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The aim of the IUGS Task Group on Submarine Geohazards (TGSG) is to enable a safe and secure society through sustainable offshore energy development in a wide range of geological settings susceptible to submarine geohazards. Crucial to this is to advance our knowledge and understanding of geohazards to manage and mitigate industry identified risks. TGSG will meet its aim by providing a coordinating body to motivate future funded, and unfunded, programmes of work and research. To integrate these programmes, the TGSG has proposed five objectives, listed as O1-O5 below:

O1. To review case studies of submarine geohazards events, detailing damage to infrastructure as well as management and the mitigation strategies emplaced before and after the events.

O2. To collate an archive of international geological and geophysical survey data, highlighting how potential submarine geohazards are recorded in the data.

O3. To detail the requirements of offshore geological and geophysical surveys to properly characterize submarine geohazard risks including interpretation of seafloor and subseafloor features.

O4. To develop a global review of expected submarine geohazard risks, identifying expected frequency and magnitude of events as well as the risks posed on sustainable offshore development.

O5. To build international capacity in sustainable offshore development, enabling the integration of academia, industry and policymakers for technology and solutions for the sector to grow into new marine environments.

Programmes of work and research across the Objectives will ensure successful delivery of key outputs and deliverables listed in D1-D6 below. Each group of O1 to O5 manages its own data collected.

D1) A portfolio of submarine geohazards with their impact on marine infrastructure.
D2) A global mapping/archive of submarine geological and geophysical data.
D3) Guidelines for geological and geophysical surveys for submarine geohazard risk assessment.
D4) A submarine geohazard map for sustainable offshore development with bilingual explanation.
D5)   An active and sustained programme of knowledge exchange activities between academia, industry, and policymakers.
D6) A project report, summarizing recommendations to industry and government for global development of offshore renewable energy systems in shallow to deep marine environments.

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