Mining in Icy Worlds
As the global economy transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the search for ‘critical minerals’ is expanding into the remotest and most extreme environments on Earth, including the icy polar regions at the ends of the earth. This essay discusses how Greenland and Antarctica are at the fo...
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cropenbookpubl:10.11647/obp.0373.07 2024-06-02T07:57:19+00:00 Mining in Icy Worlds Nuttall, Anita Dey Nuttall, Mark 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0373.07 https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0373.07.pdf en eng Open Book Publishers https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Heavy Metal page 57-66 ISBN 9781783749560 9781783749584 9781800649774 9781805110439 9781800643901 book-chapter 2024 cropenbookpubl https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0373.07 2024-05-07T14:08:31Z As the global economy transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the search for ‘critical minerals’ is expanding into the remotest and most extreme environments on Earth, including the icy polar regions at the ends of the earth. This essay discusses how Greenland and Antarctica are at the forefront of geopolitical discussions about resource utilization, environmental conservation and sustainability in an era of rapid climate change. Greenland, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, sees mining as necessary for economic development, while Antarctica is governed by an international treaty system that currently prohibits mining. A changing climate and shifting geopolitical pressures could force an amendment to the Antarctic Treaty in the not-so-distant future. The essay considers how these two polar regions could shape the future economics and geopolitics of global mineral resources as we move towards a carbon-neutral future. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Greenland Open Book Publishers Antarctic Greenland The Antarctic 57 66 Cambridge, UK |
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As the global economy transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the search for ‘critical minerals’ is expanding into the remotest and most extreme environments on Earth, including the icy polar regions at the ends of the earth. This essay discusses how Greenland and Antarctica are at the forefront of geopolitical discussions about resource utilization, environmental conservation and sustainability in an era of rapid climate change. Greenland, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, sees mining as necessary for economic development, while Antarctica is governed by an international treaty system that currently prohibits mining. A changing climate and shifting geopolitical pressures could force an amendment to the Antarctic Treaty in the not-so-distant future. The essay considers how these two polar regions could shape the future economics and geopolitics of global mineral resources as we move towards a carbon-neutral future. |
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