Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: [docx icon] Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> [xlsx icon] ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija
Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: [docx icon] Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> [xlsx icon] ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this email or any attachments containing viruses or malware but the recipient should carry out its own virus and malware checks before opening the attachments. UKRI does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses.
Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija [cid:image003.png@01DC0129.0510B460] Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure www.actris.eu<http://www.actris.eu/> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A> | BlueSky<https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social> From: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk> Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: [docx icon] Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> [xlsx icon] ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this email or any attachments containing viruses or malware but the recipient should carry out its own virus and malware checks before opening the attachments. UKRI does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses.
Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure http://www.actris.eu/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/ | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A | https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social From: Helen Glaves - BGS < mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi >; Emmanuel Salmon < mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu >; Eija Juurola < mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu > Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi >; Emmanuel Salmon < mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu >; Eija Juurola < mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu > Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDk... https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvw... I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this email or any attachments containing viruses or malware but the recipient should carry out its own virus and malware checks before opening the attachments. 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Dear all, I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September. It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll: https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe I will fix the time latest Monday morning. Thanks, and best wishes Eija From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Christos Arvanitidis <ceo@lifewatch.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 ceo@lifewatch.eu<mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> [cid:image002.png@01DC0214.27C25180] ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija [cid:image001.png@01DC0214.27C25180] Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure www.actris.eu<http://www.actris.eu/> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A> | BlueSky<https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social> From: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk<mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk>> Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: [cid:image003.png@01DC0214.27C25180]Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> [cid:image004.png@01DC0214.27C25180]ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. 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Dear all, For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST (13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details: Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03... Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599 Passcode: 170259 To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual. Best, Ines (she/her) ______________________________ Née Thelen ENVRI Board Secretary Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419 Email: i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de <mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stellvertretende Vorsitzende), Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens, Prof. Dr. Laurens Kuipers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Von: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 An: ceo@lifewatch.eu; Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September. It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll: https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe I will fix the time latest Monday morning. Thanks, and best wishes Eija From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> >; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> >; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> >; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> >; Christos Arvanitidis <ceo@lifewatch.eu <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> > Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure <http://www.actris.eu/> www.actris.eu | <https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/> LinkedIn | <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A> YouTube | <https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social> BlueSky From: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> >; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> >; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> > Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. 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Hi Ines, Thanks. I'll be there tomorrow. All the best, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:06:53 +0200 Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> wrote --- Dear all, For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST (13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details: Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03... Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599 Passcode: 170259 To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual. Best, Ines (she/her) ______________________________ Née Thelen ENVRI Board Secretary Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419 Email: mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stellvertretende Vorsitzende), Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens, Prof. Dr. Laurens Kuipers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Von: Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 An: mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu ; Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS < mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk >; Petäjä, Tuukka T < mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi >; Emmanuel Salmon < mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu >; lvandyck < mailto:luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu >; Eija Juurola < mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu > Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September. It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll: https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe I will fix the time latest Monday morning. Thanks, and best wishes Eija From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS < mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk >; Petäjä, Tuukka T < mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi >; Emmanuel Salmon < mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu >; Eija Juurola < mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu >; Christos Arvanitidis < mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu > Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure http://www.actris.eu/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/ | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A | https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social From: Helen Glaves - BGS < mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi >; Emmanuel Salmon < mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu >; Eija Juurola < mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu > Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board < mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu > Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi >; Emmanuel Salmon < mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu >; Eija Juurola < mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu > Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDk... https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvw... I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this email or any attachments containing viruses or malware but the recipient should carry out its own virus and malware checks before opening the attachments. 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Dear all, I will be there, too. Best wishes Andreas Von: Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Montag, 4. August 2025 08:07 An: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu; ceo@lifewatch.eu Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Schmitt, Ines-Marie <i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST (13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details: Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03... Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599 Passcode: 170259 To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual. Best, Ines (she/her) ______________________________ Née Thelen ENVRI Board Secretary Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419 Email: i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de <mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stellvertretende Vorsitzende), Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens, Prof. Dr. Laurens Kuipers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Von: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 An: ceo@lifewatch.eu <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ; Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> >; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> >; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> >; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu <mailto:luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu> >; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> > Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September. It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll: https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe I will fix the time latest Monday morning. Thanks, and best wishes Eija From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> >; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> >; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> >; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> >; Christos Arvanitidis <ceo@lifewatch.eu <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> > Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure <http://www.actris.eu/> www.actris.eu | <https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/> LinkedIn | <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A> YouTube | <https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social> BlueSky From: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> > Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> >; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> >; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> > Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. 