skip to Main Content

Governing Minerals for Renewable Energy

Canada
Toronto
Event start: 20190326
End date: 20190326

Event description

Renewable energy is the best means of bringing global emissions within the required 1.5 degrees limit. While this is an imperative technical response to climate change, the full cost of renewables needs investigation. Specifically, the value chains of minerals used to produce renewable energy remains hidden. This event gathers experts, policy makers and the public to discuss the sourcing of commodities required to transition to renewable energy; examine the environmental and social costs across the life cycle of extraction, transport, processing and disposal; and explore the accountability mechanisms established by state and non-state groups to reconcile these costs.

Following a morning session with a keynote from Environment and Climate Change Canada, and lunch, we will hold a workshop on the governance of the mineral supply chain for renewable energy (to support development of wind, solar, and storage technologies primarily). There will be five presentations of reports and papers, to frame a moderated discussion between all participants to brainstorm the big questions in this emerging area.

Workshop paper and report presentations include:

  • The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future;
    John Drexhage, lead author (World Bank’s Oil, Gas, and Mining team of the Energy and Extractives Global Practice and the Climate Change Group)
  • Transnational Governance for Mining and the Mineral Lifecycle;
    Graeme Auld (Carlton University), Michele Betsill (Colorado State University), and Stacy D. VanDeveer (University of Massachusetts)
  • Green Conflict Minerals: The fuels of conflict in the transition to a low-carbon economy; Clare Church and Alec Crawford (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
  • The True Cost of Renewables: Governing the supply chain of green minerals;Craig Johnson (University of Guelph), Teresa Kramarz (University of Toronto), Susan Park (University of Sydney)
  • Public supply chain-related laws: The case of ‘conflict’ resources and the DR Congo; Lena Partzsch (University of Freiburg)

 

The goal of the workshop is to set up an agenda that can help guide future avenues of scholarly research, policy analysis and recommendations.

Register and more information

You might like these events too

Book Launch: Environmental Governance in Indonesia
On the 20th of March 2023 from 10:00 to 11:30 CET or 16:00-17:30 GMT+7, the book “Environmental Governance in Indonesia” will be launched. This event is endorsed by Earth System Governance, Utrecht University, RCCC Universitas Indonesia, BRIN RI, Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, and KAGEGAMA.
Call for Inputs: 10 New Insights in Climate Science

The CALL FOR INPUTS for this year’s 10 New Insights in Climate Science is now open.   This is an…

Supporting SDG policy and budget decisions backed by science and expertise

Event by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and part of The 2023 Partnership Forum of the Economic and…

Recent publications

Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the governance of biodiversity conservation

Maintaining peace and conserving biodiversity hinge on an international system of cooperation codified in institutions, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

Climate Refugees: Global, Local and Critical Approaches

The last few years have witnessed a flurry of activity in global governance and international lawseeking to address the protection…

The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?

Written by an international team of over sixty experts and drawing on over three thousand scientific studies, this is the…