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The scientific community will need to engage with the legal community by offering their expert knowledge to interpret the application of the law

Apply for an “observer status” badge to attend the UN Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia.

ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an “observer status” badge to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Announcing a call for applications for ESA’s Editorial Fellows Program.

The ESA community mourns the loss of Diana Wall, whose impact on ecology and ecologists leaves an enduring legacy.

ESA seeks nominations for its Regional Policy Award to recognize a policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities.

A visit to Belfast for the British Ecological Society’s Annual Meeting blends science, environmental stewardship, and a touch of Irish charm.

COP28 ended with the Parties reaffirming commitments to limit global temperature rise and transition away from fossil fuels. Conference deliberations are complex and nuanced, with a cumbersome but fair consensus decision process that balances all UN voices.

As I sat watching with hundreds of other Observers and COP 28 participants from around the world in an huge overflow hall down the corridor, I felt the magnitude of the climate emergency before us greater than ever. Spontaneous applause erupts at different sections of the address as people listen intently peering over their laptops and gifted COP28 water bottles, there was not an empty seat to be found.

I write to inform you of an important upcoming change to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Our December 2023 issue will be the last we produce in print; thereafter, Frontiers will transition to online-only publication.

Large conferences leave a large environmental footprint – with air travel, accommodations, and production of single-use items all generating substantial carbon emissions and impacts on surrounding wildlife and habitats. As a way of offsetting a portion of the environmental costs of its Annual Meeting, ESA contributes $5 for each meeting registrant, which the Society then donates to a local project…

ESA voices its strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and support for its members. The Supreme Court ruling today reversed decades of progress under affirmative action by severely limiting the use of race in college admissions. The ruling is misguided, harms society and affects historically excluded students’ abilities to achieve and flourish within educational institutions. Ecology is a field…