Preface to the special issue of the Division Energy, Resources and the Environment at the EGU General Assembly 2024

Abstract. The European Geosciences Union (EGU) brought together 22 828 geoscientists in April 2024 from more than 100 countries around the globe, covering all disciplines of Earth, planetary and space sciences, organised in 22 divisions. The division on Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) follows an interdisciplinary approach to serve society with provision of solutions to challenges of our time and in the future. For example, adequate and reliable supplies of affordable resources, obtained in environmentally sustainable ways, are and will be essential for economic prosperity, environmental quality and political stability around the world. After a pandemic low of contributions EGU received a record-breaking total number of 19 748 abstracts with 928 coming from ERE. With the highest increase of abstracts of all divisions in ERE, it is obvious that our scientific community recognises more and more the important role of geosciences in sustainable development. This volume of Advances in Geosciences spans the range of topics of the division and continues a series of ERE special issues over the course of the last eleven years.