Citizen science to support progress of the SDGs and Cos4Cloud's contribution through its services and tools. Policy Brief

This policy brief has been produced in the context of the Cos4Cloud project. It describes some of the capabilities and benefits of citizen science which can support progress towards the SDGs. These include increasing availability, analysis and exchange of data, and provision of opportunities for science education, increasing public engagement, and collaboration across society. It also explains how the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project Cos4Cloud has contributed to improving citizen science data quantity and quality. The document also highlights some case studies and recommends actions to promote and utilise citizen science as well as the integration of citizen science data in this context.

Publish information

Authors:	C Fabó Cartas; C Davies;
Publisher:	Cos4Cloud
Year of publication:	2023
License:	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
DOI:	10.5281/zenodo.7646512

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Language

English

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) Environmental Monitoring Citizen Observatories Citizen Science Co-Design Interoperability Policy Brief Services Infrastructure European Open Science Cloud Eosc Policy Recommendation Data Gap Biodiversity Monitoring Non-Traditional Data Source

Theme

Introduction To Cs Co-Creation Data Quality And Standards

Category

Text : Policy Brief

Audience

Researchers & Academics Community Members & Citizens Policy & Decision Makers