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Same here Looking forward ;-) Von: Petzold, Andreas via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Montag, 4. August 2025 09:24 An: Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Schmitt, Ines-Marie <i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de>; ceo@lifewatch.eu; Petzold, Andreas <a.petzold@fz-juelich.de> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I will be there, too. Best wishes Andreas Von: Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Montag, 4. August 2025 08:07 An: <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu; <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ceo@lifewatch.eu Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS < <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck < <mailto:luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu> luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Schmitt, Ines-Marie < <mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST (13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details: Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting <https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03vnTO.1> https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03... Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599 Passcode: 170259 To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual. Best, Ines (she/her) ______________________________ Née Thelen ENVRI Board Secretary Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419 Email: <mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stellvertretende Vorsitzende), Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens, Prof. Dr. Laurens Kuipers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Von: Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 An: <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ceo@lifewatch.eu; Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS < <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck < <mailto:luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu> luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September. It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll: <https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe> https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe I will fix the time latest Monday morning. Thanks, and best wishes Eija From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS < <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Christos Arvanitidis < <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ceo@lifewatch.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure <http://www.actris.eu/> www.actris.eu | <https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/> LinkedIn | <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A> YouTube | <https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social> BlueSky From: Helen Glaves - BGS < <mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk> hmg@bgs.ac.uk> Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board < <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T < <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi> tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon < <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu> emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola < <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu> eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. 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Any unauthorized use, distribution, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. The views and opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of FMI. From: Michael Mirtl via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Date: Monday, 4. August 2025 at 12.09 To: 'Petzold, Andreas via envri_board' <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de <i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de>, michael.mirtl@ufz.de <michael.mirtl@ufz.de> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Same here Looking forward ;-) Von: Petzold, Andreas via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Montag, 4. August 2025 09:24 An: Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Schmitt, Ines-Marie <i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de>; ceo@lifewatch.eu; Petzold, Andreas <a.petzold@fz-juelich.de> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I will be there, too. Best wishes Andreas Von: Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Gesendet: Montag, 4. August 2025 08:07 An: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>; ceo@lifewatch.eu<mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk<mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk>>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu<mailto:luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>>; Schmitt, Ines-Marie <i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de<mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de>> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST (13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details: Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03... Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599 Passcode: 170259 To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual. Best, Ines (she/her) ______________________________ Née Thelen ENVRI Board Secretary Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419 Email: i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de<mailto:i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stellvertretende Vorsitzende), Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens, Prof. Dr. Laurens Kuipers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Von: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 An: ceo@lifewatch.eu<mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu>; Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk<mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk>>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu<mailto:luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear all, I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September. It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll: https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe I will fix the time latest Monday morning. Thanks, and best wishes Eija From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk<mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk>>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>>; Christos Arvanitidis <ceo@lifewatch.eu<mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu>> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija, I'm available for a meeting. Let me know when. Cheers, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 ceo@lifewatch.eu<mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu> [cid:image001.png@01DC052F.CB3D8280] ---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> wrote --- Dear all, Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail. To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility. From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation. I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well. All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well. The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical. Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper. Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board. With best wishes Eija [cid:image002.png@01DC052F.CB3D8280] Eija Juurola Director General +358 50 4154833 ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure www.actris.eu<http://www.actris.eu/> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/actris-ri/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ35hG3h4wu6yuefuNeza1A> | BlueSky<https://bsky.app/profile/actris.bsky.social> From: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk<mailto:hmg@bgs.ac.uk>> Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear Eija Thank you for this update. I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA. Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts. Kind regards, Helen From: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To: envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu<mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi<mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu<mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu<mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: [cid:image003.png@01DC052F.CB3D8280]Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y> [cid:image004.png@01DC052F.CB3D8280]ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx<https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp> I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipients. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email or any of its attachments and should notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. 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Dear All, I'm sorry, I'm not available. After an overloaded July, I'm off for the next 3 weeks, starting now. I'll be back on the 25 August. Best regards, Valerie Le 04/08/2025 à 09:24, Petzold, Andreas via envri_board a écrit :
Dear all,
I will be there, too.
Best wishes
Andreas
*Von:*Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Gesendet:* Montag, 4. August 2025 08:07 *An:* envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu; ceo@lifewatch.eu *Cc:* Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Schmitt, Ines-Marie <i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de> *Betreff:* [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear all,
For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting *tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST *(13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details:
Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Join Zoom Meeting
https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03...
Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599
Passcode: 170259
To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual.
Best,
Ines
(she/her)
______________________________
Née Thelen
*ENVRI Board Secretary*
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere
Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419
Email: i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de
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*Von:*Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 *An:* ceo@lifewatch.eu; Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Cc:* Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> *Betreff:* [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear all,
I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September.
