Opinion / #mining
Carbon & Climate
‘Ghost roads’ are cracking open pristine rainforests in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
A new study finds that illegal roads have enabled illicit logging, mining, poaching and land grabbing in some of the world's most biodiversity-rich ecosystems.
Policy & Finance
How the EU can secure a sustainable supply of critical minerals
Neglecting to address the mining industry’s human rights violations and environmental destruction could undermine the bloc’s efforts to ensure access to raw materials and to mitigate climate change.
Policy & Finance
How technology can help save Indigenous forests – and our planet
What role can technology play in Indigenous land conservation around the world?
Policy & Finance
Hard truths about green industrial policy
Governments say targeted funding in green manufacturing and energy will boost the economy, create good jobs and enable low-carbon growth. But there are always difficult trade-offs and glossing over them could mean losing popular support.
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Policy & Finance
Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining
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Manufacturing
The next global resource crisis
27 September 2022
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Carbon & Climate
Resisting Brazil's retreat from green
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Carbon & Climate
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