risk

number of breaks: 2

showing 1-2 of 2 breaks

show sort by

How people think about risks, politics, and sustainable development

The world is contested: trade wars between giant economies, disagreements over climate change policies, diverse measures to control pandemics, or even just two men shouting at each other on the street. Apart from using scientific insights, which tools do we, as individuals and governments, rely... click to read more

Frank Chuang | PhD Student at Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis and Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, London, UK

Ed Manley | Professor at School of Geography, University of Leeds, and Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, London, UK

Arthur Petersen | Professor at Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, London, UK

sustainability

risk

culture

worldview

mobility

Reading time 4 min

published on May 17, 2021

U.S. Mineral Supply Chain Security in the Age of Pandemics and Trade Wars

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fragility of global supply chains and underscores the risks of supply disruptions during a crisis. This is only the most recent reminder of such risks to economies that are heavily reliant on imported goods and materials, with supply chain disruptions... click to read more

Nedal T. Nassar | Chief, Materials Flow Analysis Section at 1National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey

Steven M. Fortier | Senior Policy Advisor at National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States

critical minerals

raw materials

supply chains

manufacturing

risk

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Nov 23, 2020