Dear ERE community,

Welcome to the December newsletter of the EGU Energy, Resources, and the Environment Division!

This month we are sharing EGU's election results, the date of abstract submissions for the GA 2026, news from our new serie #FutureFridays and introducing our ECS team. 

We wish you an excellent December and a very Happy New Year!

Giorgia Stasi, Division President

Thanushika Gunatilake, ECS representative

and the ERE Division team

Upcoming Events and Highlights

📍Abstract submission for EGU26 is open! The abstract submission deadline is 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET.

Read the Decemberupdate to prepare and have a look at the provisional programme. We are looking forward to your participation at the 2026 EGU General Assembly and you may always contact us at ere@egu.eu if you have any questions!

The results of the EGU Election for the next Union President, General Secretary, Union representative of the Early Career Scientists and Division Presidents. Congratulations and welcome to the successful candidates and thank you to all the members for their active participation through voting!

You can apply for Townhall Meetings and non-commercial Splinter Meetings until 16 January 2026 you can apply for Townhall Meetings and non-commercial Splinter Meetings. Townhall Meetings offer an active discussion platform that is open to all interested participants to inform them of new opportunities and initiatives. These are on-site only events. Rooms for a splinter meeting can also be booked for smaller, targeted discussion groups.

Updates from ERE division

We are happy to announce our awardees for the 2026 ERE Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award and the 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award. Congratulations to all of you!

The 2026 ERE Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Wenzhuo Cao (Utrecht University) for its contributions in discovering novel physical mechanisms underlying induced seismicity and developing advanced coupled multiphysics modelling frameworks.

The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Tim Schöne for the poster/PICO entitled: Effects of the hydrogeochemical variability of pore water in the Opalinus Clay and its surrounding aquifers on uranium migration (Schöne, T.; Hennig, T.)

The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Yan-Ruei Huang for the poster/PICO entitled: Rethinking Design for Sustainability: A Novel Multi-Objective Optimization Methodology for Sustainable Product Lifecycle Design (Huang, Y.-R.; Tung, C.-P.)
 

🔎 Introducing #FutureFriday at ERE!
 

Each Friday we feature a new paper, insight, or innovation shaping the future of energy, resources, and the environment. Don’t miss out! Join our online community:

Bluesky: Link
LinkedIn: Link

Thanushika Gunatilake: Leads the ECS community and coordinates division-wide activities.
Rotman Criollo: Supports ECS leadership and event organization.
Annelotte Weert: Manages our outreach and online presence.
Nikita Bondarenko: Organizes our Campfire discussion events.
Akshay Vijay Kamath: Leads blog content and supports ECS contributors.
Ronja Borgmästars: Links ECS activities with science-policy initiatives.

Meet Thanushika Gunatilake: Research on natural and induced systems: from volcanic and subduction systems to geothermal and CO₂ storage and their impact on earthquakes

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our team! Help us shape the community by contributing to the ERE EGU blog, running our social media channels, and organising activities at the General Assembly.

It’s a great opportunity to connect with researchers across disciplines, gain science communication experience, and make your mark within the EGU community.

👉 Interested? Get in touch with us at: ere-ecs@egu.eu!

If you have questions for the EGU26 programme please contact the programme group chair and/or the scientific officers of the specific programme groups. For anything else you can always contact us at ere@egu.eu