Across Europe, a wide range of geoscience-relevant legislation is currently moving through the policy pipeline — from critical raw materials and deforestation regulation, to the Climate Resilience Framework, the Soil Monitoring Law, and the Nature Restoration Law. For many researchers, these processes and how to engage with them remain opaque.

This session explores how geoscience can inform policy, regulation and decision-making, and how researchers and other stakeholders in science can engage effectively with policy processes to deliver societal benefits beyond academia. We welcome contributions from researchers, policymakers, practitioners, industry and NGO representatives, and others working at the science–policy–society interface.

We particularly encourage presentations that share concrete examples of how engagement happened in practice: what pathways were used, what worked, what did not, and what can be learnt from these experiences. This may include engagement at different stages of the policy-decision cycle, such as responding to public consultations, contributing to advisory groups, participating in national delegations, providing formal or informal science advice to decision-makers, or contributing to the design and implementation of legislation, directives, strategies and regulations. We also welcome highlights of current and recent policy developments relevant to the geosciences where the research community can engage.

By bringing together perspectives from both science and policy, the session aims to foster an open exchange on how science–policy engagement works in practice, where it falls short, and how it can be improved. We seek to create a space where researchers and policymakers can share experiences, ask questions and learn from one another, including through the proposed associated Splinter Meeting during the EGU 2027 week.