project will identify how geoscience education in Kenya can be further developed and paves the way for similar development globally. This work builds on previous work carried out by GfGD Student Ambassadors.

On 20th September 2021, during the UN Global Goals Week, we'll be marking a decade of championing the role of geoscience in delivering a sustainable future.

This Spring term, our Student Ambassadors have been putting on online events at their universities.

We’ve released our 2020 annual review. The full document is available as a pdf, and we’ve got a summary for you.

The role of geoscience in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals is the subject of a new book collated and edited by Geology for Global Development (GfGD) and the British Geological Survey (BGS).

GfGD is delighted to announce a new research partnership, supporting MSc candidate Brenda Wagaba from Uganda studying at Cranfield University (UK).

At the start of 2021, the core GfGD team has expanded as we grow and develop.

The GfGD Network for Professionals launched in March, which benefited from a diverse and inclusive virtual format. Participants agreed on the need to interact with NGOs and governments.

The first in a four-part series for 2021, bringing together professional geoscientists passionate about delivering the UN SDGs.

To help deliver our current strategy and prepare for the launch of a new strategy in 2022, we are looking to grow our team of volunteers (www.gfgd.org/team). All roles are voluntary. Apply by by 9pm (GMT) on 28 January 2021.

Our mission is to champion the role of geology in sustainable development, and to mobilise and equip the geology community to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

To achieve this mission, for our science to thrive, and to serve society effectively we need a diverse and inclusive geoscience community, free of all forms of discrimination and abuse (including racism).

As we enter a new academic year, we welcome new University Group Ambassadors and welcome back those who are continuing to represent Geology for Global Development in their universities.