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Why hydrogen – the ‘fuel of the future’ – may not be as clean as we think

August 24, 2022
Why hydrogen – the ‘fuel of the future’ – may not be as clean as we think
Credit: Emmanuel Brocard (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

Around the world, the shift to hydrogen is being considered a key strategy to decarbonize the environment, with experts even calling it the fuel of the future. Hydrogen now features in all eight of the European Commission’s net zero emissions scenarios for 2050, promising to end our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce CO2 emissions across industries. So it comes as no surprise that billions of e ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What does the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report tell us about the future?

August 27, 2021
GeoPolicy: What does the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report tell us about the future?
Boreal forest fire in Canada. Credit: Stefan Doerr, distributed via Imaggeo

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepares and publishes extensive Assessment Reports on the scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, including its impacts, future risks, and likely scenarios based on the actions that humanity takes. In their sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the IPCC’s certainty and warnings were clearer than ever. This month’s GeoPoli ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: How geoscience can support the European Green Deal

November 13, 2020
GeoPolicy: How geoscience can support the European Green Deal

Earlier this year, the EGU hosted the Integrating science into the EU Green Deal event in collaboration with the Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development to outline how the geosciences can most effectively support the European Green Deal and ensure its ambitious biodiversity and zero-pollution targets are reached. The event provided policymakers, scientists and indust ...[Read More]