Socio-environmental implications of the decarbonization of copper and lithium mining and mineral processing

Moira Negrete, Marcelo Fuentes, Andrzej Kraslawski, Felipe Irarrazaval and Sebastián Herrera-León

Resources Policy, 2024, vol. 95, issue C

Abstract: Minerals and metals will play an important role in adapting to climate change and keeping the increase in global average temperature below 2C as they are essential to the transition to low-carbon energy, electromobility and 4.0 technologies. This is a great opportunity, but there are great challenges involved in preventing this climate contribution from being greater than the potential impacts resulting from increased production.

Keywords: Decarbonization; Impacts; Mining; Mineral processing; Copper; Lithium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105135

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