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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9f8c |
Responsible or reckless? A critical review of the environmental and climate assessments of mineral supply chains | |
Lee J.; Bazilian M.; Sovacool B.; Greene S. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 17489318 |
卷号 | 15期号:10 |
英文摘要 | This paper critically reviews and identifies gaps in the methodologies used to analyze the environmental impacts of mineral and metal global supply chains. Of specific focus are assessments of the extraction and production of minerals and metals needed for a low-carbon energy future. Current trends and projections suggest that the future low-carbon energy system will have greater material needs than the current one. Thus, it is important to better understand the full impacts of increased resource extraction to help ensure a sustainable and just transition. This review reveals that existing methodologies are currently insufficient in capturing the full suite of environmental, social, and governance concerns. The copper supply chain is used as a case study to highlight areas that require refined or augmented methodologies, with an in-depth examination of the corporate practices of Freeport-McMoRan, Vale, and BHP. Together, this review of existing methodologies and examples from the copper supply chain highlight the incomplete and variable nature of environmental and climate reporting within the mining industry. Areas for future work are defined with the goal of advancing accounting frameworks for the mining industry and the associated supply chain. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
英文关键词 | critical materials security; decarbonization pathways; environmental impacts; mineral supply chains; sustainability |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Carbon; Copper; Extraction; Mineral industry; Minerals; Supply chains; Climate assessment; Copper supply; Critical review; Global supply chain; Low carbon energies; Low-carbon energy systems; Mineral supply; Resource extraction; Environmental impact; climate effect; environmental impact assessment; extraction method; governance approach; literature review; mining industry; supply chain management; sustainability |
来源期刊 | Environmental Research Letters |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153563 |
作者单位 | Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines, 816 15th St., Golden, CO, United States; University of Sussex Business School, Jubilee Building, 9SL, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom; Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lee J.,Bazilian M.,Sovacool B.,et al. Responsible or reckless? A critical review of the environmental and climate assessments of mineral supply chains[J],2020,15(10). |
APA | Lee J.,Bazilian M.,Sovacool B.,&Greene S..(2020).Responsible or reckless? A critical review of the environmental and climate assessments of mineral supply chains.Environmental Research Letters,15(10). |
MLA | Lee J.,et al."Responsible or reckless? A critical review of the environmental and climate assessments of mineral supply chains".Environmental Research Letters 15.10(2020). |
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