EFG advice to European Institutions: EFG Panels of Experts documents . By EurGeol Dr Isabel Fernandez EFG Office Directo

1. EFG advice to European Institutions: EFG Panels of Experts documents.ByEurGeol Dr Isabel FernandezEFG Office Director ISSUES FOR GEOLOGISTS IN 21ST CENTURY - MITIGATION OF MAN'S INFLUENCE AND SERVING SOCIETY'S NEEDS 33IGC-WSS21

2. How can we comunicate Geology at Policy level? By Advice Documents By European Worshops and Conferences By Stand exhitions By European Projects How can we ensure a good qualitity contribution at Political level? By experts on the diferent Geology activities

3. INDEX 1. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 2. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY & CO2 SEQUESTRATION 3. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON HYDROGEOLOGY 4. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON NATURAL HAZARDS & CLIMATE CHANGE 5. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON SOIL PROTECTION AND GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE 6. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON RESOURCES AND RESERVES - OIL AND GAS 7. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON RESOURCES AND RESERVES - MINERALS AND THEIR SUSTAINABLE USE 8. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON ENGINEERING GEOLOGY IN EUROPE

4. TASK DESCRIPTION OF EFG WORKING GROUPS / EXPERT PANELS • To provide high quality advice and information to the European Commission, to the European Parliament, to international NGO’s and to global professional associations • To take every opportunity to emphasize the importance of geology to society, the benefits of incorporating geological advice and to promote the importance of the geo-scientific profession. • To participate in EC congresses, to participate in EC working groups and to attend EC consultation meetings • To respond to relevant issues in the press and to those items on the European Commission and European Parliament agenda • The participation of experts is on a voluntary basis. The advantage for the participating experts is their active involvement in a European and/or worldwide network of experts with the same specialty

5. Experts are requested to provide some information about their expertise. • Name and contact details. • Company/Institute/Organisation. • Academic qualifications. • Area of expertise, incl. possible subdivision (e.g. natural hazards; floods expert). • Area of interest. • Years of relevant experience. • Involvement in other networks. • Any other relevant information.

6. Information about EFG PE activity • www.eurogeologists.eu/group of experts • Coordinator • Number of experts • Countries represented in the panel • Background • Developed activity • Current activity

7. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Advice Document to the European Commission on Environmental Impact Assessment Implementation and Practice,May 2003 • Implementing European Directives 85/337/EC and 97/11/EC on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) • To improve the quality of the EIA, EFG recommends: · The current EU Legislation needs to be amended to specifically include geology in the list of issues to be addressed in an EIA and not to have it inferred as it is currently presented. · The geology section of the EIA must be completed by a "competent person" i.e. a professional geologist. · The review / appraisal of EIA needs to be undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced professionals. To achieve this each agency responsible for reviewing EIA should either employ a professional geologist, or have access to professional geological advice.

8. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY & CO2 SEQUESTRATION • EFG Stand: Geology and Sustainable Energy, European Commission - February meetings 2008 • EFG Geothermal Usage Poster, 2008 • Position paper about Carbon Capture and geological Storage, January 2008 • Press release about a Directive on the promotion of the use of renewable energy sources, January 2008 • Poster Geothermal Resources in Europe, January 2008 • Poster: CO2 Capture and Storage, January 2008 • Presentation from the European Federation of Geologists: A Capacity to Promote Geothermal Energy, ENGINE event, February 2006 • Geoscientific recommendations regarding Geothermal Energy to be considered in the Seventh Framework Programme 2007 – 2013, April 2006

9. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY • EU Strategy plan for Energy Technology, 22 November 2007 • Renewal Energy Directive, January 2008 • In relation to sustainable development, the share of renewable is expected to reach a third of the consumption by 2050. Geologists have a particular relevance to the development of geothermal energy in Europe.

10. Press release on the prometion of the use of renewable energy • Our associations, representing the European geothermal industry, the European GeologicalSurveys and the European geologists welcome the proposal tabled on 23/01/08 by theEuropean Commission for a Directive on the promotion of the use of renewable energysources. • This proposal sets the framework to achieve the target of a 20% share of renewable energy sourcesin the final energy consumption by 2020. The attainment of this target will require the use of thediverse renewable non-fossil energy, sources, among which geothermal energy. • Our associations jointly call for some improvements of the Directive proposal: • Definition of geothermal energymust include • Specific criteria for the certification of shallow geothermal installers.

