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John Mumford Research to Impact Seminar
štvrtok 8. októbra 2026 · 17:00G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington CampusZadarmo
Otvoriť na imperialCollegeA seminar for adults exploring the conflict between EV battery mineral extraction and biodiversity protection in the energy transition.
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Widespread electrification is crucial to combatting the climate crisis. As part of decarbonising transport, electric vehicles (EVs) are being rapidly deployed as a critical technological solution. The mineral extraction feeding EV battery production can, however, cause serious harm to local people and ecosystems, a topic often left out of the energy transition discourse. This seminar explores the interconnection between EVs and the natural world, and why decarbonization is increasingly putting climate action and biodiversity protection at odds with each other. Shyam Sharma shares the models h…

