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Sufficiency and reduced global-North consumption are proposed as central to a just mineral transition.

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Christopher BoardSustainability Specialist · International Tin AssociationLinkedIn ↗
Elizabeth A. BennettEndowed Professor; Strategic Advisor · UN Forum on Sustainability Standards (advisory role)LinkedIn ↗
Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

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Christopher BoardSustainability Specialist · International Tin AssociationLinkedIn ↗
Elizabeth A. BennettEndowed Professor; Strategic Advisor · UN Forum on Sustainability Standards (advisory role)LinkedIn ↗
Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

Sufficiency and reduced global-North consumption are proposed as central to a just mineral transition.

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Attributed contributors: Christopher Board; Elizabeth A. Bennett; Blanca Racionero Gómez. “Sufficiency and reduced global-North consumption are proposed as central to a just mineral transition..” The Cleanest Ton: Critical Minerals, Trust, and the New Extractive Bargain. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 18 September 2026. Session time 33:26–34:41. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-317710bd64b6

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Sufficiency and reduced global-North consumption are proposed as central to a just mineral transition.

Contributors
Christopher BoardSustainability Specialist · International Tin AssociationLinkedIn ↗
Elizabeth A. BennettEndowed Professor; Strategic Advisor · UN Forum on Sustainability Standards (advisory role)LinkedIn ↗
Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Reduce demand while meeting basic needs more equitably.

Limit: Cited scenario reductions are not independently checked.

sufficiencymaterial demandunequal harms

Where it connects.

A fair material transition needs physical capacity and a debate about demand as well as credible reporting.

Standards and data can guide change, but processing capacity, feedstock, finance, incentives and who benefits remain material constraints. Sufficiency and end-use priorities challenge supply-only framings.

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