Resources Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 100, С. 105450 - 105450
Опубликована: Дек. 24, 2024
Язык: Английский
Energy Research & Social Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 113, С. 103556 - 103556
Опубликована: Май 3, 2024
Vastly increased quantities of minerals and metals are needed to scale up renewable energy technologies. Indigenous peoples globally voicing concerns about how this will affect the speed mining development on their lands territories. In paper, we delineate areas Australia where peoples' interests in land formally recognised under legislation. These overlayed with critical project information calculate intersections across 14 commodities. Our results show that 57.8 % projects located have a right negotiate. Including native title claims, these rights available for 79.2 projects. We argue policies must consider upfront – not as an afterthought. To date, shared equitably wealth generated by Australia's mineral endowment. Inequitable outcomes continue without major policy reform.
Язык: Английский
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Resources Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 91, С. 104860 - 104860
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2024
Australia is experiencing a rapid escalation in exploration for, and extraction processing of, critical minerals. This new boom driven by changing geopolitics global demand for low carbon technologies. arguably the biggest economic opportunity since mining of 2000s, driving transformation extractive industries development offshore gas 1970s. Against this backdrop, Australian governments at all levels are implementing strategies to upgrade domestic In paper we conduct comparative analysis 17 specifically targeting minerals – or cognate categories 'strategic raw materials' 'high-tech metals'. Based on close reading comparison these strategies, finds far more commonalities than differences. Together they chart an approach typified facilitation trade investment, efforts de-risk individual projects, streamlining investment through regional hubs with common-infrastructure planning. At same time, also exhibit concerning similarities terms limited attention paid improving environmental social regulation First Nations' rights. Instead, 'ESG' presented as competitive advantage markets. significant identifying emerging mode 'green developmentalism' that, while committing public funds developing mineral industry context decarbonisation, keeps private capital firmly centre its vision. contrasts extensively studied modes green developmentalism other resource-rich countries.
Язык: Английский
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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11(6)
Опубликована: Июль 14, 2024
Abstract As a key ingredient of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium plays significant role in climate change mitigation, but has considerable impacts on water and society across its life cycle. Upstream extraction methods—including open‐pit mining, brine evaporation, novel direct (DLE)—and downstream processes present different both the quantity quality resources, leading to depletion contamination. Regarding upstream extraction, it is critical comprehensive assessment lithium's cycle include cumulative related not only freshwater, also mineralized or saline groundwater, known as brine. Legal frameworks have obscured social ecological by treating mineral rather than regulation through evaporation. Analysis lifespan reveals conventional mining freshwater needs DLE technologies, well burdens fenceline communities wastewater processing, chemical contaminants battery manufacturing, use cooling energy storage, hazards recycling. Water analysis assessments (LCAs) tends exclude lack hydrosocial context environmental justice implications stage. New research directions might benefit from taking more community‐engaged cradle‐to‐cradle approach LCAs, including regionalized impact DLE, pollution, water, recycling processes. This article categorized under: Human > Governance Imagined Represented Science Environmental Change
Язык: Английский
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Resources Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 91, С. 104896 - 104896
Опубликована: Март 15, 2024
Язык: Английский
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World Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 190, С. 106958 - 106958
Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2025
Язык: Английский
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(16), С. 6037 - 6058
Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2024
Among the emerging technologies for decarbonization of various energy sectors, electrolyzers fuel production (power-to-X) and cells power generation (X-to-power) are most modular, efficient, low-cost technologies. Electrochemical can be broadly classified into alkaline cells, proton exchange membrane phosphoric acid cell, molten carbonate solid oxide in short SOCs. SOCs offer higher efficiency lower cost available hundreds kW scale stacks/modules. However, if commercialized deployed at a large (GW), quantities materials required challenge. More importantly, such include rare earth elements (REEs) like lanthanum, yttrium, scandium, other critical metals cobalt nickel. Thus, strategies long-term vision need to developed an early stage (1) outline implement recycling recover these from end life (EOL) (2) reduce used or find alternative avoid usage that scarce. Although lot work has been directed toward synthesizing testing recent times, topic paid little attention. This review discusses global supply demand REEs state-of-the-art SOCs, their projected GW next 20 years. also briefs being REE metal recovery sources e-waste, optical waste, coal fly ash, proposes how techniques
Язык: Английский
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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 71(8), С. 1016 - 1049
Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2024
Язык: Английский
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The Extractive Industries and Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20, С. 101536 - 101536
Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2024
Язык: Английский
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Energy Research & Social Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 122, С. 103999 - 103999
Опубликована: Март 4, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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