#rare earths 新闻
India launched a US$4 billion initiative to secure critical minerals amid a global race pushed by the clean energy transition.
Extreme heat, storms and food insecurity fuel violence against women as climate change ramps up risk factors.
M23 rebels' advance in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo puts green minerals rush in the spotlight.
The Dammert of the Natural Resource Governance Institute has proposed a global agreement on mineral traceability and transparency.
#rare earths 观点
The Trumpian approach to critical minerals – evident from the United States' interactions with Ukraine – may force Southeast Asia to choose sides. The region needs to look at diversifying its technical partners in the energy sector.
Building indigenous capacities to produce raw materials for lithium-ion batteries will be crucial for achieving energy transition goals.
Major industry players are working together to create a voluntary global standard that can certify minerals as responsibly produced. But such a framework would consolidate the power and influence of these mining giants and allow them to act with impunity, while providing false assurances to investors, governments, and consumers.
Prohibiting mining in key areas can safeguard biodiversity and Indigenous rights in the energy transition.
政策和金融
Globalisation is greener
#rare earths 视频
A Thai firm has built the country's first homes that runs on solar power for 24 hours a day, using a hybrid of solar PV panels and fuel cells.
Japanese firms venture into solar energy storage using discarded electric vehicle batteries, complementing the country's move to continue building more solar power plants.
#rare earths 播客
Pro-miners argue that deep-sea mining is essential to enable the energy transition. On the Eco-Business podcast, Sian Owen of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition argues why nature's last frontier should be protected, not exploited.
#rare earths 新闻发布稿
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Economic resilience in East and South Asia supports global growth amid challenges: UN flagship economic report
World Trade Organization (WTO)
New database on critical minerals trade launched to support clean energy transition
NEU Battery Materials
NEU Battery Materials concludes oversubscribed US$3.7M seed funding round
