Caitlin McKinnon, Motion Metrics, Canada, discusses the importance of decarbonising operations in the transition to green technologies.
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he central challenge facing the mining sector today is the necessary transition to decarbonisation. This requires producers to dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while simultaneously ramping up production of the materials needed to power green technologies. This will be a daunting task for many, but with challenge comes opportunity: while swift and expansive investment is needed to transform
existing energy systems and infrastructure, mining companies that succeed at rapidly decarbonising their operations will be handsomely rewarded in the coming metals and minerals boom.
Reducing GHG emissions To stay on track for the Paris Agreement global 2˚C scenario, all sectors need to reduce GHG emissions from
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