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Webinar on Seafloor Mining: Regulatory Quagmire or Key to Energy Transition?
Join the Working Group on Extractive Industries for a discussion with Dr. Seaver Wang of the Breakthrough Institute to learn about the history and potential of seafloor mining, its environmental and regulatory challenges, and how undersea minerals may affect the energy transition.
Seaver Wang is the Director of the Climate and Energy program at the Breakthrough Institute. His current research focuses upon minerals and manufacturing supply chains for low-carbon technologies, decarbonization of heavy industry, and on climate and energy policy in East Asia. Seaver holds a PhD in Earth and Ocean Sciences from Duke University as well as a BA in Earth Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania and has worked with the Climate and Energy research program since Fall 2019. He is based in Breakthrough’s Washington D.C. office.
The Breakthrough Institute is an environmental think tank based in Oakland California advancing technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges. From a pro-growth, pro-technology, and pro-development philosophical footing, Breakthrough aims to advance durable solutions grounded in empirical and cutting-edge research.
Recent writing by Dr. Wang on governance of seafloor minerals can be found here.