It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll:
https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe
I will fix the time latest Monday morning.
Thanks, and best wishes
Eija
*From:*Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 *To:* Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Cc:* Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Christos Arvanitidis <ceo@lifewatch.eu> *Subject:* [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear Eija,
I'm available for a meeting.
Let me know when.
Cheers,
Christos.
*Christos Arvanitidis *
Chief Executive Officer
Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain
+34 696 619460
+30 694 7854311
ceo@lifewatch.eu <mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu>
---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 *Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>* wrote ---
Dear all,
Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail.
To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility.
From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation.
I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well.
All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well.
The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical.
Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper.
Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board.
With best wishes
Eija
*Eija Juurola *
/Director General/
/+358 50 4154833/
ACTRIS – The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure
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*From:*Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk> *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 *To:* Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Cc:* Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> *Subject:* RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear Eija
Thank you for this update.
I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA.
Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts.
Kind regards,
Helen
*From:*Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu>> *Sent:* 28 July 2025 16:38 *To:* envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu <mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> *Cc:* Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi <mailto:tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu <mailto:emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu <mailto:eija.juurola@actris.eu>> *Subject:* [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear ENVRI Board,
During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx).
One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging.
Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7^th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe.
Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation.
Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these:
Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y>
ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp>
I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6^th August.
Thanks a lot, and best wishes
Eija
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Hi, I will be travelling during the meeting and try to connect. In case I won't be able, I will give some written input during the day. Werner Gesendet von Proton Mail für Android -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Am 04.08.25 08:07 schrieb Schmitt, Ines-Marie via envri_board :
Dear all,
For those available, we want to have our short ad hoc meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12-13:00 CEST (13-14:00 EEST). Please find below the connection details:
Topic: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Time: Aug 5, 2025 12:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Join Zoom Meeting
https://fz-juelich-de.zoom-x.de/j/63822714599?pwd=nFw2IfE4T2Yazvl80BD0tm2T03...
Meeting ID: 638 2271 4599
Passcode: 170259
To make note-taking easier, I will record the meeting as usual.
Best,
Ines
(she/her)
______________________________
Née Thelen
ENVRI Board Secretary
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere
Tel.: +49 (0) 2461 61-96419
Email: i.schmitt@fz-juelich.de
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Von: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2025 09:31 An: ceo@lifewatch.eu; Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; lvandyck <luc.van.dyck@euro-argo.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> Betreff: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear all,
I had a short meeting with Antje yesterday on the targets, focus and timelines etc. of the white paper. The idea of the white paper was that it would be a very general document, and clearly mainly to support the Commission in their funding negotiations in early autumn. This could be the first step and if seen beneficial and work further within each cluster for more detailed document. We can convey the message to the commission representatives that the clusters can pick this up in early September.
It would be good to have a short ad hoc meeting among those who are not on vacation. For choosing a meeting time before Thursday, please add your availability in the poll:
https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/aO61kPQe
I will fix the time latest Monday morning.
Thanks, and best wishes
Eija
From: Christos Arvanitidis via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 11.36 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk>; Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu>; Christos Arvanitidis <ceo@lifewatch.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Re: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear Eija,
I'm available for a meeting.
Let me know when.
Cheers,
Christos.
Christos Arvanitidis
Chief Executive Officer
Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain
+34 696 619460
+30 694 7854311
ceo@lifewatch.eu
---- On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:22 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> wrote ---
Dear all,
Thanks Helen, Christos and Luc for the feedback and comments, the topic is delicate and needs careful consideration. I try to respond all in the same mail.
To clarify the previous actions, the meeting we participated was initiated by European Commission who has been having discussions with US philanthropies, and the Commission asked us to join the discussions on how to support the actions taken on both in the US and in Europe. Hence, this was not directly towards ENVRI, but to involve the relevant structures in Europe, the RIs. I understood that from Commission side the idea was to get the US philanthropies know the European structure and to support/facilitate e.g. funding solutions that would be necessary for data security and accessibility.
From ENVRI and European RI landscape, many RIs and networks are already working with the US-based organisations relevant in their fields to solve urgent emerging risks, and this is the key here. However, the overall view is not very clear, and hence the excel sheet document was provided. I see it as a mapping exercise, to get the overall view and to see that all relevant parties are included and involved e.g. in discussions. This document could remain as internal document for ENVRI, and not to share (also because the situations change quickly), but use it to support the ENVRI and EC on this matter, and to have a overall picture on the situation.
