1 - The World Bank just published a new report entitled, "Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the
Clean Energy Transition"

Link here: http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/961711588875536384/Minerals-for-Climate-Action-The-Mineral-Intensity-of-the-Clean-Energy-Transition.pdf

Some immediate reflections to follow in thread...

2 - The report is quite pessimistic about recycling and reuse. It doesn’t appear to take a cross-sector look at feedstocks either (particularly important for Al and Cu). However, they do make a call for policies to make recycling more viable.

@elsadominish

3 - They reiterate that the vast majority of storage demand (90%) will come from private EVs - and only 10% for stationary storage. This reinforces the case to question passenger EVs as the primary transport "solution".

@transenv @ITFglobalunion @TUED_global

4 - The report largely excludes communities, trade unions and NGOs from the stakeholders they address. Instead, they target recommendations to governments, mining companies, financial institutions, renewable energy companies and "climate stakeholders".

@IndustriALL_GU

5 - The report only has some vague language in the introduction and conclusion on social and environmental impacts, the rest of the report exclusively uses a GHG emissions analysis to assess environmental harm.

@OSalaresAndinos @Earthworks @j_kneen @triofrancos @rmbalcazar

6 - There is no mention of deep-sea mining (except 1 reference in the cited literature). Maybe this is a positive sign for those campaigning against DSM? That the WB isn't modeling for DSM?

@DeepSeaConserve @NoDeepSeaMining @NatalieLowrey @LouisaCasson @GianniMatthew @siankowen

7 - Unsurprisingly, the report doesn't question demand assumptions, for example by modeling for greater public transit or reduced energy demand from the Global North.

@londonmining @WarOnWant @_YLNM @chilledasad100 @more_whit @dariokenner @MichaelReckordt @k_francescone