Climate change: Implications for extractive and primary industries (Executive Summary)

The Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and relevant analysis of our changing climate. Climate change impacts on the extractives and primary industries sectors are wide ranging and may affect aspects of exploration, extraction, and production of industrial commodities. This briefing explores the challenges and opportunities climate change poses to the extractives and primary industries sector.