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ERE – Energy, Resources and the Environment

Programme group chair: Viktor J. Bruckman

MAL36
ERE Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Johannes Miocic
Convener: Viktor J. Bruckman
Abstract
| Tue, 25 Apr, 16:20–16:50 (CEST)
 
Room 0.94/95
Tue, 16:20
DM20
Division meeting for Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE)
Co-organized by ERE
Convener: Viktor J. Bruckman
Tue, 25 Apr, 12:45–13:45 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Tue, 12:45

ERE1 – Integrated studies

ERE1.1 EDI | PICO

This general session of the Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) division provides an overview of its multi- and interdisciplinarity, which is needed to tackle challenges of the future. Beside others, this is to provide adequate and reliable supplies of affordable energy and other resources, obtained in environmentally sustainable ways, which will be essential to economic prosperity, environmental quality and political stability around the world. This session also features contributions of general interest within the ERE community, and which are not covered by other ERE sessions. Aim of this session is to provide an overview of topics within the ERE domain.

Convener: Viktor J. Bruckman | Co-convener: Sonja Martens
PICO
| Mon, 24 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
PICO spot 2
Mon, 10:45
ERE1.4 EDI

This session aims to combine two pertinent topics to address the long-term mitigation of climate change through the removal and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while also implementing strategies to conserve the environment and enhance biodiversity.

The first topic deals with carbon emissions/removals estimates under Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), with an emphasis on field measurements, remote sensing and modelling.
LULUCF is the only sector in national GHG inventories that accounts for carbon (C) removals. Therefore, it has been recognised as crucial for reaching long-term climate change mitigation objectives. Uncertainties surrounding estimates from the LULUCF sector are being strongly emphasised, while the scientific community is facing a growing need to facilitate national reporting regarding C emissions/removals under the LULUCF sector.
We invite contributions on national and subnational C budget estimates in different land uses (e.g., forests, crops, grasslands, urban areas) using multiple data sources (e.g., NFI, RS, modelling).
The aim is to provide an extensive overview of different methodological approaches that can be used for national scale estimates and highlight some of the main issues regarding data integration and model calibration and validation processes.

The second topic is dedicated to the environmental and socio-economic implications of low-carbon energy transitions.
Over the last decade, the transition towards low-carbon and renewable energy systems has accelerated significantly around the world to meet internationally-agreed climate change targets through the reduction of GHG emissions from the energy sector. This has precipitated expansive land use or environmental change, with subsequent impacts on biodiversity and related ecosystem processes and services.
The aim is to pool environmental, technological, or societal research and gather new evidence and insights from around the world on the effects of low-carbon energy transitions on the environment.

Public information:

This session will focus on long-term sustainable strategies to mitigate climate change and is split into two distinct, yet related sections.

The first section will deal with carbon emissions/removals estimates under Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector, with an emphasis on field measurements, remote sensing and modelling. Authors will present historical and future perspectives, as well as short- and long-term impacts of a variety of land uses on CO2 fluxes and carbon sequestration, from agricultural and semi-natural to natural environments. Presenters will showcase a variety of methods, from eddy covariance flux measurements to machine learning and aerial laser scanning techniques.

The second section will discuss the impacts and opportunities brought about by the transition to low-carbon energy for hosting ecosystems. Presentations will cover electric vehicles, solar energy and bioenergy, and highlight potential environmental, social and techno-economic challenges of energy transitions. Authors will showcase a variety of approaches to tackle these challenges, including life-cycle analyses and the use of multi-scale modelling frameworks using a wide range of scales, from global to regional and local studies.

This session should equip attendees with a broad overview of carbon fluxes under LULUCF sector and the energy-food-water-environment nexus, as well as provide more nuanced perspectives of the environmental implications of land use change for climate change mitigation.

Convener: Fabio CarvalhoECSECS | Co-conveners: Maša Zorana Ostrogović Sever, Doroteja BitunjacECSECS, Anikó Kern, Quentin LambertECSECS, Hrvoje Marjanovic, Grace WuECSECS
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST), 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Wed, 26 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Wed, 08:30
Wed, 16:15
Wed, 16:15
ERE1.5 | PICO

Most existing studies developed energy systems models (ESMs) for low carbon transition to achieve minimum mitigation costs and constrains of greenhouse emissions. Neglecting the influences on earth system, such as material consumptions, freshwater eutrophication, ocean acidification can lead to failure of sustainable development goals. This session will call for more efforts towards a sustainable energy transition by incorporating planetary boundaries into energy systems models, explicitly linking energy generation with the Earth's ecological limits.

Convener: Jing MengECSECS | Co-convener: Chuan Zhang
PICO
| Mon, 24 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
PICO spot 3b
Mon, 14:00
ERE1.7 EDI

The water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus refers to the relationships or interdependencies of water use, energy production, food security and nature conservation. This concept is becoming more and more prominent, not only in research, but also in governmental programmes, initiatives of United Nations and even the private sector. One main objective of these programmes is assuring that measures in one particular sector do not negatively affect the functioning of the other sectors (i.e. holistic planning that increases synergies and avoids trade-offs). The key research question in this domain is: can we, as a global community, cover fundamental human needs without destroying the ecosystems we rely on?

This session invites contributions exploring this question and related issues, including nexus dynamics, trade-offs, synergies, management options, past trends, projections, uncertainties and behaviour as a complex system. Societal, economic and biophysical implications of “good” and “bad” implementation of nexus approaches (or lack of nexus consideration) are also welcome. The focus lies on large-scale assessments (global or continental scale) and on local/regional assessments including the city scale that are also relevant for other locations due to transferability of methods, representative character, relevance of knowledge acquired, or other aspects. Methodological characteristics are fully open, including but not restricted to modelling, remote sensing assessments, in-situ data analysis, and surveys.