I think the target groups still need to be discussed carefully, but I saw this at least targeted to potential funding agencies, but the benefit of having this kind of general statement was brought up from the US participants of the meeting as well.
All in all, I share Helen’s concerns, and I think the coordination and involving all parties is essential, and this was discussed in these meetings as well.
The draft I shared was a very first quickly drafted version. Thanks Christos and Luc for thorough comments. In addition to the data security and access, from ENVRI point of view we indeed emphasised that for environmental research infrastructures maintaining the continuous observations and high quality of data, and keeping measurement stations operational is critical, and that a huge amount of expertise may be lost due to the funding cuts. For the health sector the access and preservation of the data is most critical.
Also, the question raised on the signatories or endorsement need still to be discussed, and whether the White Paper will be jointly by health and environmental domain, or ENVRI and Health domain separately, but I think it could be beneficial if we could have joint white paper.
Thanks again for the feedback so far, and all comments and views are very welcome. We can also arrange a dedicated meeting to discuss this within the ENVRI Board.
With best wishes
Eija
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From: Helen Glaves - BGS <hmg@bgs.ac.uk> Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 11.59 To: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: RE: Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear Eija
Thank you for this update.
I do have a slight concern about the direct approach from “US philanthropists and private funders” to the ENVRI Board when there are many efforts in the US to safeguard data including those by organisations such as ESIP, AGU and others. It would make sense to ensure a coordinated approach to avoid parties outside the US being perceived as acting without reference to those organisations already driving these data preservation efforts in the USA.
Obviously, the information provided in the documents does not indicate if there has been contact with relevant US-based organisations but this should be considered as part of this action. I can provide contact details for the various individuals who can give more details of specific ongoing efforts.
Kind regards,
Helen
From: Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> Sent: 28 July 2025 16:38 To:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu Cc: Petäjä, Tuukka T <tuukka.petaja@helsinki.fi>; Emmanuel Salmon <emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu>; Eija Juurola <eija.juurola@actris.eu> Subject: [ENVRI Board] Urgent: Drafting a White Paper on the current Scientific Data Crisis
Dear ENVRI Board,
During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx).
One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging.
Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe.
Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation.
Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these:
[Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx](https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDk...)
[ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx](https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvw...)
I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August.
Thanks a lot, and best wishes
Eija
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Dear Eija, I made a few comments and additions to the text. My feeling is that it's still week for a White Paper to be used for funders and stakeholders. It needs to provide an outlook into the future, that is, what is today at risk, why it is important and how the situation will look like in the future if we're successful. Please, feel free to accept /reject any of the comments. All the best, Christos. Christos Arvanitidis Chief Executive Officer Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain +34 696 619460 +30 694 7854311 mailto:ceo@lifewatch.eu ---- On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:38:06 +0200 Eija Juurola via envri_board <envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu> wrote --- Dear ENVRI Board, During the summer, European Commission has been in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx). One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging. Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe. Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation. Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these: https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDk... https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvw... I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6th August. Thanks a lot, and best wishes Eija _______________________________________________ envri_board mailing list -- mailto:envri_board@maillists.icos-ri.eu To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:envri_board-leave@maillists.icos-ri.eu
Dear Antje & Eija, Thank you for sharing the draft white paper and for offering the opportunity to provide input. At this stage, it would be very helpful to understand better what the objective and the targets of the paper are and, most importantly, who will be the signatories. Should it be the ENVRI Board (or, for that matter, the ENVRI and LS clusters or the ERIC Forum), what will be the endorsement process? Some information about the timeline would also be extremely useful. Should it not be an ENVRI Board paper, it would be important to explain how the European and the ENVRI Board perspectives will be taken into account. Here are some preliminary comments from Euro-Argo: 1. The draft paper is very much in line with the discourse of the Commission, probably too much. It would certainly deserve to be slightly more critical. 