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Welcome to EFGeoWeek #334

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Weekly Issue #334 | 23 October 2023

A weekly news compilation by the European Federation of Geologists

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Bouziat: Digital transformation and geoscience education - New tools to learn, new skill...

Digital transformation is a technological and societal trend currently reshaping many scientific and industrial fields. In this paper, we address the challenges and opportunities raised by this digital transformation for the specific topic of geoscience education.

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The Future Critical Raw Materials Act and the European Geologist title: An opportunity ...

We find ourselves in a very opportune moment for the regulatory development concerning the qualifications of geologists in Europe. The European Union’s current agenda includes several policies that are highly relevant to the geosciences community, such...

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CNG Marks 60th Anniversary of Vajont Disaster with Landmark Event on Sustainability and...

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the tragic Vajont Dam disaster, the CNG (Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi) organised a significant event in Longarone, Italy.

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Workshop: Responsible Sourcing and Traceability of Critical Raw Materials (14 November, Brussels)

The workshop entitled Responsible Sourcing and Traceability of Critical Raw Materials will be organised as a side event of the EU Raw Materials Week 2023. The objective of this workshop is to provide an overview of how geologists...

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Open invite for language translators & proof readers

EFG currently has an open invite for language translators for all European languages represented within our association. We are also looking for geologists who are (near) native English speakers interested in gaining experience in language editing.

The EU-funded CRM-geothermal project is pleased to announce the completion of fluid test work in Cornwall as part of its endeavour to develop a ground-breaking technology-solution combining the extraction of critical raw materials and energy from geoth...

The Cluster Hub “Production of raw materials for batteries from European resources”, of which CRM-geothermal is a partner, is a knowledge exchange ecosystem, where partners involved in different European projects (private companies, support organisatio...

The EU-funded ROBOMINERS project is organising its final conference “The future of mining in Europe – Minimising the environmental footprint through breakthrough technological innovations” on Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 9:30-12:30 CET, back-to-back with...

Hi Liliana. Welcome to GeoTalk! Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your background? Hi, I was born in the highlands in Peru. This gave me the advantage of living more in contact with nature. Since I remember, I was fascinated about the shape of t...

The European Parliament is ready for tough negotiations with EU member states over the EU’s budget for 2024, including a proposed €12.8 billion for the Horizon Europe research programme.

Victor Orbán fight against the deployment of solar power in Budapest is a reflection of wider scepticism towards the climate emergency among the populist right in Europe, writes Ada Ámon.

Deep geological disposal is a globally recognized and safe method for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). However, over extended periods of nuclear waste storage, there is the potential for the waste canister to experience leaks...

The Geologists’ Association’s Festival of Geology is back this year at University College, London. It is a celebration of all things geological and is open to everyone with free admission (10:30am to 4:30pm). Exhibitors include museums, universities an...

Geothermal heat, especially when paired with district heating networks for broad local distribution, is an abundant resource just below our feet. Europe needs more of it to decarbonise the building sector and kick its fossil fuel habit, writes a cross-...

Energy sharing under the EU’s proposed electricity market design reform is under threat from opposition in the European Parliament, which could allow EU countries to limit it to neighbourhood-level only. This cannot be allowed to happen, writes Monique...

Hopes were high for the BarMar hydrogen pipeline project linking Spain and France when it was announced almost a year ago. But with no news since then, French experts say the project was in fact always a non-starter.

Media investigations have revealed how European companies continued to provide hardware and services to a massive new gas project in Siberia, despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war in Ukraine. The next round of EU sanctions must put an...

The Czech government has approved a draft revised National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), which aims to phase out coal by 2033 and oil and gas by 2050.

The Bulgarian government will soon hold talks with its European partners about imposing a new tax on Russian gas transiting its territory, it was announced on Wednesday, a move that predictably angered Serbia and Hungary.

Despite government claims that plans for a gas pipeline between Malta and the rest of the EU are underway, an EU official said its inclusion on a list of possible projects to be funded was not yet certain, and even then, question marks over whether fun...

Representatives of energy-intensive industries have urged the government to decide on subsidies for electricity prices, which, while strongly discouraged by economists, will be the point of discussion in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s discussions with govern...

Both Germany and France claimed victory after an agreement was reached among EU countries on Tuesday (17 October) to reform the EU's electricity market. Euractiv looks at what Paris and Berlin got out of the deal.

The Netherlands will take “extraordinary” measures to reduce stress on the national grid caused by electricity demand and supply reaching similar levels, such as proposing incentives for large companies to use less electricity at peak times, outgoing D...

A lack of climate action will see the EU’s future 2027 carbon price on fuel for cars and homes soar to above €200 per tonne, German researchers warn, suggesting to ramp up domestic carbon prices now in order to avoid a price shock.

The roster of EU environment ministers could soon include Rudolf Huliak, a man nominated by the Slovak National Party who believes the elite invented climate change to take away people’s cars.

Qatar has agreed to supply Shell in the Netherlands with gas for 27 years, the second such deal with a European buyer in a week, as the Gulf state competes with the US to help Europe replace lost Russian supplies.

Like most people, Mark Noort reacted with horror to images last month of devastating floods in Libya. Unlike most others, Noort had a professional reason to follow the drama.An expert in Earth observation technology, he took part in a research project ...

The new head of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) has warned against introducing a Canada-style vetting system for research links with China, stressing that collaboration decisions should be ultimately made by academics. The extent of risky German a...

Almost 200 kilometers off the coast of Nova Scotia sits a slender, crescent-shaped spit of land known for mythic wild horses that roam its dunes, seals that dot its low-slung shores and hundreds of shipwrecks still populating its watery depths.

It's hard to overstate how crucial Greenland, and its kilometers-thick ice layer, is to climate change. If all that ice melted, the sea would rise by about seven meters—the height of a house.

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