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If unchecked, deep sea mining could impact fish stocks and Pacific Island communities along with it.
Policy & Finance
Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining
Deep sea mining is about to get the green light and companies itching to exploit it have a head start on authorities.
Policy & Finance
Globalisation is greener
The materials, innovation, and capital needed to reach net-zero emissions are not equally distributed and, as a result, must be shared around the world.
Manufacturing
The next global resource crisis
Western governments want to advance the clean energy transition without being overly dependent on China for critical minerals. But their plans fail to acknowledge a potential obstacle: the fraught local politics of opening up new mines.
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