Sustainable Mining – Postcard from Perth, WA
Feb 21, 2024
By Gaia Research Team
Reading time: 3 mins.
Gain insights from the GAIA research team’s firsthand observations during their visit to Western Australia, gateway to Australian miners.
Small Modular Reactors
Oct 5, 2022
By François Pommier Suarez
Reading time: 8 mins.
Based on current trends and projected capacity additions, renewable energies (PV, Wind) should not be sufficient to achieve the net-zero 2050 targets set by the IEA. Not to mention their intermittent aspects.
The question of reviving nuclear power arises.
Living in The Material World
Sep 20, 2021
By François Pommier Suarez
Reading time: 15 mins.
It is not necessary to recall that the energy transition and the decarbonisation of our economies cannot dispense with the resources provided by our planet.
The world has been used to dealing with the implications of producing and distributing fossil resources like oil and gas. However, a new strong and probably lasting trend is emerging and has taken advantage of the current health crisis to profile itself more intensely.
A transition to clean energy really involves an explosion in demand for certain key metals and minerals.