Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution—the triple planetary crisis—increasingly
threaten the Earth system, necessitating tools such as life-cycle assessment (LCA) that can …

Materials science has had a key role in lowering CO2 emissions from the electricity sector
through the development of technologies for renewable energy generation and high …

Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and demand-focused …

Sustainable metal supply requires well-coordinated strategy and policy packages based on
a sound scientific understanding of anticipated long-term demand, supply, and associated …

Critical metals are technologically vital to the functionality of various emerging technologies,
yet they have a potentially unstable supply. This condition calls for strategic planning based …

A novel methodology is developed to dynamically assess the energy and material
investments required over time to achieve the transition from fossil fuels to renewable …

Global energy transitions could fundamentally change flows of both minerals and energy
resources over time. It is, therefore, increasingly important to holistically and dynamically …

Achieving ambitious reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG) is particularly challenging for
transportation due to the technical limitations of replacing oil-based fuels. We apply the …

The concept of a “low-carbon economy” will drive the accelerated deployment of clean
energy technologies, which, in turn, will lead to rapid growth in demand for metal resources …

The transition to low-carbon energy systems will increase demand for a range of critical
minerals and metals. As a result, several quantitative demand models have been developed …