持続可能な開発のための鉱物供給には資源ガバナンスが必要です

Saleem H Ali^1,2,3, Damien Giurco⁴, Nicholas Arndt⁵

¹University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, Newark, Delaware, USA.

Nature

|March 17, 2017

まとめ

地球規模の持続可能性の目標を達成するには膨大な鉱物資源が必要ですリサイクルと改善されたガバナンスと共に鉱業の継続は,産業の将来の鉱物利用を確保するために不可欠です.

科学分野:

地球と環境科学
材料科学
持続可能な開発

背景:

国連の持続可能な開発目標とパリ協定を達成するには,大量の鉱物に依存する技術が必要です.
金属のリサイクルと技術の進歩が供給を助長する一方で,鉱山の継続と拡大は産業用鉱物の利用に不可欠です.

研究の目的:

グローバルな鉱物供給の生態学的持続性を確保するための学際的な視点を提供すること.
責任ある鉱物調達,探査,環境慣行,消費者意識のための制度的枠組みの間の必要なリンクを特定する.

主な方法:

総合的なデータセットの分析
鉱物需要の予測の評価
研究結果の学際的統合

主要な成果:

鉱物供給チェーンには将来の需要を満たすための大きな成長が必要です
責任ある調達,探査戦略,環境管理,消費者意識の統合は不可欠です.
既存の制度的枠組みは,鉱物資源を効果的に管理するために新しい接続を必要としています.

結論:

生態学的に持続可能なグローバルな鉱物供給の継続は総合的で学際的なアプローチに依存しています
鉱物資源の積極的な管理は,持続可能な開発と気候変動の緩和に不可欠です.
責任ある鉱物ガバナンスには部門間の協力が不可欠です

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