About Raimund Bleischwitz
Raimund Bleischwitz is Scientific Director of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany. He has been Chair in Sustainable Global Resources at University College London (UCL) and Director of the UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (UCL BSEER) till the end of 2021. Raimund has a PhD and a ‘Habilitation’ in economics and more than 300 publications, most recently the Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus.
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Countries consider coast guards of strategic importance. Similarly, nature’s coast guards should be seen as pivotal for providing essential services. Reality looks different though. We shed light on mangroves as ‘blue coast guard and carbon sink’ assets and proposes financing opportunities.
How to build a circular economy for rare-earth elements
Rare-earth elements (REE) that are crucial for clean-energy technologies are jealously fought over. Policies and programmes to encourage recycling and recovery could reduce tensions. Here we propose a research perspective on a circular economy for REE with three pillars.
The Circular Economy in China: achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation
Much has been said about a circular economy in China - yet, a paper on underlying drivers and limitations has been missing and addressing net zero carbon too. It is also timely witnessing geopolitical tensions over supply chain security and interest in China's internal structures.
Recent Comments
Great work, congrats Saleem - its important to align those agendas, demonstrate co-benefits and nexus thinking, and transform those industries into providers of sustainable materials. See also this paper on minerals in JIE:
https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12951
Thanks, terrific - btw, are you coming to UK or London on any occasion? I'd like to invite you for a seminar & dinner here if you're around. My email is r.bleischwitz@ucl.ac.uk. Thx, Raimund
Great work, congrats Saleem - its important to align those agendas, demonstrate co-benefits and nexus thinking, and transform those industries into providers of sustainable materials. See also this paper on minerals in JIE:
https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12951