
Mining, Materials, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Written by a consortium of authors from developing and developed countries
Offers coverage of environmental, economic, and social dimensions of the SDGs
Follows the 17 SDGs and includes a short chapter on each, followed by a case example
Includes longer conceptual chapters that consider cross-cutting issues as well
Aimed at those working in minerals, mining, and materials, this work offers readers a practical vision of how these sectors can have a positive impact on meeting these vital global targets.
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Brandon Lewis is a sustainable investment professional with over a decade of global experience working at the intersection of natural resources, finance, and policy. He has worked on four continents in fields as wide-ranging as mining, renewable energy, forestry, agriculture, project finance, microfinance, and policy. He holds a BSc in Geology, an MSc in Economic Geology, and an MBA in International Development. In 2015 at the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with UNDP and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, he co-authored Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas.
Saleem H. Ali holds the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professorship in Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware, where he also directs the Gemstones and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub, supported by the Tiffany & Co Foundation. He is also a Senior Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Sustainable Investment. Professor Ali has held the Chair in Sustainable Resources Development at the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute in Brisbane, Australia (where he retains professorial affiliation).
His books include Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future, (Yale Univ. Press); Environmental Diplomacy (with Lawrence Susskind, Oxford Univ. Press) and Mining, the Environment and Indigenous Development Conflicts (Univ. of Arizona Press). Corporate and government experience includes employment in General Electric's Technical Leadership Program; a Baker Foundation Fellowship at Harvard Business School and a Research Internship at the UK House of Commons. He is a member of the United Nations International Resource Panel; was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011; and received an Emerging Explorer award from the National Geographic Society in 2010. He received his doctorate in Environmental Planning from MIT, a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from Yale University and Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Tufts University (summa cum laude).
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