MDPI International Mother Earth Day Webinar 2025

National Program of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, Sopron, Hungary, Geoconservation Trust Aotearoa SW Pacific, Opotiki, New Zealand;
Károly Németh was Professor in Geology at Massey University, New Zealand, until 2022. He retained his academic position at Massey University as an Adjunct Professor in Geology. He has been a Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2024 (DSc). He also holds a Senior Researcher position at the Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science in Hungary. He is Research Affiliate of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia di Bologna, Italy. He obtained a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 2001, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Sopron, Hungary, in 2003. His expertise includes sedimentology, volcanology, and geoheritage. He has worked extensively on research on monogenetic volcanism and volcanic geology in various geotectonic settings. He has completed research on each of Earth’s continents and gained strong field-based geology skills, including geological mapping and the reconstruction of interactions between volcanism and the sedimentary environment. He has worked on geoheritage research that expanded the characterization of geodiversity. He is currently the Chairperson of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on Geological Heritage Sites. He has been the reviewer of numerous UNESCO Global Geopark applications, prepared key books about geoheritage and geodiversity, and extensively worked on various geological heritage research studied in Argentina, China, Colombia, Hungary, Morocco, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and Samoa.

Griffith University, Queensland, Australia;
Prof Brendan Mackey is Director of the Griffith Climate Action Beacon at Griffith University, Queensland. He has a PhD in plant ecology from The Australian National University and over 300 academic publications in the fields of climate change research and biodiversity as well as related topics in environmental science and policy. Brendan was a Coordinating Lead Author for the 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Working Group II - impacts, vulnerability & adaptation. He was also a member of the core drafting team for the Earth Charter.