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INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCES PROGRAMME-IGCP

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IGCP Overview and Vision

Dr. Brigitte VlaswinkelChair IGCP

February 21st 2019


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2019 IGCP Council

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Rendering Oceans of Energy

Theme group leaders

Prof. Sobhi Nasir - OmanDr. Weijian Zhou - ChinaProf. Carlos Alberto Vargas J. - ColombiaDr. Yongje Kim - Korea Dr. Nellie Mutemeri - Zimbabwe


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Chair IGCP – Dr. Brigitte Vlaswinkel

• PhD Marine Geology and Geophysics (University of Miami, USA) • Postdoc University of Caen, France• 10 years experience in oil and gas industry as research/exploration and

production geologist & risk analyst for new business developments

2016 - radical career change from oil & gas to clean oceans and clean energy• Environmental Impact Lead for NGO The Ocean Cleanup - plastic catching arm in GPGP• Research Director at Oceans of Energy – world’s first offshore floating solar farm

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e)GPGP – Great Pacific Garbage PatchPhoto: The Ocean Cleanup

Rendering Oceans of Energy


We Need to Act Now!!


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Global Energy Transition

• Main pillars are renewable energy and energy efficiency

• Significant improvement of the global socioeconomic footprint of the energy system

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Keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C) is technically feasible. However, the global energy system must undergo a profound transformation. Such a global energy transformation can create a world that is more prosperous and inclusive.


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The reduction of energy-related CO2 emissions is at the heart of the energy transition.90% of the reduction of energy-related CO2 emissions can come from a boost in

electrification and efficiency gain. 10% can be achieved by switching to natural gas and Carbon Capture and

Sequestration (CCS) in industry

Global Energy Transition


Geoscience and the 21st Century

Paris Climate AgreementGlobal Goals of Sustainable DevelopmentSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Define the way politicians and the public view the 21st Century’s grand challenges..

Maintaining the environmental sustainability of the planet is fundamental to our future well being and geologists are key stakeholders in this long-term sense of purpose

17 Sustainable Development Goals 7 Global Targets of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction


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Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals

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Gill, 2017


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Project will establish a sound science base for how geoscience can contribute to sustainable development within the energy and extractive industry

25 countries worldwide (72% of participants are from developing countries; overall 51% female scientists)

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Urgent Need to better integrate Sustainability into the Geosciences

Many of our society’s resource needs and environmental challenges we facein our Changing World and the Energy Transition need geoscience knowledge.

The Geoscience Community needs to get more involved in the sustainability arena!

Iain STEWART, one of the project leaders of IGCP 685Director Sustainable Earth Institute, Plymouth UK

New IGCP proposal 685 “Geoscience for Sustainable Development”


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Water, energy and food are the most critical resources for society, particularly in meeting SDGs. Global groundwater resources are in a state of crisis.The rapidly growing interdisciplinary research on the WEF Nexus specifically needs many well-trained hydrogeologists to further our understanding of groundwater sustainability science.

A new global WEF-GW Nexus Community will be set up with the initiation of this project 684.

26 countries worldwide (58% of participants are from developing countries; overall 58% female scientists)

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New IGCP proposal 684 “Water Energy Food Nexus”


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Empower areas with the capacity to communicate and manage geohazards;establish a global community for best practice in Geoheritage for Geohazard Resilience, especially in UNESCO World Heritage sites, Global Geoparks and other protected areas.

17 countries worldwide (>50% are developing countries; overall 56% female scientists)

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New IGCP proposal 692 “Geoheritage for Geohazard Resilience”

Cultural image around volcanic hazard: Mayon volcano, this ash cloudbecame famous for producing Magayon (meaning beautiful), a spirit god,whose lover, a warrior are seen embracing here. An example of the powerof landscape (and cloudscape) in geoheritage.


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1) Efficient, safe and sustainable earth resources exploration and extraction

2) Innovative renewable energy production and CO2 mitigation3) Better understand and predict climate change and geohazards

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Vision of IGCP


IGCP 2019 Special Topics

1) Mining geosciences and sustainability2) Efficient and sustainable extractive industry technologies and stimulation

methods3) Geology for the Sustainable & Safe Scale-up of Renewable Energy Production4) Big data, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences5) Geohazards nearby metropolitan areas6) Global warming CO2 emission mitigation using new methods (such as Carbon

Storage and Sequestration – CCS)7) Sustainable small and volcanic islands: water, energy, resource management 8) Geoheritage for sustainable development9) Geoscience and the Anthropocene

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IGCP Overview and Vision ADG/SC … (occasion / date) · view the 21 st Century’s grand challenges.. Maintaining the environmental sustainability of the planet is fundamental to