MT26 Energy Seminar – Week 7: The Costs and Opportunities of the Energy Transition: Copper Mining in Zambia
- Date & time
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- Host
- School of Geography and Environment (Department)
- Series
- Karen Parry
- Location
- School of Geography and the Environment, 9 S Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QY
- Organisation
- Oxford
Topics
About this talk
The global shift to clean energy is increasing demand for the critical materials needed for renewable technologies and electric vehicles. For mineral-rich countries such as Zambia, this creates opportunities for investment, economic growth and participation in emerging clean-energy supply chains. However, it also raises important social and environmental challenges. Drawing on research from the FCDO-funded Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) and UK PACT programmes, this seminar examines how critical materials mining and processing affect the wider communities and systems around them. It explores how benefits and impacts are distributed and considers how place-based approaches can help deliver more equitable outcomes from the energy transition.
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