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UNECE Expert Group on Resources Management – Groundwater Resources Working Group

IWRA World Water Congress 2025 Marrakech Morocco
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus - WEFE NEXUS
Author(s): Peter van der Keur - Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

Peter van der Keur Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

Co-authors: Malis Absametov, Calista Bommer, Hashim Carey, Daniyar Chensizbaev, Adriano Clary, Henk Coetzee, Gabriel Eckstein, Narmina Garayeva, Klaus Hinsby, Paul Hubley, Erika Ingvald, , Eva Kun, Oleksii Netskyi, Alan MacDonald, Lucio Martarelli, William Nibbs, Thakane Ntholi, Abraham Nunbogu, Sergii Paiuk, Dan Palombi, Kevin Parks, Marco Petitta, Manzoor Qadir, Teodóra Szöcs, Tinatin Tkesheliadze, Alexey Tudvachev, Natalia Vinograd, Magdalena Worsa-Kozak

December 2, 2025

Oral: PDF

Abstract

Groundwater in the Energy Transition – Context

Groundwater is vital for ecosystems, communities, and sustainable development Access to clean water is a human right.

Ground- (and surface) water may be affected by activities necessary for sustainable energy transition (e.g., mining, legacy mining, geo-energy, CO2 /H2 -injection).

UNECE UNFC and UNRMS are globally endorsed tools for sustainable resource Management.

UNECE EGRM Groundwater Resources Working Group focuses on safeguarding groundwater in energy and raw materials projects.