‘Rare earths help sustainability – the world doesn't need geopolitical conflicts over them

Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result Sophia Kalantzakos is Global Distinguished Professor, Environmental Studies and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi. She tells Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke about rare earths — and their seekers:â–  My work centres on the geopolitics of critical minerals , the transition to a net zero future and the fourth industrial revolution. I examine how resource competition in an era of fraught geopolitics has tilted the balance toward securitised assessments of global interdependence.â–  In 2010, 17 elements of the periodic table called 'rare earths' offered a glimpse of what resource…