Convener: Marianela Fader | Co-conveners: Rabi Mohtar, Daphne Gondhalekar, Floor Brouwer, Chrysaida-Aliki PapadopoulouECSECS
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Room 0.15
Posters on site
| Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Wed, 26 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Wed, 08:30
Wed, 10:45
Wed, 10:45
ERE1.8 EDI

A grand challenge facing society in the coming decades is to feed the growing human population in a sustainable and healthy manner. This challenge is central to many of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals (SDGs), including the zero hunger goal but also those for human health, water, terrestrial biodiversity and sustainable production and consumption.
This problem is made more complex by an increasingly globalised food system and its interactions with a changing climate. Agri-food system actors - including policy makers, corporations, farmers, and consumers - must meet this challenge while considering potentially conflicting priorities, such as environmental sustainability (e.g., minimising disturbance to ecosystems via greenhouse gas emissions and the use of water, land, fertilisers and other inputs), economic viability (e.g., revenues for food producers and guaranteed access for consumers), nutritional balance and quality (e.g., addressing overconsumption and undernourishment), and resilience to climate change.
This growing complexity of agri-food systems, which can involve global supply chains and difficult environmental and societal tradeoffs, needs to be better understood.
The type of product (e.g. plant or meat based, fresh or processed), as well as the location and method of production, can play an important role in improving the nutritional quality and environmental sustainability of global food production, to enable healthy and sustainable diets. Quantifying and assessing these multiple outcomes while accounting for the linkages, interconnections, and scales of local and global supply chains will be essential for informing decisions aimed at developing sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.
This session welcomes submissions that quantify and assess a range of outcomes from agri-food systems across multiple spatial and temporal scales, and the trade-offs or synergies between them. The session will include studies providing improved methods for quantifying multiple environmental, economic or social dimensions, studies that incorporate the role of food trade into solution-development, and studies that seek to achieve multiple sustainability goals together.

Public information:

Please find the updated schedule of the oral session here:

ERE1.8 Orals: Wed, 26 Apr   Room -2.16 Chairpersons: Carole Dalin, Matti Kummu
Schedule amendments in bold (due to some abstract withdrawals)

14:00–14:05 Session introduction (special issue open in ERL: Sustainable Food Systems Transformation https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/erl-230405-193)

 

14:05–14:15- EGU23-2393 - On-site presentation

Efficiency of dietary sustainability and its global transition 

Pan He, Zhu Liu, Klaus Hubacek, Giovanni Baiocchi, and Dabo Guan

 

14:15–14:25 - EGU23-7963 - Virtual presentation

Healthier diets, healthier planet? Quantifying the biodiversity pressure of fruit and vegetable consumption in South Africa, India, and the UK 

Abbie Chapman, Carole Dalin, Sara Bonetti, Rosemary Green, Genevieve Hadida, Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, and Pauline Scheelbeek

 

14:2514:30 Additional Questions & Answers

 

14:30–14:40 EGU23-11440 On-site presentation

The potential to increase resilience by replacing feed imports with domestic food system by-products 

Vilma Sandström, Matti Kummu, and Florian Schwarzmueller

 

14:40–14:50 EGU23-15056 On-site presentation

Usage of by-products and residues of the food system in livestock diets leads to savings in global land and water resources 

Camilla Govoni, Paolo D'Odorico, Luciano Pinotti, and Maria Cristina Rulli

 

14:50–14:55 Additional Questions & Answers

 

14:55 –15:05 - EGU23-16316 - On-site presentation

Cross-border environmental impacts of agri-food systems and potential solutions towards sustainability: a case study of trade between Europe and Africa. 

Ertug Ercin, Brecht D’Haeyer, Corjan Nolet, Emrah Alkaya, Didem Mahsunlar, Tolga Pilevneli, and Goksen Capar

 

15:05–15:15 EGU23-5975 On-site presentation

Restructuring the Indian agricultural system toward sustainability and lower environmental costs 

Udit Bhatia, Shekhar Goyal, and Rohini Kumar

 

15:15–15:25 EGU23-15582 On-site presentation

Sustainable agricultural strategies to address limited freshwater availability and meet food demand in the Nile River Basin 

Martina Sardo, Maria Cristina Rulli, and Davide Danilo Chiarelli

 

15:25–15:35 EGU23-12478 On-site presentation

Tracing the water footprint of food losses the in trade network: the case of wheat 

Francesco Semeria, Francesco Laio, Luca Ridolfi, and Marta Tuninetti

 

15:35–15:45 Additional Questions & Answers

Coffee break

16:15–16:25  EGU23-1556 On-site presentation

Key trends and opportunities in water footprints of crop production 

Oleksandr Mialyk, Martijn J. Booij, Rick J. Hogeboom, and Markus Berger

 

16:25–16:35 EGU23-6729 Virtual presentation

Understanding the interaction between maize water use efficiency and nutrient uptake in irrigated cropping systems, a basis for predicting and improving Zambia’s productivity in a changing climate  

Mumba Mwape, Hami Said, Elijah Phiri, Maria Heiling, Gerd Dercon, and Christian Resch

 

16:35–16:45 EGU23-3940 On-site presentation

Sustainability trade-offs for equity and climate interventions in global food systems: The case of cocoa in Ghana 

Sophia Carodenuto and Marshall Adams

 

16:45–16:50 Additional Questions & Answers

 

16:50–17:00 EGU23-15681Virtual presentation

Coffee Agrosystems and Climate Change 

Raniero Della Peruta, Valentina Mereu, Donatella Spano, Serena Marras, and Antonio Trabucco

 

17:00–17:10 EGU23-15016 Virtual presentation A novel tool implementation to estimate the Land Use Sustainability for crops production under different climate change scenarios 

Joan Miquel Galve, Jesús Garrido-Rubio, José González-Piqueras, Anna Osann, Alfonso Calera, Maria Llanos López, Esteban Henao, David Sánchez, Jesús Puchades, Antonio Jesús Molina, Christina Papadaskalopoulou, Marina Antoniadou, and Dimitris Tassopoulos

 

17:10–17:20 EGU23-6494 On-site presentation

Machine Learning-Enabled Smart Greenhouse Environmental Control Service Model 

I-Wen Hsia and Fi-John Chang

 

17:20–17:30 EGU23-15686 Virtual presentation

Elucidating climate change adaptation potential of improved maize (Zea mays L.) varieties with crop modelling  

Abel Chemura, Ponraj Arumugum, Eresi Kutesa Awori, and Christoph Gornott

 

