Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to be finishing 2022 on a high note, with 29 GLP Members on this year's Highly Cited Researchers list… or maybe even more! We do our best at the IPO to track all of our researchers who make the list each year, but if we missed your name, please let our Communications Manager Lauren Hertel know right away so she can add you. We will send an update in January's newsletter with any additional names we missed. In the meantime, we wish those of you who celebrate the upcoming holidays a wonderful season and restful days as we look forward to 2023 with all of you.

Enjoy the news!
Ariane de Bremond, Executive Officer

The Web of Science Group released its annual list of Highly Cited Researchers in November, and 29 GLP Members, SSC Members, and GLP Fellows were recognized on it.

The highly anticipated list identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers.

The methodology that determines the “who’s who” of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts from the Institute for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group.

Many newsrooms are stepping up their efforts to cover climate. But despite it being a global story, voices from the global north dominate the discourse, while countries from the global south are the most affected by the effects of the climate crisis.

To balance journalistic coverage and bring in a much-needed global perspective, a new database of more than 400 climate science experts from 80 countries was created by Carbon Brief, a UK-based website covering climate science, and the Reuters Institute’s Oxford Climate Journalism Network.  

The Global South Climate Database is searchable by expert's name, job title, nationality or research area. Experts from the global south can submit their details and entries are then verified by the two organisations. Individual profiles list other useful information like pronouns, languages spoken (other than English) or media experience.

7-9 June 2023
Lund University Sweden and online

This workshop by the GLP Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research Working Group will strengthen the network of researchers using the archetypes approach in sustainability research. Contributions of full papers, pitches and themed break-out sessions are now invited from the entire GLP community. Deadline for submissions is 30 January 2023. Deadline to register for the workshop is 2 May 2023.

19 January 2023
15:00 -16:30 Central European Time (UTC+1)

The body of literature that makes explicit or implicit reference to telecoupling is constantly growing. Although we may notice certain thematic trends and methodological developments, we usually have few opportunities to discuss our observations with the wider research community. Against this backdrop, we warmly invite all members of our telecoupling working group and any interested GLP members to join us for this interactive webinar to jointly (1) reflect back on the past years of telecoupling research, (2) discuss existing research gaps and emerging research frontiers and (3) review our expectations regarding the aims and activities of our working group.

24-31 January 2023
Online

This free training will provide attendees an overview of citizen science efforts that use Earth Observations, and how to engage with community members in a supportive and meaningful manner to achieve project goals. Attendees will also be provided with case-study examples of successful citizen science projects, with some examples from NASA supported projects and activities. Available in English and Spanish. This event is not sponsored by GLP but is included here as part of our GLP Remote Sensing Working Group's programming.

Spatio-temporal unevenness in local land system regime shifts caused by land deals in Lao PDR
A new paper in Ecology & Society emphasizes the importance of the localized distribution of social and environmental costs and benefits within broader-scale land-use regime shifts. Read more

Taking stock of and advancing knowledge on interaction archetypes at the nexus between land, biodiversity, food and climate
A new paper in Environmental Research Letters synthesises the state of knowledge on interaction or nexus archetypes related to land, biodiversity, food and climate based on a systematic literature review. It focusses on the coverage of thematic aspects, regional distribution, social dimensions and methodologies. Read more

Sustainable practices for land use and finance one of Global Sustainability's 10 new insights in climate science 2022
Global Sustainability recently published an overview of "Ten new insights in climate science 2022" including a chapter by the Global Land Programme on how sustainable land use can make a difference in meeting climate targets. Read more

Also recently published:

What makes a national park? Multiple environmentalities and politics of scale in governing Laos’ protected areas, Regional Environmental Change

European blue and green infrastructure network strategy vs. the common agricultural policy. Insights from an integrated case study (Couesnon, Brittany), Land Use Policy