What are the environmental, social and governance risks tied to the extraction of energy transition minerals and metals (ETMs) in the Pacific? And what does this mean for just transitions in the region? As part of the Just Transitions and the Pacific project we have produced a first-of-a-kind dataset that maps ETMs and mining concessions… Read More »New project outputs: the Pacific energy transition – extractives nexus dataset

Nick Bainton and Emilka Skrzypek were very pleased to finally launch their new book The Absent Presence of the State in Large-Scale Resource Extraction Projects. On 8th December, the Centre for Energy Ethics at the University of St Andrews hosted a virtual launch, providing an excellent opportunity to showcase the book and discuss how the… Read More »Book launch

The European Society for Oceanists has opened up a call for papers for the upcoming conference in Corsica (2-5 June 2022). The conference program includes a panel convened by Emilka Skrzypek and Nick Bainton on ‘Dealing with Double Exposure: Global Energy Transitions, Climate Change and Resource Extraction in the Pacific’. To find out more about… Read More »ESfO panel on Just Transitions and the Pacific

Join Nick Bainton and his guests – Alex Herman, Robyn James and Joel Hamago – at a panel session on Resource Extraction and Climate Change in the Pacific: Double Exposure. The session will take place at the UN Pacific Forum on Business and Human Rights on Tuesday, November 23rd. The event will be streamed online… Read More »UN Pacific Forum panel on Resource Extraction and Climate Change in the Pacific – 23rd November

Nick Bainton joined Judith Peppard of 3CR radio’s Communication Mixdown to discuss the concept of a just transition to renewable energy and the difficulties of achieving it.  You can listened to their conversation from 15:52 here: https://www.3cr.org.au/communicationmixdown/episode-202111151800/women-and-girls-cop-26-challenges-making-just-transition ‘What we are trying to draw attention to is the question of the distribution of benefits and burdens… Read More »Nick Bainton on 3CR radio talking about just transition