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Weekly Issue #339 | 28 November 2023

28/11/2023
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EFG

Paris: Geoscience education using virtual worlds

Virtual Worlds are immersive environments enabling situated and constructivist learning, where the learner is inside a computer-simulated environment. Here, activities and experiences can take place using different didactic approaches, engaging the students and enhancing the learning process.

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EFG Webinar - Changing Gear: New Roles in the Energy Expansion (5 December)

On 5 December 2023, EFG is organising the webinar ‘Changing Gear: New roles in the Energy Expansion’ about the transfer of skills from oil & gas to other sectors). The event is scheduled from 14:00 to 16:00 CET (Central European Time).

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EFG presents its 2022 Annual Report

The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) is glad to present its Annual Report for 2022 which introduces the main activities throughout the past year.

The Ornithopter in the sci-fi blockbuster film Dune resembles a helicopter crossed with a dragonfly. It’s no wonder why.Ever since humankind has imagined flight, pioneering engineers have taken inspiration from nature. Today they’re striving to build f...

We invite students to channel their creativity and passion into an up-to-2-minute-long video addressing the following subjects: 1) The key role of geothermal in fighting climate change, 2) the importance of critical raw materials in your everyday life, 3) and/or, the importance of mining in your area

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday (21 November) to include 17 technologies – including nuclear energy – in the EU's Net-Zero Industry Act, paving the way for talks with EU member states to finalise the law in December, and probably whittle down ...

Negotiations on the first part of the EU's new gas and hydrogen market rules have been concluded, paving the way for investments into new infrastructure amid a special carve-out for Germany's municipal utilities.

As EU legislators wrap negotiations on the EU's new hydrogen rulebook, they have one last question to answer: how to regulate the ownership of pipeline and storage infrastructure.

News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.

EU plans to produce 35 billion cubic metres of biomethane annually by 2030 are “both unrealistic and unsustainable”, campaigners warned on Wednesday (22 November) as EU countries debate legislation to decarbonise the gas sector and promote alternatives...

While rapid and significant reductions in emissions must be the cornerstone of climate action, permanent carbon removals will have a role to play to achieve zero-net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, argue Dr. Felix Schenuit and Martin Birk Rasmussen.

Czechia wants to devote a larger part of the EU’s Just Transition Fund to large-scale strategic projects that have long faced criticism and are connected with significant risks, said Czech Deputy Environment Minister Jan Kríž, adding that projects must...

The document that sets out France’s 2030 energy targets and was submitted for public consultation that the Energy Ministry unveiled on Wednesday has insufficient data to judge the actions taken by the public authorities, the Climate Action Network Fran...

The thinking around energy efficiency is still stuck in the fossil fuel era, says Sofie Irgens. We must move on from focusing on fuel economy and ramp up discussions on electrification, flexibility and reducing demand, she argues.

The European Commission on Monday (20 November) extended by six months to June 2024 a scheme enabling EU countries to help companies hit by energy price spikes caused by Russia's war on Ukraine.

As EU representatives head to Dubai for the COP28 international climate summit, they are confronted with the fallout of Europe's most controversial climate policy abroad, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

Ireland has seen a dramatic decrease in its woodlands, from trees covering 80% of the country 6,000 years ago to 1% by the end of the 19th century and around 11% today, according to Ireland's Agriculture and Food Development Authority.

The German Greens have adopted a European Parliament election programme which highlights the need for carbon capture and storage, a historic shift for the party.

The European Commission on Wednesday (22 November) proposed a forest monitoring system that will use satellites to track threats such as climate change-fuelled wildfires and illegal logging.

The European Commission has made a new move to encourage the scale up and deployment of renewable hydrogen, opening the first auction under the European Hydrogen Bank, with €800 million available now through the Innovation Fund to subsidise production...

The European Parliament adopted its position on Tuesday (21 November) on a scheme to certify carbon removals to help Europe meet its climate target and prevent greenwashing.

Looking at innovative ways of creating resilience to flooding hazards with natural flood management.

In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur extinction, challenging the traditi...

A map created by the Debt Observatory in Globalization in collaboration with the EJAtlas of Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), the Institute for Policy Studies and CRAAD-OI Madagascar,...

Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, Peruvian scientists from the state agency that studies glaciers said Wednesday.

Italy and Germany want to circumvent the Alps by transforming gas pipelines into ones capable of carrying hydrogen, a clean burning gas that Berlin hopes will aid it in decarbonising its industry.

Alarm bells for the future research budget are ringing as Germany looks set to say no to the Commission’s proposal to put an extra €100 billion into the EU’s seven-year budget.

Swiss university leaders have welcomed the announcement yesterday by the European Commission that it will finally open exploratory talks on Horizon Europe association, with hopes this could lead to an agreement as early as next year. Normally stalwarts...

The leaders of Canada and the European Union reiterated on Friday (24 November) strong support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, while pledging to deepen coordination on climate efforts.

Canada is to join Horizon Europe, the EU’s €95.5 billion programme for research and innovation, according to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. “Canada's joining Horizon Europe, which is the greatest research and innovation mechanism in the world ...