Minerals: The foundation of the energy transition The sustainability podcast

As the world presses ahead with its net zero targets, there will be a huge increase in demand for green technologies. But the construction of these technologies requires the mining of significantly more minerals than we are mining today. Do we have enough critical minerals for the clean energy transition and how can they be mined in a sustainable way?

Guests: Prof. Dr. Stephan Pfister, Institute of Environmental Engineering (https://ifu.ethz.ch/), Dr. Laura Sonter, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland (https://sees.uq.edu.au/), Dirk Hoozemans, Portfolio Manager at Credit Suisse, Jens Zimmermann, Equity Research Analyst at Credit Suisse

Host: James Gifford, Head of Sustainable & Impact Advisory at Credit Suisse.

Read more: Nature Communications: Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17928-5, International Energy Agency: The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions