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Data to Dialogue: How Communicating Responsible Resource Management Matters for Future Generations

The goal of the energy transition is to enable future generations a fair and just opportunity to live without bearing the costs of the doings of previous generations. This transition, marked by international commitments to tripling renewable energy capacities and advancing critical mineral intensive technologies, underscores the crucial role of managing critical minerals in discussions on and beyond climate justice. Achieving inter- and intragenerational justice necessitates extending the dialogue to include responsible resource management practices both now and in the future. Scholars of intergenerational justice argue that the current SDG-oriented approach to resource management falls short. But even within this comparatively weaker framework, implemented resource management practices often fail to meet sustainability criteria due to economic pressure.

This keynote will dive into some the underlying reasons for the shortcomings of existing frameworks and explore potentially promising approaches to addressing intergenerational justice in resource management while ensuring economic stability and the well-being of current generations. By showcasing some of the work of the Resource Management Young Member Group (RMYMG) within the UNECE Expert Group on Resource Management, diverse perspectives and approaches from youth will shed light on their efforts to transform our current resource management practices to better meet intergenerational justice. RMYMG has published a Guidebook on Intergenerational Action in Critical Minerals Management, a White Paper on demand-side considerations in CRM management and has advocated for the inclusion of resource management in global policy forums. This keynote serves as an introduction to the fresh insights and approaches of the youth.

Details

Author
Bianca Derya Neumann1
Institutionen
1Resource Management Young Member Group of UNECE EGRM, Germany
Veranstaltung
GeoSaxonia 2024
Datum
2024
DOI
10.48380/c4em-r645