· 10 min read
Durable Agreements on Transition Timelines
A community agreement signed fast to hit a financing window is not a settlement. It is a postponement, and the bill comes due later at a higher price.
Topic
Energy transition
7 articles on this.
· 10 min read
The Just-Transition Backlash
A transition-mineral project that treats "green" as a substitute for fairness will breed exactly the conflict it expects to avoid. The pitch sounds clean.
· 9 min read
Cobalt, the DRC, and Artisanal Reality in the Supply Chain
Most of the world's cobalt comes from one country, and a meaningful share of it is dug by hand.
· 10 min read
Lithium's Local Resistance: Lessons From Contested Projects
The lithium the world needs for its batteries is not scarce, and it is not, for the most part, technically hard to reach.
· 10 min read
The Energy Transition's Social License Problem
The transition to clean energy runs on a mining boom, and that boom is reopening the oldest fight in the extractive sector.
· 9 min read
Energy Transition and Community Relations
Critical minerals community relations require consent built for faster timelines, new actors, benefit pressure, and transition-era risk.
· 13 min read
Critical Minerals and Community Conflict: The New Frontier
Critical minerals projects are generating community conflict at scale. A practitioner risk analysis for ESG leaders and social performance teams.
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