11. Technologies for geothermal use Geothermal Power Today, geothermal power plants exist on all continents, at any place were reservoirs of steam or hot water can be found. The concept of Enhanced Geothermal Systems is going to add a tremendous increase to the potential. Deep and Directly The earth is full of energy ! Virtually any temperature level in the underground can be used directly, for instance with deep boreholes. Only a small fraction of the resources is used currently. Shallow Geothermal Every temperature level in the underground can be used for geothermal energy, even if this means only ca. 3-15 °C, as usual in the shallow underground in European climate. Cooling can be supplied as well as heating. Geothermal energy is energy stored in the form of heat below the earth’s surface.

12. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON CO2 SEQUESTRATION • Position Paper on Carbon Capture and • geological Storage • The European Federation of Geologists (EFG), and especially its panel of experts on Geothermal Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage, emphasizes that Carbon Capture and geological Storage (CCS) should be strongly promoted, as it is an important and direct path towards a fully sustainable energy future. • EFG strongly advocates renewable and sustainable energy production, including geothermal energy, as well as the need for increasing energy efficiency. • Since it will take time to make our economies independent of fossil carbon sources, EFG states that the technology of Carbon Capture and geological Storage is necessary for using these resources in the most sustainable and climate friendly way.

13. Storage in saline aquifer EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery CH4 Coal Oil Depleted oil & gas fields ECBM Enhanced CoalBed Methane Aquifer Natural gas One of the possibilities to halt or reverse anthropogenic warming is CO2 capture and storage in underground reservoirs. To achieve maximum effect, loops should be created between sources (CO emitters) and sinks (storage reservoirs).

14. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON NATURAL HAZARDS & CLIMATE CHANGE • International geohazards conference: European Federation of Geologists and “Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi d’Italia” (Italian National Council of Geologists), May 2007 • Geoscientific recommendations regarding natural hazards to be considered in the Seventh Framework Programme 2007 – 2013, March 2006 • Geo-scientific recommendations for the Floods Directive, September 2005 • Advice Document to the European Commission on Reducing the risk from natural hazards, March 2005 • Geo-scientific Manifesto on Civil Protection against Natural Hazards, presented in the consultation meeting, organized by the European Commission, 8th February 2005, Brussels • EFG Advice Document to the European Commission on Civil Protection and Natural Hazards, March 2003 • .

15. Geo-scientific Manifesto on Civil Protection against Natural Hazards, 8th February 2005, Brussels . • Supported by: • •European Federation of Geologists • •EuroGeoSurveys • •International Association of Engineering Geology • •European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers • •International Union of Geological Sciences • •World Geologists • We recommend to: • Fully integrate Geology in land-use planning to avoid unnecessary disasters • Install early warning systems (geo-indicators) in areas at risk • Educate society to improve the understanding of mechanisms behind natural hazards

16. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON SOIL PROTECTION AND GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE • EFG Amendments for proposal of Directive on Soil Protection, COM (2006) 232, 21 February 2007 • EU Manifesto on Earth Heritage and Geodiversity, November 2004, in collaboration with IGU, IUGS, EUCC, ECSSS, IAG, IUSS, and many national and European organizations related to Geoheritage. • European Union Soil Thematic Strategy Geodiversity and Geoheritage as features of Soil Protection, February 2004

17. EU Manifesto on Earth Heritage and Geodiversity • Supported by 11 organizations • Earth heritage for our present and our future • Europe has outstanding examples of earth heritage and geodiversity • Earth heritage and geodiversity create opportunities for education, recreation and tourism, and increase the quality of life in rural areas and cities • The task of the EU:“safeguarding by development, safeguarding by protection” • The EU soil strategy is the instrument to realize these goals!

