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Session 4: Decision Support – 2

Chair: Karen Hanghøj

Agenda item 7.2: Development and deployment of UNFC - Groundwater Resources Working Group Update (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/7)

Peter van der Keur, Chair, Groundwater Resources Working Group and Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

UNFC Application to Renewable Energy

Gioia Falcone, Co-Chair, Renewable Energy Working Group

Recycling construction materials

Julia Stegemann, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University College London, UK

Sand and construction materials

Tom Bide, Senior Scientific Officer, British Geological Survey

AMREC-PARC Case study

Bob Felix Occiti, Senior Policy Officer - Research Oil and Gas Program, African Energy Commission

Joint UNFC – PRMS Financial Reporting Template

Victor Babashev, Chair, Petroleum Working Group and Ignatiy Volnov, Regional Director Russia and Caspian, Society of Petroleum Engineers

Discussions Agenda item 6: Responsible resource governance: Development and deployment of UNRMS - Critical Minerals Markets Information System (CriMMIS) Concept

Simon Strickland, Senior Adviser on Strategy, Cabinet Office, UK

Transparency in Critical Raw Material Value Chains

Elisabeth Tuerk, Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE

Circular Metals

Brian Cantor, Director, UK ICE-SRM for Circular Materials, BCAST, Brunel University, UK

UNRMS: Considerations for Steel Recycling

Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Director, SUSTAIN Steel Hub, Swansea University, UK

Ukraine: Resource management challenges and opportunities

Roman Opimakh, Director General, Ukrainian Geological Survey

Activities of the UNECE Hydrogen Task Force

Branko Milicevic, UNECE

Session 2: Decision Support - 1

Chair: David MacDonald

Agenda item 7.1: Social and environmental considerations 

Carrie McClelland, Chair, Social and Environmental Considerations Working Group and Colorado School of Mines

Classifying the production of lithium, caesium and tantalum from the Tanco Mine, Manitoba, Canada, according to UNFC – A Case Study (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/12)

Tania Martins, Chief Geologist, Manitoba Geological Survey

Wintershall Dea - UNFC-UNRMS Case study

Matthias Hartung, Chair, UNFC Adoption Group and Wintershall Dea

Fraguva Energy (SME) - UNRMS Case Study

Gaspar Franco-Hernandez, Deputy Director of Planning and Strategic Regulation, Fraguva Energy

Why investment is needed NOW on both "ends" of the Critical Raw Materials circularity ring - and how UNRMS can help

Christophe Xerri, President and Senior Consultant, The Sailing Brain Consulting

Resource Management Young Member Group (EGRM-15/2024/INF.2) - 

1. Critical Minerals for the Sustainable Energy Transition: A Guidebook to Support Intergenerational Action – Official Launch

Bianca Derya Neumann (Moderator), Chair, Resource Management Young Member Group (RMYMG)

Jodi-Ann Wang, Project Lead, RMYMG and Policy Analyst, LSE Grantham Research Institute

Vadim Kuznetsov, Project Lead, RMYMG and Director, Sustainability and Climate Initiatives, BRICS Youth Energy Agency

Gabriele Romeo, Master's student of International Energy Transitions, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po

Radia Sedaoui, Chief of Energy Section, Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster, UNESCWA

2. Panel: Driving Intergenerational Justice in Critical Raw Materials Management: Potential of Demand-side Solutions

Bianca Derya Neumann (Moderator), Chair, Resource Management Young Member Group

Diego Marin, Policy Officer for Raw Materials and Resource Justice, Policy Division, European Environmental Bureau

Gyubin Hwang, Global Coordinator of the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP

Natalia Mrówczyńska, Board Member, ReGeneration 2030

Watch the 6th Meeting, 15th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management!

The UNECE Resource Management Week 2024, including the 15th session of the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM-15), will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 April 2024. Leaders, experts, and stakeholders in resource management will gather to discuss sustainable development challenges and opportunities.

The UNECE Resource Management Week 2024, including the 15th session of the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM-15), will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 April 2024. Leaders, experts, and stakeholders in resource management will gather to discuss sustainable development challenges and opportunities. Our theme, "Assuring sustainability in resource management", will focus on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) and the United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) and their pivotal role in resource management worldwide. 

