This blog was originally published on Illuminem, and has been co-authored with Rhian-Mari Thomas. She is the CEO...
The global transition to renewable energy systems will be mineral intensive and, under the current linear economy conditions,...
Strengthening industrial strategies through ambitious and achievable national plans for climate action and sustainable development
Today’s major transitions—clean energy, digitalization, climate adaptation—are increasingly shaping competitiveness, productivity, and long-term growth. Without integrated national planning, countries risk higher costs, missed industrial opportunities, and investments that fail to scale.
We support governments to design competitive national strategies that integrate energy systems, critical minerals, and manufacturing as a single interconnected system, rather than siloed sectors. We show how mining and minerals demand can anchor grid expansion and renewable deployment, enabling competitive, low-carbon industrial growth.
Applying institutional and political-economy diagnostics, we help ensure national plans are realistic, sequenced, and aligned with the mandates and capacities of ministries, regulators, and utilities. We facilitate whole-of-government coordination so industrial policy, energy planning, land governance, and skills development reinforce one another, and support the transition from strategy to bankable project pipelines with durable governance and financing structures.
A market assessment to strategically evaluate technological innovation in critical mineral value chains in developing countries, focusing on the mid- and downstream and concluding in recommendations to ramp up such innovation
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Striving to create a harmonized greenhouse gas calculation framework applicable to all mineral and industrial supply chains...
Improving transparency and consistency in measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions worldwide...
Building circular economy systems that reduce resource pressure, keep materials in use, and support sustainable development...
Ensuring local communities gain equitable, lasting benefits from major investments and projects...
Designing strategies that integrate sustainability, equity, and long-term economic resilience...
Scaling investment in renewable energy systems and phasing out fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner...
Designing financing architectures that align public and private capital with climate and development priorities....
Accelerating low-carbon industry by aligning technology, policy, finance, and development priorities across entire value chains...
Aligning mining with the Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on resource-rich developing economies...
Understanding the real-world incentives shaping policy, investment, and reform—so change is ambitious and achievable...
Assessing what’s truly actionable for businesses within real mandates, markets, and sustainability commitments...
