Exploitation of energy geo-resources and their impacts on the environment

The increase of the world population has led to a major demand for energy with consequent huge exploitation natural fossil resources. To build sustainable future and reach goals green economy, it is necessary gradually use low-carbon energies taking into account possible risks associated each type production. A much-debated incidental event anthropogenic or induced seismicity connected geo-resources. It arises because changes in pore pressure subsurface rocks that, turn, create increased stress that can exceed threshold value fracture. This situation may verify from underground extraction injection fluids, geothermal production, storage CO 2 , gas, hydrogen cavities. interest scientific community, politics society towards this issue grown last decade especially after wide fracking technique United States occurrence 2012 Emilia Romagna earthquake (Italy). Both conventional unconventional geo-resources techniques induce causing damage industrial plant itself surrounding buildings highly urbanized areas extreme situations even generate loss life. is, therefore, carry out detailed studies occurred expand knowledge phenomenon develop safety protocols prevent mitigate risks.