Tag: Climate science

A Tale of Two Global Challenges: Climate research is not as open as COVID-19 research

In early 2020, something unusual happened in the academic community. A normally guarded community accustomed to holding their data and research papers close, began to adopt much more open practices. Researchers came in droves to preprint servers to post versions of their research papers – that had not yet been peer reviewed – to make … Read More “A Tale of Two Global Challenges: Climate research is not as open as COVID-19 research”

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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Funds New CC Initiative to Open Large Climate Datasets

Today, Creative Commons (CC) is excited to announce one million US dollars in new programmatic support from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to help open large climate datasets. The twelve-month grant will enable CC to conduct key climate data landscape analyses and expand our work, bringing people together to create policy and practices to … Read More “Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Funds New CC Initiative to Open Large Climate Datasets”

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CC Partners with SPARC and EIFL to Launch a 4-Year Open Climate Campaign

To make open sharing of research outputs the norm in climate science, Creative Commons, SPARC and EIFL are proud to launch a 4-year Open Climate Campaign with funding from Arcadia, which builds on planning funds from the Open Society Foundations. Climate change, and the resulting harm to our global biodiversity, is one of the world’s … Read More “CC Partners with SPARC and EIFL to Launch a 4-Year Open Climate Campaign”

Open Climate Campaign