Workshop: B058 How can a "just transition" succeed?

The London Mining Network reports

The workshop will present the research findings of the London Mining Network, which can be summarised as follows: "A just transition is a post-mining transition" and "a material transition".

The workshop will present the research findings of the London Mining Network, which can be summarised as "a just transition is a post-mining transition" and "a material transition."

The first part will explore competing definitions of a “just transition” and contrast mining companies and affected communities. We will then explore the limits of resource extraction driven by the transition to renewables, including lithium mining in Bolivia and Serbia, copper mining in Chile, nickel in New Caledonia and cobalt in Congo. Common issues such as habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, water, soil and air pollution, displacement and repression of community activists will be highlighted (taking into account recent research on the links between mining and militarism).

Building on a recent report, the second part will focus on alternatives to mining: this workshop will focus on the voices of affected communities, from the Amadiba Crisis Committee in South Africa to Latin America.

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Day: 2022-08-18
Start time: 10:00
Duration: 01:45
Room: S204 Organization:
Track: Ecology and climate justice
Language: en

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