可持续发展的矿产供应需要资源治理
Saleem H Ali1,2,3, Damien Giurco4, Nicholas Arndt5
1University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Nature
|March 17, 2017
概括
实现全球可持续性目标需要大量矿产资源. 继续开采,再循环和改善治理,对于确保未来的矿产可用性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 地球与环境科学
- 材料科学
- 可持续的发展
背景情况:
- 实现联合国可持续发展目标和巴黎协定需要依赖大量矿物质的技术.
- 虽然金属回收和技术进步有助于供应,但继续和扩大开采对于工业矿产的可用性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为确保全球矿产供应的生态可行性提供跨学科的视角.
- 确定负责任的矿产采购,勘探,环境实践和消费者意识之间的必要联系.
主要方法:
- 一个全面的数据集的分析.
- 对矿物需求预测的评估.
- 跨学科的综合研究结果.
主要成果:
- 矿产供应链需要大幅增长以满足未来的需求.
- 负责采购,勘探战略,环境管理和消费者意识的整合至关重要.
- 现有的制度框架需要新的连接来有效管理矿产资源.
结论:
- 在生态上可行的全球矿物供应连续性取决于整体,跨学科的方法.
- 矿产资源的积极管理对于可持续发展和减缓气候变化至关重要.
- 跨部门合作对于负责任的矿产治理至关重要.
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