Non-renewable resources must be used as economically as possible, to prevent their rapid
exhaustion and ensure they benefit all humankind and future generations. Yet, in this paper …

Governance of the World’s Mineral Resources: Beyond the Foreseeable Future provides in-depth
information on the geological scarcity of mineral resources. The book demonstrates …

In December 2015, at the Twenty-First Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, 195 countries adopted an ambitious, global climate …

In the mid-1980s a number of American scholars brought together various articles in an edited
volume, with the title Bringing the State Back In (Evans, Rueschemeyer and Skocpol, 1985…

The level of availability and scarcity of resources gives an indication of how to manage
scarce resources. Good mining practice supports sustainability and minimizes environmental …

Thirty years after the seminal UN conference on environment and development, where the
global agenda for sustainable development was agreed upon by the international community, …

Manganese is mostly used in the iron and steel industry and serves as an important metal
mineral in the national economy. It is difficult to substantially increase the output of China’s …

This paper explores how port cities and municipal networks can contribute to reducing the
climate and environmental impacts of shipping. Specifically, the paper reflects on the process …

Development efforts will be seriously hampered by the risks of climate change if these are
not tackled. Reduced economic growth due to climate change damages, threatened or under-…

The reuse and recycling of critical raw materials is limited, as waste electrical and electronic
recycling focuses on base and precious metals, and device component reuse is in its infancy…