There are growing concerns that Russia and the US could be aiming to carve up Arctic mineral resources.
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Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.
Purely technical solutions to the challenges of sustainable development will likely end in failure. Living within planetary boundaries will require a unified effort across disciplines and economies.
Sammy Baloji’s work allows us to revisit the DRC’s past and explore how art can help us understand decolonisation.
Ghana has spent over 60 years trying to build an aluminium industry.
Cobalt is a critical component in the production of batteries, smartphones, jet engines and electric vehicles. Yet miners who risk their lives digging it up receive almost none of the profits.
A gradual drawdown of gold mining is a critical step towards sustainability.
More than 60% of global intact forest loss is unrelated to farming, our research shows
Our prospects of a better, fairer future are inextricably linked with the minerals and metals beneath our feet. Is it time to make peace with the industry that extracts them?
Canada is connected to the Democratic Republic of Congo through the global economy, international peacekeeping efforts and migration. We must not ignore violence because it’s far away.
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