Agenda highlights:

Seminars, Workshops, and Short Courses: Focusing on the UNFC and UNRMS as catalysts for transforming raw materials management.

Minerals for the Energy Transition: Highlighting the work of the UN Working Group on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.

Responsible Resource Management: The development and deployment of UNRMS.

Navigating the Future: Exploring various applications of UNFC.

Building capacity: International Centres of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management.

Empowering Sustainability: Discussing global initiatives and case studies.

Lunchtime lectures: Professor Peter Hopkinson, Co-Director, Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy, Exeter University, and Professor Markus Zils, Circular Economy and Management Science, University of Exeter Business School, UK, on Circular Data (23 April) and Sarah Gordon, CEO, Satarla on The beauty of interconnected natural resource ecosystems, with a focus on ESG issues (25 April).

Session 1: Reshaping Resource Management: Embracing Novel Challenges, Prospects, and Innovative Solutions

Chair: David MacDonald

Keynote: Empowering equality: Gender and social justice in artisanal and small-scale mining and resource management - Anna Nguno, Deputy Director, Geological Survey of Namibia, Ministry of Mines and Energy

Keynote: Financing a just transition in the extractives sector - Jodi-Ann Wang, Policy Analyst, LSE Grantham Research Institute, Just Transition Finance Lab

Agenda item 5: Update on the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals Collaboration for Critical Raw Materials: Activities of the Working Group on Transforming the Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development - Minerals for the Energy Transition: Transforming the Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development

Moderator: Gioia Falcone, Vice-Chair, EGRM

Maria José Baptista, Interagency and Intergovernmental Affairs Officer, UNEP

Panel

Djaheezah Subratty, Head, Consumption and Production Unit, UNEP

Xunpeng Shi, Consultant, UNESCAP

John Sloan, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECA

Radia Sedaoui, Chief of Energy Section, Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster, UNESCWA

Rodrigo Furtado Messias, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Non- renewable Resources Unit, Natural Resources Division UNECLAC

Clovis Freire, Chief, Commodities Research and Analysis Section, UNCTAD

Hari Tulsidas, Technical Advisor, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE

Discussions, Q&A

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UNRMS: Shaping the Future of Resource Management

Chair and Moderator - Teresa Ponce de Leão, EGRM

Introduction to UNRMS - Teresa Ponce de Leão, Chair, UNRMS Subgroup

Welcome and Objectives

Overview of UNRMS

Importance in Sustainable Development

Module 1: UNRMS Framework - Frances Wall, Professor of Applied Mineralogy, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter & Hari Tulsidas, Technical Advisor, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE

Principles and Structure

Resource Classification and Management

UNRMS and SDG impacts

Interactive Q&A

Module 2: UNRMS in Action - Case Studies - Eva Marquis, Met4Tech Research Fellow, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter & Ulises Neri, Executive Director, ICE-SRM Mexico and Latin America

UK: Circular Approach

Woodside- UNRMS- Study Case

Interactive Q&A

Module 3: Advanced Technologies for a Circular Economy - Teresa Ponce de Leão, Chair, UNRMS Sub-group & Julian Hilton, SDGs Delivery Working Group

AI and Blockchain Applications

Disruptive Technologies Driving the Circular Economy

Resource Servitization and Its Role in Sustainability

Interactive Q&A

Module 4: Critical Raw Materials and UNRMS - Xunpeng Shi, Consultant, ESCAP & Simone Manfredi, Raw Materials Information System (RMIS) Project Leader, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Understanding CRMs and their significance

UNRMS approach to managing CRMs

RMIS for effective resource tracking and decision-making

Interactive Q&A

Module 5: Impact Assessment - Michael Musialike, Copperbelt University and Mubanga Mutale of the Geological Survey of Zambia & Diana Ruiz, Chief of Exploration, Extraction and Processing,  LitioMx

Zambia: Application in Mining and Development

LitioMX, Mexico

Assessing Environmental, Social, and Economic Impacts

Interactive Q&A

Conclusion and Wrap-Up - Teresa Ponce de Leão & Hari Tulsidas

Recap of Key Takeaways

Open Forum for Final Questions

Course Feedback and Closing Remarks

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Session 3: UNFC Minerals and Anthropogenic Resources Practitioners' Forum 

Chair and Moderator: Erika Ingvald, EGRM Vice-Chair, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU)