18. PANEL OF EXPERTS ON MINERALS AND THEIR SUSTAINABLE USE • EFG Position Statement on European Technology Platform Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETPSMR), March 2006 • EFG Position Statement on Mineral Resources Policy and Management in Europe, March 2006 • The qualified person concept EFG submission, with respect to the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from the extractive industries, January 2004 • An Introduction to the Code for Reporting of Mineral Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Reserves, October 2001 • Code for reporting of Mineral Exploration Results, Mineral resources and mineral reserves, (The reporting Code), October 2001

19. EFG Position Statement on MINERAL RESOURCE POLICY AND MANAGMENT IN EUROPE Aims: to reduce EU exposedness to outside sources; to discover, delineate, book, maintain a strategicresource base for the case of non-access to import resources. • Balancebetween rational exploitation of resources and nature conservation • Legal harmonization in the EU of environmental protection and mining legislation • Contribute to the development of best practice standards in professional practice and to thusensure the confidence of civil society in both the profession and its actions.

20. EFG Stand in the Green Week 2003:Contribution of the Earth Sciences to the main political areas of the Environment • “Why Society Needs Geologists” • Geology and Water • Geology and Natural Hazards • Geology and Climate Change

21. Stand 1 on the European Commission’s Green Week 2006: "Geodiversity = Biodiversity " • EFG wanted to demonstrate through this stand that biodiversity has always had a natural geological basis. • There are clear relational paths between geodynamic and biodynamic phenomena, within internal as well as external processes “soil is part of a system, a product of climate, geology,topography, vegetation and landuse”

22. Stand 1 on the European Commission’s Green Week 2007: "Geology and Environmental Change" • The role of geology in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs): To develop a comprehensive view of the environmental impact of a project we need to understand the geology of the site. Geological study by a professional geologist is therefore an important component of EIAs. • The role of geology in predicting future climate change: Geological records of past climate change. Studying and understanding these geological records helps us to differentiate between natural and man-made effects on climate – which is vital if predictions of future climate changes are to be reliable.

23. EFG Stand in the European Union Sustainable Energy Week, EUSEW 28 January –1 February 2008, European Commission, Brussels • Geothermal Resources in Europe • CO2 Capture and Storage

24. EFG Stand in the Green Week 2008: Geology at the service of the citizens

25. Green Week 2008 sesion on : EUROPEAN GEOLOGY IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANET EARTH The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) in collaboration with International Year of Planet Earth and EuroGeoSurveys - the Association of the Geological Surveys of Europe

26. EFG Worshops and Conferences • Multi-Country workshop on EU Legislation and Initiatives regarding Training and Mobility of Professionals in the Field of Geology, Brussels, 26-27 October 2005 • Multi-Country workshop on EU legislation and best practices in geology for sustainable regional development, Budapest, Hungary, 15-17 October 2006. • European Geohazards Conference in Rome, 25 May 2007 • Multi-Country workshop on EU legislation and new practices in geodiversity for a sustainable development of the regions, Rumania, October 2007 • Multi-Country workshop on Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, changing processes and sustainable management of the low coasts of the Baltic states and Poland, Palanga, Lithuanian, April 2008 • International Conference on Geology and Water Management: Resources, Risks and Regulations, Athen, 30th May, 2008

27. European Project:Terrafirma • Pan-European Ground Monitoring Information Service • Sponsored by ESA and the EC • Using radar satellites and processing techniques • To reveal movements of 1 mm/year • With a view to improve land-use planning, engineering , and loss reduction in relation to subsidence, landslides, mines, tunneling, earthquake vulnerability

28. European Project:Geotrainet THE COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME • Fostering energy efficiency and the rational use of energy sources • Promoting new and renewable energy sources and energy diversification • Promoting energy efficiency and new energy sources in transport

29. European Project:Geotrainet • Geotrainet Project: Geo-Education for a sustainable geothermal heating and cooling market • Objectives: • Development of education and of appropriate training structures; • Creation of a EU-wide certification scheme for both planners and installers of GSHP • Defining of and assistance in development of the necessary EU-wide technical standards • Dissemination of results through operation networks. • Create new geothermal businesses and sustain a growing market

30. European Project:Geotrainet • Participants: • European Federation of Geologists • European Geothermal Energy Council • Arsenal Research(Austria) • BRGM(France) • GT-Skills(Irlande) • Romanian Geoexchange Society(Romania) • Universidad Politécnica de Valencia(Spain) • Geotec, Lund University(Sweden) • GREAT, University of Newcastle(UK) Duration of the project: 30 months

31. Gracias Efgbrussels@gmail.com www.eurogeologists.eu