Addressing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion from within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Abstract

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) created a scoping group in 2020 to begin discussions on how to approach issues of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in SCAR and the wider Antarctic research community. The key suggestion to SCAR representatives from the scoping group was to establish a SCAR EDI Action Group (AG) to address EDI challenges. The remit of the Action Group is to improve understanding of EDI challenges within the context of SCAR and translate that understanding into activities and actions to improve accessibility and representation within Antarctic research. The AG was approved in 2021 and began operating in May 2021. In this article, we present the AG organisation, goals, completed and planned activities, as well as outlooks.