The Sustainability Leadership A-List Youth winner tells Eco-Business about the Singapore he wants to see: a carbon-neutral decarbonisation pioneer that has stopped financing fossil fuels in Southeast Asia.
Electric car makers need alternative sources for battery materials, as deep-sea mining talks stall. The attention is on recycling, but the regional industry outside China is nascent. Experts say political will is needed to get the drive on.
Analysts warn that investors are increasingly wary of the biodiversity risks of deep-sea mining, and so mining companies will find it ever harder to secure the billions needed to extract transition minerals from the ocean floor.