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SUMMARY:World Resources Forum 2025
DESCRIPTION:Members of The Club of Rome will be joining the World Resources
  Forum 2025 conference in Geneva\, Switzerland\, on 2-3 September 2025.\n\
 nA special session will discuss the pollution impact of mineral resources\
 , which is intensified due to the increase in extraction and consumption.\
 n\nDepletion was identified very early on as an issue in mineral productio
 n\, and it remains a fundamental element of the current debate on the subj
 ect. In 1972\, the Report to The Club of Rome – The Limits to Growth\, i
 dentified how depletion intensified the problem of pollution related to th
 e extraction and consumption of mineral commodities.\n\nAccording to the r
 eport\, carried out using system dynamics\, in some cases pollution can tr
 ump depletion in reducing extraction profits and\, eventually\, force prod
 uction to stop. One example is the extraction of hydrocarbons which causes
  global warming\, and other pollution problems such as ocean acidification
 \, microplastics and "forever chemicals". While CO2 is not normally classi
 fied as a pollutant\, it may have harmful effects on human health and on t
 he whole ecosystem. Negative effects on human mental abilities are seen al
 ready at CO2 concentrations commonly experienced indoors today\, a recent 
 publication explains the implications of rising CO2 on human beings.\n\nTh
 e session at the World Resources Forum 2025 aims to highlight the problem 
 in general\, with a special view on fossil fuels and plastics and on the p
 ossibilities of their substitution by non-polluting substances.\n\nThe Oth
 er Side of Depletion: The Pollution Impact of Mineral Resources \n2 Septe
 mber\, 11:00-12:00 \nSpeakers include: \nUgo Bardi - Consorzio Interunive
 rsitario di Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM) and member of The C
 lub of Rome\nJane Muncke - Food Packaging Forum Foundation\nKuo-Wei Huang 
 - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and member\, The Club
  of Rome\nCarlos Alvarez Pereira - Secretary General\, The Club of Rome
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CATEGORIES:Material transformations
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