Geomechanics, Georesources and Their Role to Combat the Climate Emergency
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 303
Special Issue Editors
Interests: in situ recovery; non-explosive rock fragmentation; hydraulic fracturing; geothermal energy; discrete element simulation of rock fracture
Interests: carbon sequestration; mine waste recycling; geothermal energy; coal seam gas; shale gas; hydrogen fuel; deep mining; natural gas hydrates
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is no longer a theory; it is the greatest challenge faced by humanity, and essentially threatens its very own existence. Achieving a 45% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050 as agreed upon by world leaders in the 2019 New York Climate Action Summit presents some of the biggest engineering challenges. Advances in geomechanics play a pivotal role in combatting the impending climate emergency in both climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. The increased demand for renewable and sustainable energy recovery and storage systems has stressed the wider geo-resources industry, which is contributing to over 10% of the global greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, substantial transformation is required in the geo-energy and geo-resource sectors in order to realize the 2050 net-zero emissions target.
The scope of this Special Issue focuses on reducing carbon emissions related to the prevailing energy/resource harvesting technologies and geomechanics for climate change adaptation. This Issue welcomes papers on both of these fronts related to topics including, but not limited to, carbon capture and sequestration in geological formations, deep earth energy storage, geothermal energy extraction, in situ mineral recovery, and resilient infrastructure geomechanics design for climate adaptation.
Dr. Radhika De Silva
Prof. Dr. Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deep earth energy recovery and storage
- mineral recovery
- mining
- infrastructure geomechanics
- carbon sequestration
- unconventional energy