17:30–17:40 EGU23-10063 On-site presentation

Risk of deforestation and potential greenhouse gas emissions from vegetable oils’ expansions for food use  

Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, Nikolas Galli, Monia Santini, and Maria Cristina Rulli

 

17:40–17:50 EGU23-6434 On-site presentation

Energy and fertiliser price rises are more damaging than food export curtailment from Ukraine and Russia for food prices, health and the environment 

Peter Alexander, Almut Arneth, Roslyn Henry, Juliette Maire, Sam Rabin, and Mark Rounsevell

 

17:50–17:55 Additional Questions & Answers

 

Co-organized by BG8/HS13/SSS9
Convener: Carole Dalin | Co-conveners: Kyle Frankel Davis, Matti Kummu, Landon Marston, Marta TuninettiECSECS
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–17:55 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Orals |
Wed, 14:00
Wed, 10:45
ERE1.9 EDI

Geoscience underpins many aspects of the energy mix that fuels our planet and offers a range of solutions for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions as the world progresses towards net zero. The aim of this session is to explore and develop the contribution of geology, geophysics and petrophysics to the development of sustainable energy resources in the transition to low-carbon energy. The meeting will be a key forum for sharing geoscientific aspects of energy supply as earth scientists grapple with the subsurface challenges of remaking the world’s energy system, balancing competing demands in achieving a low carbon future.

Papers should show the use of any technology or modelling that was initially developed for use in conventional oil and gas industries, and show it being applied to either sustainable energy developments or to CCS, subsurface waste disposal or water resources.
Relevant topics include but are not limited to:
1. Exploration & appraisal of the subsurface aspects of geothermal, hydro and wind resources.
2. Appraisal & exploration of developments needed to provide raw materials for solar energy, electric car batteries and other rare earth elements needed for the modern digital society.
3. The use of reservoir modelling, 3D quantification and dynamic simulation for the prediction of subsurface energy storage.
4. The use of reservoir integrity cap-rock studies, reservoir modelling, 3D quantification and dynamic simulation for the development of CCS locations.
5. Quantitative evaluation of porosity, permeability, reactive transport & fracture transport at subsurface radioactive waste disposal sites.
6. The use of petrophysics, geophysics and geology in wind-farm design.
7. The petrophysics and geomechanical aspects of geothermal reservoir characterisation and exploitation including hydraulic fracturing.

The session also includes modelling of geological subsurface utilisation in terms of chemical or thermal energy storage as well as hydrocarbon production and storage are required to ensure a safe and sustainable energy supply.

Co-organized by EMRP1/GI6/SSP1
Convener: Paul Glover | Co-conveners: Holger Class, Sebastian Bauer, Thomas Kempka, Qian WangECSECS, Kai LiECSECS
Orals
| Mon, 24 Apr, 14:00–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Mon, 24 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Orals |
Mon, 14:00
Mon, 10:45
ERE1.12 EDI

Post-mining issues, such as the coal fire, the underground water, the risk of slope-sliding and subsidence of surface induced by mining, the consequences of risk to local eco-environment and safety-health concerns for human beings, and the utilization of resources (including underground space, surface land, underground water energy, industrial touring sites, etc.) from closed mines, have become the focusing research topics which have significance for the green sustainable mining of coal over the world.
Concerning the post-mining issues, the coal fire and the underground water are the major two issues need to be studied thoroughly, especially in fragile ecological regions. Efficient control and utilization of post-mining issues and the corresponding resources from them will largely reduce their impacts on local environment and society community.
This session mainly focuses on issues of the coal fire, the underground water, and the utilization of resources from closed mines. Scopes for this session were listed as follow, but not limited to these.
1)Mechanism of occurrence and propagation of coal fire.
2)Detecting, monitoring and early warning of coal fire.
3)Efficient materials and technologies against coal fire.
4)Eco-environmental impacts induced by coal fire.
5)Health risk to human beings from coal fire.
6)Utilization of energy from coal fire and underground water.
7)Safety risk from closed mines.
8)Utilization of resources from closed mines.
9)Restoration and remediation at post-mining sites.
10)Others.

Co-organized by NH8
Convener: Qiang Zeng | Co-conveners: Devi Prasad Mishra, Robert Finkelman, Zhao JingyuECSECS
Orals
| Fri, 28 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Fri, 14:00
Fri, 08:30
Fri, 08:30
ERE1.13

This session will gather studies from South Mediterranean perimeter and the latest geosciences studies performed on North African Mountain belts and Sedimentary Basins. The session will be particularly dedicated to present valuable work that cover areas of Structural Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Subsurface Resources Exploration and Exploitation in the Mediterranean and North African region. Special regard will be inclined to studies focusing on (but not limited to) Tectonics, magmatism and/or structural control on Subsurface Resources prospectivity. Furthermore, the congregated new studies in this session will induce the interest of researchers to the fast growing demands of exploring various Earth’s subsurface resources, especially in the wealthy ground of the African continent. It will also be a constructive mean to share the local and regional scientists’ new discoveries and knowledge of the region with broader potential interested participants.

Co-organized by GMPV10
Convener: Rémi Leprêtre | Co-conveners: Abderrahmane Soulaimani, Mohamed Gouiza, Khalid Amrouch
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Fri, 08:30
Fri, 08:30
ERE1.14 EDI

The conservation, protection, and fruition of cultural heritage are closely related to the environmental setting and its variability. Historical objects, structures, and sites worldwide interact with a broad diversity of environments, on the surface (outdoors or indoors), underground, or underwater. As the characteristics of the Earth’s systems vary in space and time, also in view of climate change, so does the behavior of the materials shaping the cultural assets.
This session addresses the interaction between cultural heritage and the environment from the interdisciplinary perspective of geosciences, which represent a valuable support for investigating the properties and durability of the component materials (e.g., stones, ceramics, mortars, pigments, glasses, and metals); their vulnerability and changes in weathering dynamics; the influence of key environmental variables associated with climate, microclimate, and composition of air, waters, and soils; the impact of global warming, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and extreme weather events; the techniques and products to improve conservation practices; and the adaptation measures for heritage protection. This session welcomes contributions with an explicit and direct connection with environmental issues and questions. The possible research approaches include but are not limited to field and laboratory analysis and testing; damage assessment, observation, and simulation; modeling of decay and risk scenarios; strategies of monitoring and remote investigation; hardware/software design for collecting and processing environmental databases.

