Investors are pouring in capital, but little new mining capacity is coming online, By Alex Irwin-Hunt, FDI Intelligence While the energy transition has created an exuberance of investment into the manufacturing of battery and electric vehicles (EVs), investment into critical minerals mining has struggled to keep up. In the first three quarters of 2022, foreign investors announced greenfield battery and EV manufacturing projects worth more than $63bn, according to the latest d

- Sustaining our current consumption levels would require the resources of 2.3 planets by 2050. - Shifting to a circular economy, where we reduce, reuse and recycle, can decouple the world's growth from consumption. - A push for circularity in construction and cities can create jobs and reduce waste and carbon emissions. Our global economy is growing, reaching an unprecedented $94 trillion in 2021 – with rising population, urbanization and living standards. Our challenge now

Asian Development Bank (ADB) today launched the latest edition of its annual statistical report for the region, Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2020, and an update to its online database, Key Indicators Database. Key Indicators 2020 presents a comprehensive set of economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators, including for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for ADB’s 49 regional members covering the years from 2000 to 2019. A key statistic in the r