Consultancy Opportunity: Assessing the environmental and social impact of rising demand for minerals for battery technology

WWF and Greenpeace are promoting greater uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK and across Europe, to both reduce carbon emissions in line with the ambition of the Paris Agreement, and to support the reduction of air pollution to safe and legal limits. The Paris Agreement requires the near-total decarbonisation of the energy sector, with increasing contributions from variable wind and solar technologies balanced out by a range of behavioural and technical solutions, including battery storage. Batteries are the...