Co-organized by CL3.2
Convener: Luigi GerminarioECSECS | Co-conveners: Alessandra Bonazza, Dr. Antonis Kalis, Beatriz Menéndez
Orals
| Fri, 28 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Fri, 16:15
Fri, 08:30
Fri, 08:30
EOS4.1

Geoscience expertise is essential for the functioning of modern societies, to address many of the most urgent global problems, inform decision-making, and guide education at all levels, by equipping citizens to discuss, shape and implement solutions to local, regional and global social-environmental problems. In recent years, geoscientists have become more and more aware of ethical responsibilities to put their knowledge at the service of society, foster public trust in geosciences, and reflect on the environmental footprint of research practices. Geoethics aims to provide a common framework for orienting geoscientists’ concerns on delicate issues related geoscience-society interaction and to nourish a discussion on the fundamental principles and values which underpin appropriate behaviors and practices, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system.
The goal of the session is to foster the discussion on the following spectrum of topics:
- philosophical and historical aspects of geoscience, their contemporary relevance and role in informing methods for effective and ethical decision-making;
- geoscience professionalism and deontology, research integrity and issues related to harassment and discrimination, gender and disability in geosciences;
- ethical and social questions related to the management of land, air and water including environmental changes, pollution and their impacts;
- socio-environmentally sustainable supply of georesources (including energy, minerals and water), importance of effective regulation and policy-making, social acceptance, and understanding and promoting best practices;
- questioning professional practices in geosciences and their impact on the environment, and implementation of new practices to reduce it;
- resilience of society related to natural and anthropogenic hazards, risk management and mitigation strategies, including adaptation knowledge and solutions;
- ethical aspects of geoscience education and communication;
- culture and value of geodiversity, geoconservation, geoheritage, geoparks and geotourism;
- role of geosciences in achieving socio-economic development that respects cultures, traditions and local development paths, regardless of countries' wealth, and in promoting peace, responsible and sustainable development and intercultural exchange.
Session sponsored by International Association for Promoting Geoethics (www.geoethics.org).

Co-organized by BG8/CL3/ERE1/GM13/NH9/OS5, co-sponsored by IAPG
Convener: Silvia Peppoloni | Co-conveners: Antti-Ilari Partanen, Louise Mimeau, Giuseppe Di Capua
Orals
| Thu, 27 Apr, 08:30–12:30 (CEST), 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Room 0.14
Posters on site
| Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Hall X2
Posters virtual
| Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
vHall EOS
Orals |
Thu, 08:30
Thu, 16:15
Thu, 16:15
GI6.1

Environmental systems often span spatial and temporal scales covering different orders of magnitude. The session is oriented toward collecting studies relevant to understand multiscale aspects of these systems and in proposing adequate multi-platform and inter-disciplinary surveillance networks monitoring tools systems. It is especially aimed to emphasize the interaction between environmental processes occurring at different scales. In particular, special attention is devoted to the studies focused on the development of new techniques and integrated instrumentation for multiscale monitoring of high natural risk areas, such as volcanic, seismic, energy exploitation, slope instability, floods, coastal instability, climate changes, and another environmental context.
We expect contributions derived from several disciplines, such as applied geophysics, geology, seismology, geodesy, geochemistry, remote and proximal sensing, volcanology, geotechnical, soil science, marine geology, oceanography, climatology, and meteorology. In this context, the contributions in analytical and numerical modeling of geological and environmental processes are also expected.
Finally, we stress that the inter-disciplinary studies that highlight the multiscale properties of natural processes analyzed and monitored by using several methodologies are welcome.

Co-organized by CL5/ERE1/ESSI4/GMPV1/NH6/NP3
Convener: Raffaele Castaldo | Co-conveners: Antonello BonfanteECSECS, Pietro Tizzani, Nemesio M. Pérez, Andrea BaroneECSECS
Orals
| Mon, 24 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Room -2.31
Posters on site
| Attendance Mon, 24 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Mon, 24 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
vHall ESSI/GI/NP
Orals |
Mon, 14:00
Mon, 10:45
Mon, 10:45
GI2.2 EDI

The session gathers multi-disciplinary geoscientific aspects such as dynamics, reactions, and environmental/health consequences of radioactive materials that are massively released accidentally (e.g., Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents, wide fires, etc.), future potential risk of leakage (e.g., Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant) and by other human activities (e.g., nuclear tests).

The radioactive materials are known as polluting materials that are hazardous for human society, but are also ideal markers in understanding dynamics and physical/chemical/biological reactions chains in the environment. Therefore, man-made radioactive contamination involves regional and global transport and local reactions of radioactive materials through atmosphere, soil and water system, ocean, and organic and ecosystem, and its relations with human and non-human biota. The topic also involves hazard prediction, risk assessment, nowcast, and countermeasures, , which is now urgent important for the nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

By combining long monitoring data (> halftime of Cesium 137 after the Chernobyl Accident in 1986, 12 years after the Fukushima Accident in 2011, and other events), we can improve our knowledgebase on the environmental behavior of radioactive materials and its environmental/biological impact. This should lead to improved monitoring systems in the future including emergency response systems, acute sampling/measurement methodology, and remediation schemes for any future nuclear accidents.

The following specific topics have traditionally been discussed:
(a) Atmospheric Science (emissions, transport, deposition, pollution);
(b) Hydrology (transport in surface and ground water system, soil-water interactions);
(c) Oceanology (transport, bio-system interaction);
(d) Soil System (transport, chemical interaction, transfer to organic system);
(e) Forestry;
(f) Natural Hazards (warning systems, health risk assessments, geophysical variability);
(g) Measurement Techniques (instrumentation, multipoint data measurements);
(h) Ecosystems (migration/decay of radionuclides).

The session consists of updated observations, new theoretical developments including simulations, and improved methods or tools which could improve observation and prediction capabilities during eventual future nuclear emergencies. New evaluations of existing tools, past nuclear contamination events and other data sets also welcome.

