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Updates from Resource Resolutions, including occasional commentary on resource-related issues.
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RR interviews Dame Meg Taylor DBE, leading expert on corporate-community conflict and RR Global Advisory Council member The focus of this interview, the first of RR’s ‘big topic’ conversations, is ‘Big projects and local communities’. Or put another way, what happens when local communities have concerns about giant investments on their doorstep. These may be…
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RR recently undertook a research ‘pilot project’ around a major UK solar project facing community resistance. Our research found deep divisions but also scope for independently facilitated dialogue to help address rising distrust around renewable energy development. Our research focused on the UK, but our findings offer important lessons for renewables projects facing opposition globally.…
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China’s export ban on rare earth elements helped to get the US back to the table on trade in 2025 – but history advises caution on the long-term effectiveness of weaponising mineral dominance By Daniel Litvin, Chris Melville and Ben Macleod In October last year, the Chinese government announced a new wave of expanded export…
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Across diverse mining projects worldwide, one consistent lesson emerges: meaningful dialogue between communities, companies and governments is needed to unlock solutions to deep-rooted conflicts. By Chris Melville Since our launch in 2025, RR has been undertaking extensive research to inform our approach and deepen our understanding of the drivers and dynamics of conflict and division…
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The United States claims it wants to crack down on drugs—but that’s not the whole story By Daniel Litvin This article was originally published by Prospect on November 28th 2025. Below is the first three paragraphs, reproduced with permission from Prospect. Visit their site to read it in full. The $50m bounty placed on the head of President…
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Resource Resolutions is very pleased to welcome Mark Podlasly, CEO of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, to its Global Advisory Council. Mark, a member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation, brings deep expertise in fostering genuine dialogue between energy, infrastructure and resource companies and Indigenous communities, with decades of experience advancing Indigenous involvement and co-ownership in major…
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By Rikard Scoufias, RR Senior Advisor, Non-Executive Chairman of HEREMA and former CEO, Trans-Adriatic Pipeline. Note from RR: our network of senior advisors, experts and mediators includes leaders and practitioners from both the corporate and non-corporate worlds. This means that we are able to draw on the different perspectives of the private sector, civil society…
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This note provides a summary of the discussion at an event held by Resource Resolutions (RR) on 25 June 2025. At the event, Julia Pyke (MD of the UK’s Sizewell C nuclear power project) Dr. Tony Juniper (Chair of Natural England; former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth) and Mark Cutifani CBE (former CEO…
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Rivalry for access to ‘critical minerals’ and other resources is intensifying, driven by factors including geopolitical insecurity, climate change and decarbonisation policies. As a result, natural resource diplomacy is making a comeback as a tool of international relations. This is a delicate art – but world leaders often practice it clumsily. By Daniel Litvin This…
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This note provides a summary of some perspectives shared at the first plenary session of the Resource Resolutions Global Advisory Council, held in Q2 2025. In attendance were: The discussion was held under the Chatham House Rule and as such comments are not attributed. The summary was prepared by Chris Melville, Resource Resolutions’ co-founder and…
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Five pointers for the proposed US-Ukraine critical minerals deal from other natural resource agreements in unstable regions. By Daniel Litvin* 5th March 2025 *Please note this article expresses the author’s personal views and not necessarily the views of others associated with Resource Resolutions Several days after the blazing Oval Office row between Presidents Trump and…
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February 2025: We are pleased to see the significant media interest surrounding the launch of Resource Resolutions (RR). Over the past few weeks, RR has been featured in Financial Times, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Mining Journal, FT Sustainable Views, Politico Energy & Environment, Semafor, Mining.com, the Northern Miner, and Mining Weekly. RR is dedicated to addressing growing conflicts and divisions…
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Text of media release dated 20th January 2025. As the threat of societal and geopolitical conflict over natural resources intensifies, leading figures from industry, diplomacy, international organisations and academia have joined the Global Advisory Council of Resource Resolutions, a new venture focused on tackling resource-related conflict through dialogue and mediation. Today Resource Resolutions (RR) is…
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This note provides a summary of the discussion at an event held by Resource Resolutions on 23 October 2024. At the event, Dr. Karin von Hippel (Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute – RUSI), Chad Holliday (former Chairman of Shell, former Chairman of Bank of America, and former Chairman of the World Business Council…
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In April 2024, Daniel Litvin, founder of Resource Resolutions, moderated a discussion on the topic of ‘Commodities and Peace‘ at the International Cooperation Forum. The session featured the following panellists: Ivo Germann, Head of Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate at State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) James Nicholson, Head of Social Responsibility at Trafigura Mark Robinson,…
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