The second joint Geological Survey Ireland / Royal Irish Academy Geoscience Lecture: ‘Why does net zero need geoscience?’ took place on January 29. The lecture was delivered by Karen Hanghøj, Director of the British Geological Survey, and focussed on the importance of knowledge about minerals and metals in the context of the energy transition and reaching Net Zero.
Karen gave an excellent talk to a full house that covered the whole supply chain of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and considered circular economy and geopolitical dimensions.
The lecture was followed by a panel discussion chaired by Eoin McGrath, Head of the Minerals Programme at Geological Survey Ireland, with additional panellists Marie Cowan (Director, Geological Survey Northern Ireland), Pat Meere (University College Cork), and Mike Stock (Trinity College Dublin).
A video recording of the event is available
here.
Panel discussion: (L-R) Eoin McGrath (Geological Survey Ireland), Marie Cowan MRIA (Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI)), Pat Meere (University College Cork), Mike Stock (Trinity College Dublin), Karen Hanghøj (British Geological Survey).