Co-organized by BG8/ERE1/ESSI1/GM11/NH8/OS2
Convener: Daisuke Tsumune | Co-conveners: Hikaru SatoECSECS, Liudmila KolmykovaECSECS, Masatoshi Yamauchi
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room G2
Posters on site
| Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Wed, 26 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
vHall ESSI/GI/NP
Orals |
Wed, 16:15
Wed, 10:45
Wed, 10:45
HS5.7 EDI

The Water, Energy, Food, and Environment (WEFE) components of the Nexus are in rapid transition, driven by forces such as socioeconomic, demographic, climatic, and technological changes as well as policies intended to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other societal priorities. These dynamics weave across spatial scales, connecting global markets and trends to regional and sub-regional economies. At the same time, resources are often locally managed under varying administrative jurisdictions closely tied to inherent characteristics of each commodity such as river basins for water, grid regions for electricity and land-use boundaries for agriculture. Local decisions, in turn, are critical in deciding the success and consequences of national and global policies, as well as their impact. Thus, there is a growing need to better characterise the Nexus to guide robust and consistent multi-scale decision-making under a changing climate. One of the hardest challenges in science is turning research into practice, having a concrete impact on policies and operations, and engaging stakeholders in a way that they truly adopt the proposed solutions.

This session aims to address these challenges at different scales (local to regional) in nascent infrastructure planning and sectoral transitions, with a large focus on solutions generated by European research projects and other international experiences. Contributions can include work dealing with applications of existing nexus approaches in sustainability assessment, climate-resilient and adaptive nexus management, and design of future developments, as well as new methods and nature-based solutions that address existing gaps related to incorporating processes at different scales, bridging data gaps, improving optimisation approaches, or dealing with transboundary issues and Nexus governance. Success cases of impactful research on local, national, and/or international policies and decisions are also welcome.

Co-organized by ERE1
Convener: Edo Abraham | Co-conveners: Elena MattaECSECS, Zarrar KhanECSECS, Chrysi Laspidou, Yue Qin, Aitor Corchero Rodriguez, Edward A. Byers
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room 3.29/30
Posters on site
| Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Hall A
Posters virtual
| Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
vHall HS
Orals |
Wed, 14:00
Thu, 16:15
Thu, 16:15
HS7.3 EDI | PICO

Hydroclimatic conditions and availability of water resources in space and time constitute important factors for maintaining adequate food supply, the quality of the environment, and the welfare of citizens and inhabitants, in the context of a post-pandemic sustainable growth and economic development. This session is designed to explore the impacts of hydroclimatic variability, climate change, and temporal and spatial availability of water resources on different factors, such as food production, population health, environment quality, and local ecosystem welfare.
We particularly welcome submissions on the following topics:
• Complex inter-linkages between hydroclimatic conditions, food production, and population health, including: extreme weather events, surface and subsurface water resources, surface temperatures, and their impacts on food security, livelihoods, and water- and food-borne illnesses in urban and rural environments.
• Quantitative assessment of surface-water and groundwater resources, and their contribution to agricultural system and ecosystem statuses.
• Spatiotemporal modeling of the availability of water resources, flooding, droughts, and climate change, in the context of water quality and usage for food production, agricultural irrigation, and health impacts over a wide range of spatiotemporal scales.
• Smart infrastructure for water usage, reduction of water losses, irrigation, environmental and ecological health monitoring, such as development of advanced sensors, remote sensing, data collection, and associated modeling approaches.
• Modelling tools for organizing integrated solutions for water supply, precision agriculture, ecosystem health monitoring, and characterization of environmental conditions.
• Water re-allocation and treatment for agricultural, environmental, and health related purposes.
• Impact assessment of water-related natural disasters, and anthropogenic forcing (e.g. inappropriate agricultural practices, and land usage) on the natural environment (e.g. health impacts from water and air, fragmentation of habitats, etc.)

Co-organized by CL3.2/ERE1/NH8/NP8
Convener: Elena Cristiano | Co-conveners: Alin Andrei Carsteanu, George Christakos, Andreas Langousis, Hwa-Lung Yu
PICO
| Thu, 27 Apr, 14:00–18:00 (CEST)
 
PICO spot 4
Thu, 14:00
HS8.1.1 EDI

The conservation and restoration of aquatic systems is essential to cover the growing demand of drinking water, especially in urban areas. However, the physico-chemical conditions of aquatic systems can be altered by a wide range of factors such as (i) the release of pollutants as a result of human activities (organic and inorganic contaminants), (ii) the presence of natural and engineered particles (inorganic particles, biocolloids and plastics), or (iii), the impacts of anthropogenic activities developed in urban areas (geothermal energy, constructions or landfills). All of these factors are of great concern because of their potential adverse effects on ecosystem functions, wildlife and human health.
The session is divided according with two main topics: (i) the effects of the presence of particles in environmental systems, and (ii), the consequences of anthropogenic activities on the physico-chemical conditions of urban water resources.
Main contributions will be focused on:
• The occurrence and fate of chemicals compounds of anthropogenic origin and particles in aquatic and terrestrial systems.
• The impacts of human related activities and actions on the physico-chemical conditions of water resources, especially in urban environments.
• Methods to detect, characterize, quantify and test the behaviour of particles in aquatic and terrestrial systems.
• Interactions between biocolloids, particles and solids
• Toxicity of products generated from biological disruption of pollutants in the presence of biocolloids and adverse effects of nanoparticles on microorganisms
• The effects of climate change on biocolloids and nanoparticles migration
• Public health risks associated with water and air polluted with biocolloids and nanoparticles.

Co-organized by ERE1
Convener: Estanislao Pujades | Co-conveners: Constantinos Chrysikopoulos, Anna Jurado Elices, Thomas Baumann, Markus Flury, Meiping Tong, Christophe Darnault
Orals
| Mon, 24 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room 2.15
Posters on site
| Attendance Mon, 24 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Hall A
Posters virtual
| Mon, 24 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
vHall HS
Orals |
Mon, 16:15
Mon, 14:00
Mon, 14:00
CL3.2.6 EDI

In 2015, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate recognized the deteriorating resilience of the Earth system, with planetary-scale human impacts constituting a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Earth system resilience critically depends on the nonlinear interplay of positive and negative feedbacks of biophysical and increasingly also socio-economic processes. These include dynamics and interactions between the carbon cycle, the atmosphere, oceans, large-scale ecosystems, and the cryosphere, as well as the dynamics and perturbations associated with human activities.

