Mining beyond earth for sustainable development: Will humanity benefit from resource extraction in outer space?

Dallas, Jessica; Raval, Simit; Gaitan, J.P. Alvarez; Saydam, Serkan; Dempster, Andrew G.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.11.006

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“…11). The provisions of the Outer Space Treaty that relate to access regulation are notoriously slippery (for instance, see Tan, 2000; Blount & Robison, 2016; Dallas et al, 2020). While its Article 1 holds that outer space ‘shall be free for exploration and use by all States’, this is subject to the qualification that such exploration and use take place ‘on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law’.…”

Section: Institutional Design For Nea Miningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 and 2) – an ambiguity which is the subject of extended legal debate (e.g. Bhattacharya, 2018; Dallas et al, 2020; Wortman, 2020). The 1984 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (‘Moon Agreement’) covers the moon and all ‘other celestial bodies’ in the solar system (with the exception of Earth) that are not covered by a specialized legal instrument (Art.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sharing the Benefits of Asteroid Mining

Butkevičienė

Rabitz

2022

Global Policy

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Near‐Earth asteroids (NEAs) hold metal reserves that could sustain global consumption for millennia. Unresolved questions of technological and economic feasibility notwithstanding, NEA mining could ensure the accessibility and affordability of key strategic resources, contribute to sustainability transitions and displace environmentally and socially harmful terrestrial mining. Based on implicit and explicit normative commitments towards the common heritage principle in international space law, we develop the outlines of a regime for the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits resulting from NEA mining. For doing so, we analyze the linkages between institutional design and regime effectiveness for benefit‐sharing regimes in the areas of deep‐sea mining and plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Attempting to control for differences in problem structure, we transpose this analysis to the case of NEA mining, where an effective benefit‐sharing regime would revolve around the following elements: standardized exploration and exploitation contracts, back‐end benefit‐sharing as a percentage of commercial profits, research exemptions, compliance mechanisms for preventing and reducing space pollution, as well as a reserve banking system for mining claims. For the contemporary political debate on space resources, we thus aim to provide a feasible alternative to the exclusive appropriation of space resources through private property rights.

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Section: Institutional Design For Nea Miningmentioning

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Sharing the Benefits of Asteroid Mining

Butkevičienė

Rabitz

2022

Global Policy

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to try to solve this problem early. It seems that the right direction of exploration is to consider the possibility of acquiring mineral resources beyond the terrestrial globe, i.e., the development of space mining [86][87][88]. Although the goal set in this way seems abstract and far from practical, it should be noted that for many years space has been perceived as an area of potential mining exploitation.…”

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Mining in Poland in Light of Energy Transition: Case Study of Changes Based on the Knowledge Economy

Marszowski

Iwaszenko

2021

Sustainability

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Implementing climate policy goals, such as achieving climate neutrality by 2050, requires significant transformation of the mining sector—which for some countries and regions where mining is still the basis of the economy and part of the identity is very difficult and results in significant social and economic costs. Focusing on regional aspects and characteristics of the mining sector in Poland and its impact on energy security, the paper provides insight into the noticeable process of mining modernization in the globalized world economy through its transition from the industrial era to a knowledge-based economy and the impact of these changes on regional development. The described process is directly related to implementation of innovative and new technical concepts and technological solutions for the mining industry. The indicated changes imply the need to redefine operating principles and organizational models in the mining industry in order to build responsive solutions based on innovations—shaping modern (intelligent) mining of the future—while at the same time being part of the transformation of (post-)mining regions into a multi-industry region. All the described elements are proposed as supporting elements of the transformation process—to ensure full use of the technological and infrastructural potential during the energy transition process.

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“…This also makes it essential to protect the environment around the world in order to ensure social and economic development for the benefit of present and future generations [ 3 ]. Sustainable development (SD) is considered an important concept in the context of the common future of humanity [ 4 ] and has, at the same time, a huge impact on enterprises and their supply chains [ 5 ]. Sustainability and SD are also known as one of the primary perspectives that can promote well-being in enterprises [ 6 ].…”

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Boosting Sustainable Operations with Sustainable Supply Chain Modeling: A Case of Organizational Culture and Normative Commitment

Lazar

Potočan

Klimecka-Tatar

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IJERPH

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The importance of sustainability in supply chain management is growing worldwide. It is possible to find reasons for this using various phenomena that negatively affect humanity, e.g., climate change, scarce materials, supply disruptions, and complex fossil fuel dependency. Because of that, is extremely important to constantly look for new ways to systematically increase sustainability in enterprises and their logistics and supply chain processes by considering different stakeholders and influential factors. Therefore, this paper explores how different types of organizational culture and normative commitment impact sustainability and each other in business logistics and supply chains and develops a conceptual model to manage this challenge. Gaining new insights is valuable especially for managers to obtain better information on how to improve sustainability not just by integrating green technologies but mainly by changing culture, attitude, and perception in their enterprises. The research is focused on employees from global logistics or related branches in micro, small, medium, and large enterprises with the primary activity mostly related to manufacturing, transport, and storage. The findings are based on the questionnaire which was sent directly to 1576 employees from 528 enterprises. A total of 516 employees from enterprises that are mostly located in 34 countries responded to requests for participation. The results reveal statistically significant positive and negative impacts, e.g., clan culture has a positive statistically significant impact on the sustainable development of supply chains. Most of the connections to the eighth Sustainable Development Goal by the United Nations (decent work and economic growth) were also found, which was the enterprise’s highest priority with a share of 52.99%. A contribution to the theory development is gained using the developed model that considers both positive and negative statistically significant impacts studied.

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Mining beyond earth for sustainable development: Will humanity benefit from resource extraction in outer space?

Cited by 27 publications

References 35 publications

Sharing the Benefits of Asteroid Mining

Sharing the Benefits of Asteroid Mining

Mining in Poland in Light of Energy Transition: Case Study of Changes Based on the Knowledge Economy

Boosting Sustainable Operations with Sustainable Supply Chain Modeling: A Case of Organizational Culture and Normative Commitment

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