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Florian FIZAINE1 and Xavier GALIÈGUE2

1 IREGE, Savoie Mont Blanc University, Annecy, France

2 LEO, University of Orléans, France

We have seen in Volume 1 of this book that the context of mineral resources involves strong interactions between the material and physical constraints of extractive industries and those of the economy and social representations. These interactions are now strong enough for us to consider that we have already entered a new geological era, the Anthropocene era, in which the metabolism of the planet is shaped by human activity. However, unlike other geological eras, if the Anthropocene generates evolutions that are unintentional consequences of human activities, these could be voluntarily influenced – on the condition that public opinion becomes aware of this and assumes the consequences of voluntarist policies in this field.

A large part of this volume, Volume 2, will be devoted to examining the leverage available to us to make the energy transition compatible with the use of our mineral resources. However, before examining them, it will also be necessary to address a number of issues related to the legal regimes governing access to mineral resources, the geopolitical interactions between producing and consuming countries and the impact of extractive activities on populations.