The Baltic Earth Working Group on “Multiple drivers for Earth system changes in the Baltic Sea” has intended to provide an overview over the different human drivers and interrelations between then in the Baltic Sea region. The first Baltic Earth Workshop on this topic in Tallinn in 2018 set the stage and established a group of interested scientists which culminated in a writing team for the comprehensive Baltic Earth Assessment Report (BEAR) paper in Earth System Dynamics: “Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region.”
After the completion of the first phase of Baltic Earth and with the onset of a new phase, the Baltic Earth Working Group on “Multiple drivers for Earth system changes in the Baltic Sea” will be revisited. This international Workshop shall set the scope for the new phase of this updated Baltic Earth Research Topic (RT) and bring together scientists and managers who are interested in collaborating in this continued Baltic Earth activity.
This 2nd Workshop aims to initiate an open discussion with the interested scientific and management community on how Baltic Earth can help to find the scientific foundation for best management practices to manage the different, often intertwined human pressures on the environment, while acknowledging human needs. The goal would be to provide knowledge as far as possible to help establish management options for policy makers. The workshop should discuss how the Baltic Earth scientific community can contribute to reaching this goal.
A concrete outcome of this workshop should be the establishment of a group of interested and dedicated scientists to develop concrete and feasible plans for this updated Baltic Earth Research Topic (RT) for the next 3 years.
The workshop will be free of fees but participation will be limited to the available capacity of the venue. An open call for presentations will be published in autumn; presentations will be selected by the Workshop Committee, based on scientific quality and relevance for the scope of the workshop.
| Date: | 4 Dec noon to 5 Dec noon 2024 |
| Location: | University of Helsinki, Finland |
Detailed information can be found at the official meeting website at https://baltic.earth/events/114161/index.php.en
