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How is the mining sector mitigating climate change?
Gain insights on climate adaptation and mitigation within the mining industry in this Digging for Climate Change interview with Philippa Burmeister.
Achieving net-zero by 2050 or sooner
Andrew van Zyl, Principal Mine Engineer (SRK South Africa), discusses the challenges involved with meeting net-zero ambitions while satisfying growing demand for raw materials during this Mining Journal panel discussion.
How are climate change and related attitudes to business affecting mining?
Watch Mining Journal's panel discussion with Chris Cann, Head of Mining Journal Research, Jonathan Dunn, Head of International Policy & UK Government Relations, Anglo American, Mark Wainwright, Head of Mining, Turner & Townsend, Chris O'Brien, Environmental Scientist (SRK UK), and John Mulligan, Market Relations and Climate Change Lead, World Gold Council
Haulage is a key emitter of GHGs but chief protagonists will vary
Chris O'Brien, Environmental Scientist (SRK UK), talks through climate change mitigation versus adaption, the need for clarity among investors around emission scopes, accurately tracking emissions, the prospect of including emissions in development feasibility studies, and the foundations of reducing emissions.
Models are helping us identify and manage climate hazards
Samantha Barnes, a Senior Hydrological Engineer and Surface Water expert with SRK Canada discusses how climate models work, what their relevance is to the mining sector, and how climate change is expressing itself as a risk in the mining space.
Adaption and mainstreaming strategies should vary by geography and site
Philippa Burmeister, Principal Environmental Scientist from SRK South Africa and Brian Luinstra, Principal Hydrogeologist from SRK Australia discusses what is meant by adaption and mainstreaming in a climate context, the need for disciplines to communicate effectively in preparing for climate change, and the differences in risks across sites and geographies.
These podcast interviews comprise a three part series by Mining Journal on Digging for Climate Change. Chris Cann, Head of Mining Journal Research is the interviewer in each podcast.
Manage and mitigate your climate change risk by developing and implementing effective strategies meeting regulatory requirements
Building Climate Resilience Begins With Understanding Risk
By Philippa Burmeister, Samantha Barnes, and Lindsay Shand
This thought leadership piece identifies a risk-based approach to site-specific climate assessments to build resilience to climate change.
Using R and Data Science to Analyse Site-specific Climate Change
By Desana Štambuk
Examine the use of multiple climatic models with a purpose-built script to estimate the expected change of different climatic parameters for a specific mine location on the globe.
The Changing Climate of Climate Change Regulation
To tackle a global problem, we must speak in the global language – money. This article discusses the results of taxing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to emission trading schemes (ETS) as proposed by The Paris Climate Agreement.
Changing with the Climate - The Challenge of a Century
By Chris O'Brien, Victor Muñoz, Philippa Burmeister and Samantha Barnes
This co-authored article addresses critical risks and opportunities to the mining industry in developing a greener economy.
Climate-Driven Impacts Present Risks to Infrastructure Constructed on Permafrost
By Christopher Stevens, in collaboration with The Northern Miner
Mineral exploration and mining companies need to adopt a “proactive approach” to managing the climate-driven impacts on infrastructure built on permafrost.
Opportunities to Reduce Risk by Mainstreaming Climate Change in Mining
Climate change risk identification and adaptation strategies need to form part of all project phases to ensure the development and implementation of feasible solutions.
Climate Change for the Engineer: Standardized Procedure for Climate Change Integration into Engineering Design
By Victor Munoz, Chris Stevens, and Maritz Rykaart
There is agreement within the engineering community that climate change is occurring, and there is a responsibility to integrate climate change into engineering design.
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Our consultants have the multidisciplinary expertise, global knowledge, and operational experience to maximize your project's success.
Philippa Burmeister BSC, PrSciNat
Principal Environmental Scientist
Philippa has over 19 years experience in integrated environmental management. She partners with business to identify and execute innovative environmental governance solutions to strategic resource challenges.
Samantha Barnes, MEng, PEng
Senior Hydrotechnical Engineer
Mine water resource engineer, specializing in hydrology and hydraulics as well as water balance modeling.
Brian Luinstra, PhD, BSc, PGeo, PMI
Principal Hydrogeologist
Brian has over 20 years of experience in hydrogeology focusing on water supply assessments, karst and aquifer investigations, groundwater monitoring and modelling.
Victor Muñoz, MEng, PEng
Principal Water Resource Engineer
Principal Consultant with eighteen years' experience in Hydrotechnical Engineering.
Christopher Stevens, PhD, MSc
Senior Geocryologist
Chris has 18 years of experience working on Arctic and Subarctic projects.