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His remit spans from downstream sectors such as BESS and EVs, through to midstream such as new technologies and battery production, to upstream critical minerals mining. 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Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate prices have risen by over 500% over the past year, as global production is expected to fall short of demand by 65,000 tonnes of LCE this year, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast.",{"type":580,"attrs":685,"content":686},{"textAlign":49},[687],{"text":688,"type":585},"The market for natural flake graphite, used in battery anodes, is also set to move into a deficit by 2026, while supply for nickel for batteries could be in short supply by the end of the decade, according to Benchmark.",{"type":580,"attrs":690,"content":691},{"textAlign":49},[692],{"text":693,"type":585},"For batteries to truly aid in the decarbonisation of transport and in the deployment of renewables, concerns about critical minerals must be mitigated, the report said. 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The IPCC found that lithium ion batteries are suitable for all storage requirements except seasonal storage. For that application, reversible hydrogen fuel cells and other power-to-fuel technologies are more suitable, it said.",{"type":580,"attrs":730,"content":731},{"textAlign":49},[732],{"text":733,"type":585},"Data from Benchmark’s Lithium ion Battery Database shows that in 2022 energy storage systems (ESS) accounted for 5% of battery demand. This is forecast to grow to 12% by 2040 a thirtyfold increase.",{"type":602,"attrs":735,"content":736},{"level":604,"textAlign":49},[737],{"text":738,"type":585},"Government policies failing to deilver ",{"type":580,"attrs":740,"content":741},{"textAlign":49},[742],{"text":743,"type":585},"However, despite the availability of many essential technological solutions, the report highlighted that government policies fall far too short. Even if all the policies enacted by the end of 2020 were fully implemented, the world will be on track for 3.2 °C of warming by 2100, it said.",{"type":580,"attrs":745,"content":746},{"textAlign":49},[747],{"text":748,"type":585},"“Human activities got us into this problem. Human agency can get us out of it. It is not all lost. We really have the chance to do something,” Jim Skea, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group, said this week.","The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III released its latest report on the mitigation of climate change this week, highlighting the key role electric vehicles have to play in reducing global emissions. Action is needed “now or never” if global warming is to be limited to under 1.5 °C, the report said. […]",[751],{"slug":568,"name":569,"content":752},{"job_title":571,"image":753,"bio":574,"linkedin":575},{"filename":573},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"0bac8e00-228f-454b-9e70-7ebea0f53140\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[757],{"slug":758,"name":759},"sustainability","Sustainability","private","",{"id":49,"alt":761,"name":761,"focus":761,"title":761,"source":761,"filename":763,"copyright":761,"fieldtype":764,"meta_data":765,"is_external_url":51},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/ef18593118/bm-smokestacks1.jpg","asset",{"alt":761,"title":761,"source":761,"copyright":761},"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III released its latest report on the mitigation of climate change this week, highlighting the key role electric vehicles have to play in reducing global emissions. Action is needed...","Apr 07, 2022","7th April 2022",[],[],1792688589028]