Panel 1: Adoption of UNFC

Adoption of UNFC – Matthias Hartung, Chair, UNFC Adoption Group, EGRM Commercial Applications Working Group

Expanding the Metrics – Sigurd Heiberg, Chair, EGRM Commercial Applications Working Group

G-axis – Alistair Jones, Chair, EGRM G axis Task Force

Discussion and audience intervention

Panel 2: Challenges in Classifying Primary Raw Materials

Hendrik Falck, Chair, EGRM Minerals Working Group

UNFC Expert Estimation – Tom Bide, Senior Scientist, British Geological Survey (BGS)

New to UNFC – Tania Martins, Chief Geologist, Manitoba Geological Survey

Basics of Estimation – Garth Kirkham, Chairperson, Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO)

Discussion and audience intervention

Panel 3: Challenges in Classifying Secondary Raw Materials

Ulrich Kral, Chair, EGRM Anthropogenic Resources Working Group and Environment Agency Austria

UNFC inventory for mining and metallurgical residues – Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler, Professor, University of Munich (LMU)

Financing Secondary Raw Materials Projects on industrial scales – Massimo Gasparon, Director, European Raw Material Alliance (ERMA)

National Project Portfolio for CRM recovery from waste flows – Daniel Monfort, Geologist Engineer & Project Manager, French Geological Survey (BRGM)

Discussion and audience intervention

Panel 4: Consistency and Quality Assurance in Classifying

Slavko Solar, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE

Consistency – Meta Dobnikar, Head of Unit, Geological Survey of Slovenia

Quality Assurance – Alistair Jones, Chair, EGRM G-axis Task Force

UNFC in higher education – Jari Joutsenvaara, Project Coordinator, University of Oulu

Discussion and audience intervention

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Session 2: Updates on UNFC Implementation in Europe and Beyond.

Moderators: Ghadi Sabra, Politecnico di Torino

UNFC Developments and Progress

UNFC Progress in mining wastes – Ronald Arvidsson, Senior Geophysicist, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU)

Development and Application of a UNFC-Compliant Classification Methodology for Aluminum Scrap Recovery Projects - Marina von Vietinghoff-Scheel, German Minerals Agency, German Geological Survey (DERA, BGR)

UNFC Progress in end-of-life secondary raw materials – Iman Dorri, Scientific Researcher, University of Munich (LMU)

UNFC Progress in classifying investment projects within European Raw Material Alliance (ERMA) – Massimo Gasparon, Director, ERMA

UNFC in Horizon Europe (HE) Projects

SEMACRET project and UNFC resource mapping of selected CRM in Europe – Blažena Wertichová, Researcher and Development Specialist, Czech Geological Survey

VECTOR - assessing the practicality of UNFC reporting through the integration of social science and geoscience – Sarah Gordon and Chris Stockey, Satarla, UK

AGEMERA – University Courses: UNFC as Reporting Standard in Raw Material Sector – Md Ariful Islam, Scientific Assistant, Chair for Underground Mining Methods, Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering TU Bergakademie Freiberg

CIRAN - Reconciliation of Conflicting Societal Objectives: Nature Protection vs. Mining - Vitor Correia, Secretary-General, International Raw Materials Observatory (INTRAW)

Bridging from different National and International Systems to UNFC

Hungarian Experience - Zoltán Horváth, Head of Department, Geological Survey of Hungary (SZTFH)

Czech Republic Experience – Zbyněk Gabriel, Research and Development Specialist, Czech Geological Survey

French Experience - Daniel Monfort, Geologist Engineer & Project Manager, French Geological Survey (BRGM)

Ukrainian Experience – Stanislav Lytvyniuk, Deputy Chairman, State Commission of Ukraine on Mineral Resources

United Kingdom Experience - Tom Bide, Senior Scientist, British Geological Survey (BGS)

CRIRSCO Template-UNFC Bridging – Hendrik Falck, Chair, EGRM Minerals Working Group, and Geology and Royal Policy Manager, Geoscientists Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/5 and Guidance Note)

Watch the 2nd Meeting, 15th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management!

The UNECE Resource Management Week 2024, including the 15th session of the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM-15), will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 April 2024. Leaders, experts, and stakeholders in resource management will gather to discuss sustainable development challenges and opportunities.