Corrosion challenges towards a sustainable society
Roman Bender, Damien Féron, D. J. Mills, Stefan Ritter, Ralph Bäßler, Dirk Bettge, Iris De Graeve, Arne Dugstad, Sabrina Grassini, T. Hack, Maroš Halama, En–Hou Han, Thomas Harder, Gareth Hinds, Jean Kittel, Romina Krieg, Christofer Leygraf, Laure Martinelli, J.M.C. Mol, Delphine Neff, Jan‐Olov Nilsson, Inger Odnevall Wallinder, Steve Paterson, Shiladitya Paul, Tomáš Prošek, Michael Raupach, Reynier I. Revilla, F. Ropital, Helmut Schweigart, E. Szala, Herman Terryn, Johan Tidblad, Sannakaisa Virtanen, P. Volovitch, David Watkinson, Marc Wilms, George Winning, Mikhail L. Zheludkevich
Abstract
Abstract A global transition towards more sustainable, affordable and reliable energy systems is being stimulated by the Paris Agreement and the United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This poses a challenge for the corrosion industry, as building climate‐resilient energy systems and infrastructures brings with it a long‐term direction, so as a result the long‐term behaviour of structural materials (mainly metals and alloys) becomes a major prospect. With this in mind “Corrosion Challenges Towards a Sustainable Society” presents a series of cases showing the importance of corrosion protection of metals and alloys in the development of energy production to further understand the science of corrosion, and bring the need for research and the consequences of corrosion into public and political focus. This includes emphasis on the limitation of greenhouse gas emissions, on the lifetime of infrastructures, implants, cultural heritage artefacts, and a variety of other topics.