Low carbon future? It's a material challenge

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A circular economy will present major raw materials challenges, argues AECOM's Robert Spencer

Many people would believe that a clean, low carbon world would require few materials. However, that is not the case. In fact, the low carbon world is going to be very resource-intensive and we will...

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