We are pleased to share news of two initiatives celebrating International Geoethics Day 2026.

The evening event to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2026 in Greece will take place on 15 October on 6:00 pm (local time) in the Municipal Council Chamber at Sitia City Hall, Crete. This seminar is entitled "Geoethics and UNESCO Global Geoparks: Values, Responsibility and Sustainability for People and the Earth".

The conference, held in Italian and entitled “Geoethics and Responsibility in the Earth Sciences” (Geoetica e Responsabilità nelle Scienze della Terra), will take place at the Conference Hall of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV; National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) in Rome, Italy.

Prof. Paul Cleverley (IAPG Board of Experts and Chair of the Task Group on AI in Geosciences of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics) will deliver a keynote speech, entitled "AI ethics in geoscience with a focus on LLMs", in the Workshop on "Geoheritage with Shared Responsibility" on 9 October 2026. This workshop is organized by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to celebrate the 5th International Geodiversity Day and the 10th International Geoethics Day.

This year, we celebrate the 10th edition of the International Geoethics Day, which will take place on 15 October 2026. The annual theme for this edition is: "Bridging Disciplines, Connecting Responsibilities".

n celebration of International Geoethics Day 2025, the Brazilian Society of Geology (SBG - Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia) announced the public release of a lecture given by Silvia Peppoloni during the 51st Brazilian Congress of Geology, held in Belo Horizonte in October 2024. As a guest speaker, Silvia recorded her lecture and authorized its wide dissemination to the geoscientific community.

We celebrate the 9th edition of the International Geoethics Day on 16 October 2025. The theme of this year is "geoethics for a sustainable energy future".

We celebrate the 9th edition of the International Geoethics Day on 16 October 2025. The theme of this year is "geoethics for a sustainable energy future".