With rising anthropogenic pressures, there is an increasing risk we might be hitting the ceiling of some of the self-regulating feedbacks of the Earth System, and cross tipping points which could trigger large-scale and partly irreversible impacts on the environment, and impact the livelihood of millions of people. Potential domino effects or tipping cascades could arise due to the interactions between these tipping elements and lead to a further decline of Earth resilience. At the same time, there is growing evidence supporting the potential of positive (social) tipping points that could propel rapid decarbonization and transformative change towards global sustainability.

In this session we invite contributions on all topics relating to tipping points in the Earth system, positive (social) tipping, as well as their interaction and domino effects. We are particularly interested in various methodological approaches, from Earth system modelling to conceptual modelling and data analysis of nonlinearities, tipping points and abrupt shifts in the Earth system.

Co-organized by BG8/CR7/ERE1/NP8/OS1
Convener: Jonathan Donges | Co-conveners: Ricarda Winkelmann, David Armstrong McKayECSECS, Marina Hirota, Lan Wang-Erlandsson
Orals
| Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Room 0.31/32
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Hall X5
Posters virtual
| Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
vHall CL
Orals |
Fri, 10:45
Fri, 08:30
Fri, 08:30
SSP1.4 EDI

Despite increasing public awareness about global plastic pollution and rising concerns about associated ecotoxicological risks, the annual amount of plastic waste released into natural environments continues to increase drastically. Proceeding pollution inevitably leads to spreading and accumulation of plastics through any sedimentary system, which is why plastics have been detected in almost every environment and natural habitat on Earth. To fully grasp the magnitude of the global plastic pollution problem and time scales associated with ecotoxicological consequences, we need to understand where plastic waste accumulates and how plastic items have been fragmented, depredated, and altered along their pathway. This includes a fundamental understanding of hydrodynamic transport processes including plastic-sediment interactions, as well as leaching processes of different types of plastics under various environmental conditions.

- Occurrence and spatial distribution of plastic waste in the environment
- Transport, deposition, and burial of plastics
- Fragmentation and degradation of plastics
- Leaching of chemical additives from plastics
- Toxicological studies on plastics or on chemical additives release from plastics
- Studies on the interaction between plastic and natural materials such as sediments
- Advanced analytical workflows suitable for the time-efficient and accurate analysis of small microplastics in sediments

Co-organized by ERE1/OS4, co-sponsored by IAS
Convener: Florian PohlECSECS | Co-conveners: Lars HildebrandtECSECS, Francesca De FalcoECSECS, Catherine RussellECSECS, Elda Miramontes
Orals
| Fri, 28 Apr, 14:00–15:20 (CEST)
 
Room -2.31
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X3
Posters virtual
| Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
vHall SSP/GM
Orals |
Fri, 14:00
Fri, 10:45
Fri, 10:45
GD9.1 EDI

We invite contributions based on geological, tectonic, geophysical and geodynamic studies of the Tethyan Belt, Central Asia, and the Circum Pacific margins. We particularly invite interdisciplinary studies, which integrate observations and interpretations based on a variety of methods. This session will include a suite of studies of these regions with the aim of providing a comprehensive overview of their formation and evolution, influence of the tectonic features on climate, biodiversity, human habitat, and topographic change.
The Tethyan Belt is the most prominent collisional zone on Earth, covering the vast area between far eastern Asia and Europe. The geological-tectonic evolution of the belt has led to significant along-strike heterogeneity in its various regions, including the SE-Asian subduction-collision system, the Tibetan-Himalayan region, the Iranian Plateau, Anatolia, and the Alpine orogen. The Tethyan Belt is the result of subduction of the Tethyan Oceans, including significant terrane amalgamation, and collisional tectonics along the whole belt. The belt is today strongly affected by the ongoing collision of Eurasia with the African, Arabian and Indian plates and the large-scale geometry of the Cenozoic mountain ranges is often determined by inherited features. The long formation history and the variability of tectonic characteristics and deep structure of the region make it a natural laboratory for understanding the accretion processes that have shaped the Earth through its history and have led to the formation of vast resources in the crust.
The circum-Pacific domain has been undergoing multiple re-orientations in subduction and given rise to basin-mountain systems in both the eastern and western Pacific continental margins since the late Mesozoic. We welcome contributions on (1) the formation/origin and evolution of lithosphere architecture, (2) spatial-temporal evolution of Earth’s surface topography, (3) evolution of basin-mountain systems, and (4) 4-D geodynamic models of eastern and western Pacific continental margins.

Co-organized by ERE1/GMPV10/SM1/TS6, co-sponsored by ILP
Convener: Hans Thybo | Co-conveners: Shaofeng Liu, Lingxiao Gong, Nalan Lom, Johannes RembeECSECS, Bo Wan, Chengfa LinECSECS
Orals
| Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), 14:00–15:45 (CEST), 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room D2
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Hall X2
Posters virtual
| Fri, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
vHall GMPV/G/GD/SM
Orals |
Fri, 10:45
Fri, 08:30
Fri, 08:30
SM2.1 EDI

Fibre optic based techniques allow probing highly precise direct point and distributed sensing of the full ground motion wave-field including translation, rotation and strain, and environmental parameters such as temperature and even chemicals at a scale and to an extent previously unattainable with conventional geophysical methods. Considerable improvements in optical and atom interferometry enable new concepts for inertial rotation, translational displacement and acceleration sensing. Laser reflectometry using both fit-to-purpose and commercial fibre optic cables have successfully detected a variety of signals including microseism, local and teleseismic earthquakes, volcanic events, ocean dynamics, etc. Significant breakthrough in the use of fibre optic sensing techniques came from the new ability to interrogate telecommunication cables at high precision both on land and at sea, as well as in boreholes and at the surface. Applications of the resulting new type of data are manifold: they include seismic source and wave-field characterization with single point observations in harsh environments like active volcanoes, the ocean bottom, the correction of tilt effects, e.g. for high performance seismic isolation facilities, as well as seismic ambient noise interferometry and seismic building monitoring.

