The threats posed by the climate crisis are well established, and the need to shift from dirty energy to renewable energy, or energy transition, is no longer up for debate. But materials and infrastructure for renewable energy will drive demand for energy transition minerals (ETMs) by 500 percent, according to the World Bank. If coal mining (the principal culprit behind global warming) is disastrous for the planet, the negative footprint of metallic minerals mining is the stuff of lore. Minerals are considered the building blocks of modern society, no less; they are responsible for many of the systems that hold commerce, transportation, infrastructure, energy, among others, in place.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/166438/toward-a-just-minerals-transition-law-that-benefits-the-poor-doesnt-exhaust-ecosystems

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