Essays about: "Climate-smart mining"

Found 1 essay containing the words Climate-smart mining.

  1. 1. Mining for the low-carbon transition : Conflicting discourses of sacrifice zones and win-win narratives

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isabella Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate-smart mining; low-carbon transition; discourse analysis; discourse coalitions; storylines; sacrifice zones; World Bank;

    Abstract : To support the transition towards a low-carbon economy, mining companies, international financial institutions and governments are preparing to drastically scale up mineral extraction of energy transition minerals such as cobalt and lithium. Mineral extraction, however, has far-reaching impacts on the biophysical environment and mining-affected communities that may become more severe under a changing climate. READ MORE