We welcome contributions on developments in instrumental and theoretical advances, applications and processing with fibre optic point and/or distributed multi-sensing techniques, light polarization and transmission analyses, using standard telecommunication and/or engineered fibre cables. We seek studies on theoretical, observation and advanced processing in fields, including seismology, volcanology, glaciology, geodesy, geophysics, natural hazards, oceanography, urban environment, geothermal applications, laboratory studies, large-scale field tests, planetary exploration, gravitational wave detection, fundamental physics. We encourage contributions on data analysis techniques, machine learning, data management, instrumental performance and comparison as well as new experimental, field, laboratory, modeling studies in fibre optic sensing studies.

We are happy to announce Prof. Martin Landrø, Prof. Kuo-Fong Ma and Dr. David Sollberger as invited speakers!

Co-organized by ERE1/OS4/TS2
Convener: Philippe Jousset | Co-conveners: Gilda Currenti, Zack Spica, Stefanie Donner, Shane Murphy, Yara Rossi, Marc-Andre Gutscher
Orals
| Tue, 25 Apr, 08:30–12:30 (CEST), 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Room D3
Posters on site
| Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Hall X2
Orals |
Tue, 08:30
Tue, 16:15

ERE2 – Renewable energy

ERE2.1 EDI

Wind and solar power are the predominant new sources of electrical power in recent years. Several countries or regions regularly exceed 100% of variable renewable energy in their grids. By their very nature, wind and solar power, as well as hydro, tidal, wave and other renewable forms of generation are dependent on weather and climate. Modelling and measurement for resource assessment, site selection, long-term and short term variability analysis and operational forecasting for horizons ranging from minutes to decades are of paramount importance.

The success of wind power means that wind turbines are increasingly put in sites with complex terrain or forests, with towers extending beyond the strict logarithmic profile, and in offshore regions that are difficult to model and measure. Major challenges for solar power are notably accurate measurements and the short-term prediction of the spatiotemporal evolution of the effects of cloud field and aerosols. Planning and meteorology challenges in Smart Cities are common for both.

The integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the grid is another critical research problem due to the uncertainties linked to their forecast and to patterns of their spatio-temporal variabilities.

We invite contributions on all aspects of weather dependent renewable power generation, e.g.:

• Wind conditions (both resources, siting conditions and loads) on short and long time scales for wind power development, especially in complex environments (e.g. mountains, forests, coastal or urban).
• Long term analysis of inter-annual variability of solar and wind resource
• Typical Meteorological Year and probability of exceedance for wind and solar power development,
• Wind and solar resource and atlases.
• Wake effect models and measurements, especially for large wind farms and offshore.
• Performance and uncertainties of forecasts of renewable power at different time horizons and in different external conditions.
• Forecast of extreme wind events and wind ramps.
• Local, regional and global impacts of renewable energy power plants or of large-scale integration.
• Dedicated wind measurement techniques (SODARS, LIDARS, UAVs etc.).
• Dedicated solar measurement techniques (pyranometric sensors, sun-photometer, ceilometer, fish-eye cameras, etc.) from ground-based and space-borne remote sensing.
• Tools for urban area renewable energy supply strategic planning and control.
Other related topics will be considered by the conveners.

Co-organized by AS4
Convener: Xiaoli Larsén | Co-conveners: Gregor Giebel, Somnath Baidya Roy, Petrina PapazekECSECS, Philippe Blanc
Orals
| Tue, 25 Apr, 08:30–12:30 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Tue, 25 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Tue, 08:30
Tue, 14:00
Tue, 14:00
ERE2.2 EDI

This session addresses spatial and temporal modelling of renewable energy systems, both in a prospective as well as in a retrospective manner. Therefore, contributions which model the characteristics of future renewable energy systems are equally welcome as contributions which assess the characteristics of the past performance of renewable energies. Session contributions may reach from purely climate based assessments of simulated renewable generation time series, over assessments of land use to full energy system models used to better understand energy systems with high shares of renewables.

Studies may for instance:
Show the spatial and temporal variability of renewable energy sources, including resource droughts and complementarity between technologies and locations.
Derive scenarios for the spatial allocation of renewable energies based on climatic, technical, economic, or social criteria.
Assess past spatial deployment patterns of renewables.
Assess past impacts on land cover and land-use, including impacts on biodiversity and other environmental indicators.
Derive integrated scenarios of energy systems with high shares of renewables (Including systems from the local scale e.g. in form of local Energy Communities to the national or continental scale).

The objective of the session is to provide an insight into recent advances in the field of renewable energy system modeling. The session welcomes research dedicated to climatic and technical issues, environmental impact assessments, and policy-making, forecasting and real time applications concerning renewable energy systems.

Full papers can be submitted along with the abstract to a dedicated topical collection in the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

Convener: Luis Ramirez CamargoECSECS | Co-conveners: Johannes Schmidt, Marianne ZeyringerECSECS
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–17:55 (CEST)
 
Room 0.96/97
Posters on site
| Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Wed, 26 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Wed, 14:00
Wed, 08:30
Wed, 08:30
ERE2.3 EDI

The session welcomes contributions about shallow geothermal energy applications, including traditional closed- and open-loop borehole heat exchangers as well as so-called energy geostructures (e.g. thermo-active foundations, walls, tunnels).
Different types of analysis and approaches are relevant to this session, spanning from the evaluation of ground thermal properties to the mapping of shallow geothermal potential, from energy storage and district heating to sustainability issues and consequences of the geothermal energy use, from the design of new heat exchangers and installation techniques to the energy and thermo-(hydro-) mechanical performance of energy geostructures, from the local behaviour of a heat exchanger to the city scale implementation of energy geostructures. Contributions based on experimental, analytical and numerical modelling are welcome as well as interventions about legislative aspect.