2. The scope of the introduction is very broad, the “indictment” of the US very strong and probably too direct, but the call for action is very narrow and falls short of what an assembly of research infrastructures should say. For instance, funding cuts in the US do not affect only data preservation and access but also, and probably even more worrying, a whole range of research areas where data won’t be produced anymore, among which continuous observation. The interdependency you refer to in the text has actually always been, in some areas (especially medical and environmental), more of a dependency in terms of leadership and investments. This is a wake-up call: Europe – and the Commission! – should stop being complacent, and that not only for the preservation of historical data but also to invest in research areas where Europe was and still is hyper dependent. That should be in a paper signed by the ENVRI Board or the ERIC Forum. 3. If the paper should only be 2-3 pages, then the introduction could be much shorter and only hint at the policy changes in the US in a general manner – everybody will know what we are talking about. 4. Regarding the call for action, the recommendations are relatively vague. We would also advise to clearly distinguish between the actions needed for data rescue and those to build up a robust, worldwide observation data system. 5. For data rescue, what is needed beyond the involvement of scientific communities is first and foremost political leadership and money. For instance, in the marine subdomain, DG MARE and DG RTD, with the assistance of people from the marine data network EMODNet and the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (which are both “controlled” by DG MARE) and the input of some scientific communities (including Euro-Argo), launched an initiative to rescue historical marine data. To the point that the Commission, in its EU Ocean Pact communication dated 5 June 2025, could announce that its EU Ocean Observation Initiative had succeeded in “securing historical data from ocean observation that are currently at risk in EU-based databases, through a Horizon Europe action (funding) in 2025.” This is a clear example of best practice that should be mentioned in the white paper and remind the Commission of its own responsibilities, political and financial. As you suggest, this could be complemented with other examples (in other fields; in Europe, outside Europe or as a joint international undertaking) as well as a list of actions still to be taken. 6. Regarding the building up of a robust, worldwide data system: the concept of prioritization of datasets may sound weird from the part of ERIC Forum, and some keywords like science diplomacy to assemble like-minded countries/geographic zones are missing. But what should really be emphasized is the need for international political leadership or even some sort of governance. Here again, the Commission should be encouraged to continue and even amplify its activities in the field - at the level of the Copernicus services, for instance, much is made to gain access to data from third parties and advocate for FAIR data and open access but a focus on global governance is missing. That is indeed the role and responsibility of the Commission. 7. As a positive example of robust data infrastructure, Argo could be mentioned. Two Global Data Assembly Centres (GDAC), one in the US and one in France, are mirror sites synchronised every day. Last April at the Argo Steering Team meeting (the global governance body), there was even a call for more redundancy by establishing a 3rd GDAC on another continent. This situation may not always be replicable in each data field – the specificity of Argo is that it is a global programme – but that is maybe what a global governance should aim to establish to make the system immune to political interference and sudden policy changes. 8. Finally, a minor point: the paper mentions that open data and open access “empowers not only the academic sector but also policymakers, public administrations, and industry to develop evidence-based solutions to societal challenges”. The list is a bit limitative. It should include operational services (Copernicus services, meteorological services, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), etc.) as well as international organisations such as the WHO or the WMO. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Yann-Hervé De Roeck & Luc van Dyck On 28/07/2025 17:38, Eija Juurola via envri_board wrote:
Dear ENVRI Board,
During the summer, European Commission hasbeen in contact with US philanthropists and private funders interested in supporting efforts to safeguard datasets critical for research and facilitate the continuous operation of critical services, mainly in the areas of climate, environment and health research, and organised a first meeting with them and European Research Infrastructures from the health and environmental domain. Me, Tuukka Petäjä from ACTRIS, and Werner participated in the meeting from ENVRI side. In the attachment you find a short recap from the meeting (cooperation on data and….docx).
One of the key outcomes from the meeting was to draft a white paper, which should highlight the societal relevance of research data and data infrastructures, with key sections on Urgency, What is at Stake, Global Challenge, and Call to Action. The document should be concise and globally framed with 2-3 pages maximum. The activity is led by Antje Keppler from ERIC Forum/Eurobioimaging.
Due to the urgency of the situation, the timeline for the first full draft is very tight, it should be developed by 7^th August, knowing that it is difficult due the vacation period in Europe.
Hence, I ask for your quick contributions to the first very preliminary draft of the White Paper and to a pooled list of repositories affected by the current situation.
Please find below links to the documents, I attach them also in this mail, if you cannot access these:
docx icon Draft White Paper - Version 270725.docx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/EbDkEjDH6AVGomc6ngfQGzkBS6Tn6pYlrdAeIfF5nKbXaA?e=R7wk0y>
xlsx icon ListAffectedRepositories.xlsx <https://actris1-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/eija_juurola_actris_eu/ERvwzUn51nRKs57YYxENOlAB9ivY65KC99ZCCyq3ntECag?e=PWPaUp>
I will share the contributions from ENVRI to Antje latest on 6^th August.
Thanks a lot, and best wishes
Eija
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participants (10)
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Christos Arvanitidis -
Eija Juurola -
Helen Glaves - BGS -
Hienola Anca (FMI) -
lvandyck -
michael.mirtl＠ufz.de -
Petzold, Andreas -
Schmitt, Ines-Marie -
Valérie Thouret -
Werner L. Kutsch