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Metals, Mining & Sustainability
This article considers some of the key challenges in achieving sustainability in mining and the production and consumption of metals - and some of the key factors that may bring about changes for the better.
Net Zero and Ethical Supply Chains - An Urgent Issue for the Energy Transition
In this blog we argue that net-zero, the energy transition and addressing climate change are all essential and pressing issues, but that the enormous ‘gold rush’ for metals and minerals to support new ‘energy transition technologies carries major risks unless the need for ethical supply chains is addressed promptly.
Electrification and the Sustainability of Minerals
In this article we argue that ‘clean’ energy must not be bought at the expense of the safety of adult or child labour in mines, or the destruction of the environment through seabed mining.
Climate & Biodiversity: What it can mean to lose a species
A look at two real-life examples of the impact on biodiversity of losing a species
Climate Change and Protecting the Oceans
A summary of a presentation by Dr Nilufer Oral on “Climate Change and Protecting the Oceans: A Tale of Two Regime’s”.