Gender and Local Content in the Mining Sector: Training for WIMOWA
A summary report about a capacity-building workshop for West African governments on gender equality and mining, focused on local content policies.
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Implementation of a Just Energy Transition in Indonesia
This webinar will offer expert insights on Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership priorities and how policies and financial mechanisms developed through this process can help to achieve Indonesia’s net-zero target by 2060.
Lithium reserves: could new discoveries reverse global shortage?
Lithium is a key component of EV batteries. A global supply shortage may be reversed into a surplus for 2023, Bank of America predicts, as two major reserves of the metal were recently discovered. The first one, possibly the world's second largest, was found in Iran, creating a set of geopolitical implications. The second one was found in India, but mining the resource comes at a major environmental cost. Meanwhile, South America also plans to expand its lithium mining and EV batteries manufacturing capabilities.
Extreme poverty worldwide could be eradicated by 2050, report says
A new paper is predicting that extreme poverty worldwide could end by 2050. The paper, titled Scenarios for Future Global Growth to 2050, is from the Centre for Global Development. It projects there could be fewer people living in poverty by 2050 than ever in history.
India's newly-found lithium reserves carry an environmental cost
The discovery of vast lithium deposits in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, hailed as a win for the country’s clean energy transition, comes at a price for communities in the Himalayan region, say villagers and environmental scientists.
In the middle of war, Ukraine is building a wind farm
Towering wind turbines don't immediately stand out as unusual on a continent where such machines are becoming part of the landscape. But these were built on sites peppered with bomb shelters, and under the wail of air raid sirens.
Voluntary sustainability standards needed to improve South Asian cotton sector – report
A study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says that South Asia's cotton sector should accelerate its adoption of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) to improve cotton sustainability.
Feds' sustainable jobs plan a good start, but too soft on emissions reductions, say environmental experts
The federal government released its interim Sustainable Jobs Plan on Feb. 17, which will guide efforts to help transition workers away from the fossil-fuel industry and toward clean energy.
How Does Mercury Get in Fish?
Nearly all seafood contains mercury, a naturally occurring metal buried deep in the Earth’s crust. At room temperature, elemental mercury is quite dangerous; just a few drops can contaminate an entire room. When heated, the element becomes an odorless, colorless gas that can travel great distances before being absorbed into bodies of water. It can also enter lakes, rivers, and oceans when human activities' waste or runoff flows into the surrounding biomes.
Including Women in Sustainable Reconstruction in Ukraine
While Russia's aggression continues, planning for recovery in Ukraine has already begun. To ensure reconstruction is sustainable, women must be leading participants in the post-war recovery.