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Weekly Issue #342 | 19 December 2023

26/12/2023
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Guirado-Romero: On all fours: report about a future geologist with a physical disability..

Guirado-Romero: On all fours: report about a future geologist with a physical disability, or how to overcome the 'fit professional' stereotype

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EFG Unveils New Strategy and Modern Identity

The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) announces the launch of its new strategy for the period 2023-2027 aimed at promoting excellence in the application of geoscience across Europe. As part of this new strategic plan, EFG has undergone a signific...

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Geology Plays Crucial Role in Light of UAE Consensus

The European Federation of Geologists (EFG), along with the Italian National Council of Geologists (CNG), advocated for the indispensable role of geosciences in addressing global climate challenges at the recently concluded COP28 in Dubai.

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The Association of Greek Geologists organises a high-level event on mineral resources

The EFG National Association from Greece, Association of Greek Geologists (AGG), in cooperation with the Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME) have successfully organised the event ‘Strategy and […]

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Recording available! EFG Webinar - Changing Gear: New Roles in the Energy Expansion

On 5 December 2023, EFG organised the webinar ‘Changing Gear: New roles in the Energy Expansion’ (Transfer of Skills From Oil & Gas to Other Sectors). Coordinator of the EFG Panel of Experts on Natural Hazards and Climate Change, EFG Past President and...

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CEEGS represented at COP28 in Dubai

The European Federation of Geologists, an official observer organisation at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP), proudly presented two groundbreaking EU-funded projects at COP28 in Dubai – CRM-geothermal and CEEGS. These initiatives stand at the...

Geothermal energy can play a significant role in the fight against climate change. It is a renewable and sustainable heat and electricity source that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hailed on Wednesday (13 December) the deal struck at the COP28 climate summit as the dawn of a new world with no need for coal or oil.

The European Parliament backed the development of small nuclear reactors (SMRs) on Tuesday (12 December), a move welcomed by EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, who has already called for a rapid turnaround of EU initiatives on the matter.

Green hydrogen projects going online by 2030 may face costs up to twice as high as anticipated until recently. At the same time, recent auction results have demonstrated surprisingly low support requirements. What are the possible explanations?

For many years Poland and Germany have failed to agree on important energy matters. The change of government in Poland and the Russian aggression in Ukraine provide an opportunity for a new opening for Polish-German energy relations, write Agata Loskot...

Parties of the ruling majority in the Bulgarian parliament have agreed to cancel the tax on Russian gas imports transiting through Bulgarian territory, with GERB leader and former prime minister Boyko Borissov hoping it could help the country’s Schenge...

EU leaders failed to reach a deal on a seven-year budget review despite late-night negotiations on Thursday, postponing until January a decision that includes potential cuts to Horizon Europe.

As the EU faces mounting pressures and looks across its funding schemes to help address them, it is vital that the next framework programme is not pulled in different directions, but instead remains focussed where it will undoubtedly have the most impa...

The EU may yet be on track to meeting its 2030 climate goal of cutting emissions by 55% compared to 1990 levels, but progress on its other environmental targets looks glum, a new report by the bloc’s auditor shows.

When 2024 comes around, researchers in the UK will be able to apply to Horizon Europe on equal terms with their EU counterparts, after association to the research and innovation programme brings an end to three years of limbo. But the question is: what...

The EU signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with Kenya on Monday (18 December), including significant social and climate commitments, with the European Commission describing the deal as the "most ambitious with an African country".

Although some EU countries are late in submitting their draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), it is essential that they engage in a dialogue with local authorities, argue various authors from Energy Cities and the IEECP.

This report presents novel approaches rooted in co-created and tested processes to navigate complexity in using social media and crowd-sourcing in disasters primarily for organisations.

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed a first method based on artificial intelligence (AI), by means of which the precision of coarse precipitation fields generated by global climate models can be increased.

German farmers in the Lower Oder Valley National Park on the eastern border with Poland faced a dilemma: what to do with grass that was useless as animal feed. Like many of their counterparts in Europe, these agricultural producers were keen to avoid w...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023 (IUCN) – Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals. The update, released at the COP28 UN...

A photo blog by members of the BGS Marine Survey team, who recently completed marine surveys around Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.

A volcano erupted Monday night on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and putting the country's civil defense on high alert.

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide, is one method of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change. While CCS is an essent...

Researchers from China have confirmed the existence of an approximately 8.5-year Inner Core Wobble (ICW) in both polar motion and length-of-day variations, revealing a static tilt of about 0.17 degrees between the Earth's inner core and mantle, challen...

The potential role of innovative technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in combating climate change has an understandable popular appeal.

More than half of the world's population faces water scarcity for at least one month a year.

In a study published on 13 November 2023, in the journal Satellite Navigation, researchers from Chang'an University have developed a novel approach using the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) technique combined with a cumulative sum control chart (CUSUM)...

Beneath Svalbard's permafrost, millions of cubic meters of methane are trapped—and scientists have now learned that it can migrate beneath the cold seal of the permafrost and escape. A large-scale escape could create a cycle of warming that would send ...

It’s December and the Life-Work-Balance group is recalling the “Mind Your Head” blog posts, a blogpost series which started in May 2018. We invite you to join our journey through 11 inspiring blog posts and five simple activities to foster our life-wor...

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