Convener: Giorgia Dalla SantaECSECS | Co-conveners: Thibault Badinier, Francesco Cecinato
Orals
| Thu, 27 Apr, 14:00–15:40 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Hall X5
Orals |
Thu, 14:00
Thu, 16:15
ERE2.4 EDI

Clean-Energy Transition is a central concept to EU energy and climate policies, and in this context the need for geothermal resources utilization is accelerating. Geothermal energy can be extracted from different, often complex geological settings (e.g., fractured crystalline rock, magmatic systems, or sedimentary basins). Current advancements also target unconventional systems (e.g., enhanced geothermal systems, super-hot, pressurized and co-produced, super-critical systems) besides conventional hydrothermal systems. Optimizing investments leads also to the development of associated resources such as lithium, rare earths and hydrogen. This requires a joint effort for understanding and modelling geological systems that are specific to each resource. Sustainable use of geothermal resources requires an advanced understanding of the properties of the entire system at every stage of geothermal field development, including but not limited to geophysical properties, thermo-/petro-physical conditions, fluid composition; structural and hydrological features; and engineering considerations. The main challenges faced are, among others, exploration of blind systems, reservoir stimulation, environmental concerns, induced seismicity, multiphase fluid and scaling processes, monitoring.
The integration of analogue field studies with real-life production data, from industrial as well as research sites, and with numerical models, is a hot topic worldwide. We aim to gather field, laboratory and numerical experts who focus their research on geothermal sites, to stimulate discussion in this multidisciplinary applied research field. We encourage contributions from experts from a broad range of disciplines such as (hydro)geologists, geochemists, (geo)physicists, surface and subsurface engineers. The aim of this session is to gather inputs focusing on the interplay between different approaches. We welcome contributions from different research areas ranging from field data collection and analysis to laboratory experiments (e.g., geophysical surveys, structural characterization, geomechanical, geochemical experiments), and from data management and organization to numerical modeling.

Convener: Domenico Montanari | Co-conveners: Alper Baba, Paromita Deb, Kai LiECSECS, Pilar Sánchez Sánchez-PastorECSECS, Sin-Mei WuECSECS
Orals
| Thu, 27 Apr, 08:30–12:25 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Hall X5
Posters virtual
| Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Thu, 08:30
Thu, 16:15
Thu, 16:15
ERE2.6 EDI

This session aims to engage discussions on successful and not-so-successful experiences on geothermal studies (open and close systems) together with groundwater behaviours.

Despite geothermal systems are being world-wide installed during the last decades, there are many issues to be improved and optimised around its functionalities considering groundwater behaviour in middle and long term.

This session is open to good and bad (laboratory, field and modelling) experiences on:
- Design of geothermal installations
- Groundwater interaction in geothermal design
- Long term behaviour of geothermal installations
- Negative impact of geothermal installations on the underground and on groundwater resources

Keynote speakers: Professors Peter Bayer and Thomas Vienken will encourage proactive discussions.

We invite you to submit your experiences, especially mistakes to avoid them in the future.

Discussions arise during the sessions would increase the knowledge and know-how on this topic.

Co-organized by HS13
Convener: Rotman A. Criollo Manjarrez | Co-conveners: Alessandro Casasso, Simona Pestotnik, Corinna Abesser
Orals
| Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room -2.16
Posters on site
| Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Hall X5
Orals |
Thu, 16:15
Thu, 14:00
ERE2.7 EDI

The ocean represents a vast and largely untapped resource, which is being explored as a source of low carbon renewable energy. There is much research within the ocean science community into resource characterization and the interaction of energy conversion technologies with the ocean environment. We seek contributions spanning a broad range of topics relating to ocean renewable energy, including offshore wind, wave, ocean current and tidal resources over timescales ranging from semi-diurnal to decadal, and feedbacks between the available resource and energy extraction at local and regional scales. The session also seeks discussions on the application of ocean energy for ocean instrumentation/observation, powering off-grid buoys, unpiloted surface and underwater vehicles, and desalination. This session will gather and relate research methods and results from investigations into field techniques, and numerical/statistical modelling used to assess interactions of ocean renewable energy with ocean processes. The session will also include studies of physical impacts (e.g. impacts on sedimentary systems), and societal interactions (e.g. marine spatial planning). We also invite innovative research on ocean energy arrays/sites for co-located applications (e.g. offshore wind combined with aquaculture) that would benefit from combined infrastructure and reduced levelized costs.

Co-organized by OS4
Convener: Simon Neill | Co-conveners: Reza Ahmadian, Michela De DominicisECSECS, Nicolas Guillou
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Room 0.15
Posters on site
| Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Wed, 10:45
Wed, 14:00
Wed, 14:00
ITS3.2/ERE2.8

Providing sufficient energy while minimizing climate impacts has become an essential challenge for our society, and the difficult geopolitical situation in Europe, combined with energy scarcity adds momentum to finding solutions quickly. At the Austrian Academy of Sciences, a working group has formed to explore the situation in Austria and Europe regarding pathways of a sustainable energy transition. Findings so far have demonstrated that the issue can’t be solved entirely on technological progress, but it needs a general re-thinking on how much energy is needed for decent living towards provision of services rather than energy. Increased efficiency, reduced energy consumption and smart grids as well as consuming devices are identified to be key pillars of a successful energy transition.
The context of the climate crisis as laid open in the recent IPCC reports (www.ipcc.ch) and the political response in form of the European Green Deal (https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en) demand treatment at highest scientific standards to provide well-founded responses to the society.
This session welcomes contributions that address energy transition from various perspectives, e.g. (but not limited to): energy production, transmission, storage, smart systems, efficiency, human behavior, energy markets and legislation, energy saving. In particular, we welcome contributions that address energy transition from a holistic point of view, that integrates the technological with societal aspects.

Including ERE Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award Lecture
Convener: Wilfried Winiwarter | Co-convener: Viktor J. Bruckman
Orals
| Tue, 25 Apr, 14:00–18:00 (CEST)
 
Room 0.94/95
Posters on site
| Attendance Tue, 25 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X4
Posters virtual
| Tue, 25 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
vHall ERE
Orals |
Tue, 14:00
Tue, 10:45
Tue, 10:45