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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28344| Title: | Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 - so is degrowth the answer? |
| Authors: | Dale, G |
| Keywords: | fossil fuels;mining;resources;United Nations;copper;energy consumption;renewables transition;extraction;green transition |
| Issue Date: | 16-Feb-2024 |
| Publisher: | The Conversation Trust (UK) |
| Citation: | Dale, G. (2024) 'Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 - so is degrowth the answer?', The Conversation, , pp. 1 - 2. Available at: https://theconversation.com/extraction-of-raw-materials-could-rise-60-by-2060-and-making-mining-greener-wont-stop-the-damage-222818 (accessed: 16 February 2024). |
| Abstract: | The United Nations’ flagship Global Resources Outlook report is the portrait of a juggernaut. Due to be published later this month by the UN’s International Resource Panel, it highlights how global consumption of raw materials, having increased four-fold since 1970, is set to rise by a further 60% by 2060. |
| Description: | This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Image tights: Parilov/Shutterstock. Read the original at https://theconversation.com/extraction-of-raw-materials-could-rise-60-by-2060-and-making-mining-greener-wont-stop-the-damage-222818 . |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28344 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Gareth Dale https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4991-6063 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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