In the journey toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), decarbonizing the mining sector is critical to aligning global industries with international climate commitments and achieving the objectives set out in the Paris Agreement. As the demand for minerals and metals essential for energy transition technologies surges, it becomes increasingly important to manage the environmental impacts of their extraction and processing.
This report, featuring case studies from Chile, Indonesia, and South Africa, delves into the role of the mining sector in national efforts to reduce GHG emissions and highlights the challenges and opportunities inherent in this transition. It serves as a background document to the IGF's main scoping study on the decarbonization of the mining sector.
