Director of PGI-NRI at the head of the Earth Resources Management Council
The Minister for Climate and Environment, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, has established the Earth Resource Management Council (RGZZ). It was headed by prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Szamałek, Director of the Polish Geological Institute-NRI. The creation of the Council was announced by the Chief National Geologist prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Galos during a recent meeting with PGI-NRI staff.
Director of PGI-NRI at the meeting of the National Development Council to the President of the Republic of Poland
"National and local energy security based on geothermal technologies - renewable energy sources" - This was the motto of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Council of the National Development Council on April 9, 2024. The meeting was held at the Belvedere, and one of the participants in the session was prof. Krzysztof Szamałek, Director of the Polish Geological Institute-NRI.
New UNESCO Global Geopark in Poland
The Land of Extinct Volcanoes Geopark has officially joined the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network. It is the third area in Poland with this title, alongside the UNESCO Holy Cross Mountains Geopark and the UNESCO Muskau Arch Geopark.
Trans-Atlantic collaboration in the research network "Renewable Resilience: City-Scale Geothermal Energy Everywhere"
„Renewable Resilience: City-Scale Geothermal Energy Everywhere” is a research network operating since 2023 under the terms of the John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, which is a part of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Activities of the network are related to low-temperature geothermal energy and various underground geothermal energy storage systems.