On 7 May 2026, DIVERIS, the European Commission's network for diversity and inclusion in space and defence, held its Annual Meeting in Brussels, bringing network members and stakeholders together to treat under-representation not only as a question of fairness, but as one of resilience and competitiveness.

From 8 to 12 June 2026, the first Digital Ocean Week brought representatives from EU institutions and Member States, scientists, industry, and users to Brussels and online to explore the future of Europe’s digital ocean infrastructure.

The International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 is bringing global attention to ecosystems which cover more than half of the Earth's land surface, support the livelihoods of nearly two billion people, and store roughly one-third of the planet's terrestrial carbon.

For more than 35 years, CORINE Land Cover (CLC) has tracked how Europe's landscapes are changing. With the sixth iteration set for release in Q3 2026, this Observer traces the history of CLC, examines its cross-service applications, and looks ahead to what the forthcoming update means for land cover monitoring across Europe.

Space is increasingly central to the EU's security, resilience, and economic future. Against that backdrop, EU Space Days 2026 brought together senior EU decision-makers, industry leaders, start-ups, and researchers in Nicosia, Cyprus, for two days of high-level discussions on the state and direction of Europe's space endeavours.