GigaWhat: Clean the messy trail

The clean energy sector maintains that it is crusading the fight against climate change. But first, governments and companies have to fix the road to making clean energy technologies.

The supply chain to create clean energy technologies is riddled with issues. Unsustainable mineral extraction to make solar cells, wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries and other clean technologies pose high social and environmental risks. These scenarios are visible worldwide, especially in less industrialised nations.

A secure and sustainable supply chain can contribute to a clean energy transition.

In this episode of GigaWhat, Mongabay-India Contributing Editor and the podcast host, Mayank Aggarwal, speaks with Jessie Cato (natural resources programme manager, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre) and Saurav Goyal (founding member, Metastable Materials) about various aspects of the clean technology supply chain.

Guests:

Jessie Cato, Programme Manager, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Saurav Goyal, Founding Member, Metastable Materials

Links

The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, IEA

Critical Minerals for India, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)

Securing Clean Energy Technology Supply Chains, IEA

Climate-positive, high-tech metals are polluting Earth, but solutions await, Mongabay

Corporate sustainability due diligence, EU

India’s market regulator takes a step towards sustainable finance, Mongabay-India

KABIL Set up to Ensure Supply of Critical Minerals

GigaWhat episode 1: Clean Waste

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Credits:

Produced and scripted by Kartik Chandramouli

Edited and mixed by Tejas Dayananda Sagar

Copy edits by Aditi Tandon

Production assistance from Ayushi Kothari

GigaWhat artwork by Pooja Gupta