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.