NFDI4Earth is a network of 59 actors, which addresses the digital needs of Earth System Sciences (ESS). The consortium consists of universities, research institutions, departmental research groups, associations and societies. Scientists cooperate in international and interdisciplinary networks with the overarching aim to understand the functioning and interactions within the earth system and address the multiple challenges of global change.

NFDI4Earth is a community-driven process providing researchers with FAIR, coherent, and open access to all relevant earth system data, to innovative research data management and data science methods.

Challenges include the consolidation of various discipline-specific approaches, developing common standards and facilitating the interoperability of heterogeneous, distributed research data management services. Moreover, a commonly accepted NFDI4Earth FAIRness and Openness Commitment is key to fostering a cultural change towards FAIR and Open research data management in the ESS community.