Issues related to the evolving role of citizen science and open science are reviewed and
discussed in this article. We focus on the changing approaches to science, research and …

Citizen science has manifold relationships to policy, which is understood as sets of ideas or
plans for action followed by a government, business, political party, or group of people. In …

Citizen science is increasingly upheld with the potential to underpin all aspects of the
environmental policy process. However, to date, contributions of citizen science to …

City governments are currently exploring different participatory mechanisms in order to meet
the growing demand in society for deliberate decision-making. Through developments in …

Achieving the health and well-being related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and
the World Health Organization's (WHO) Triple Billion Targets depends on informed …

Environmental and nature conservation authorities are calling for a collective effort to break
or reduce the current cycle of environmental degradation. Much of the response depends on …

Summary By 2024, the United Nations treaty to end all plastic pollution is set to join
multilateral forces to act on plastic pollution. While involving citizens has the potential to …

As part of the European Data Strategy, the European Commission is working on common
European data spaces, including a Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) that covers issues such …

The articles in this issue frame challenges and opportunities for citizen science,
crowdsourcing, and policy development, and provide relevant case studies in local …

Citizen science can be thought of as a tremendous catalyst for making Digital Earth a
participation model of our world. This chapter presents a wide overview of the concept and …