The challenges of climate change and sustainable development cannot be met without also addressing the issue of adequate and reliable supplies of mineral raw materials. Despite this, the issue of mineral resource adequacy has received very little attention from global policy makers. From July 25 - 30, the Resourcing Future Generations (RFG) initiative of the Geological Society of London met in Namibia to develop an expert consensus document, aiming to raise the profile of this issue at the highest level of international decision making.
Key issues discussed by the group were - supply and demand, the irregular distribution of mineral deposits and the need to value resources in the context of other land uses (mining, agriculture, settlements, infrastructure etc), use of materials, energy and water, best practice in mining legislation and the role of Namibian Geology Survey.
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