Global change research needs international collaboration

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 902; p. 166054
• Main Authors: Büntgen, Ulf, Rees, Gareth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-12-2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Arctic Council; Boreal forest; Climate change; Diplomatic soft power; Global crises; Open science; Boreal forest; Climate change; Diplomatic soft power; Open science; Arctic Council; Global crises
• ISSN: 0048-9697; 1879-1026; 1879-1026
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166054

Tackling the grand challenges of global climate change for the sustainability of ecological and societal systems requires data and expertise from Russia, the world's largest country that has the longest Arctic shoreline and the largest forest biome, peatland and permafrost zones. Academic relations and scientific collaborations with Russian scholars and institutions must continue despite the ensuing geopolitical crisis since 2022.
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•The grand challenges of global climate change require international collaboration.•Policy-driven constraints on open science harm long-term academic networks.•The geographical entity and intellectual capacity of Russia cannot be ignored.•Academic relations and scientific collaborations must exceed geopolitical crises.•Scientific sanctions affect international research infrastructure and knowledge.