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Saleem H. Ali

Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware and UN International Resource Panel
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About Saleem H. Ali

Saleem H. Ali is the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware (joint tenured appointments in Geography and the Joseph Biden School of Public Policy); Senior Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Sustainable Investment; and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia). He is also a member of the United Nations International Resource Panel and served 2 terms on the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility. His latest books are Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Soil to Foil: Aluminum and the Quest for Industrial Sustainability (Columbia University Press, 2023). Twitter @saleem_ali

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Development Studies Environmental Science Geography Science, Technology and Society

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The Energy Footprint of Land Grabs
Nature Communications
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The Energy Footprint of Land Grabs

Large-scale land acquisitions for commercial agriculture and cash crops have been rising at an alarming rate worldwide. Our research considers the hidden energy consumption and carbon impact of this "great agrarian transition."

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Comment on After the Paper | Promises and Perils of Sand Exploitation in Greenland
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Saleem H. Ali
Apr 24, 2022

I salute your courage in writing about some positive dividends of climate change. While there is plenty of bad news, we cannot ignore the positive news as well in order to adapt as a species.

Comment on Transboundary cooperation a potential route to sustainable development
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Saleem H. Ali
Dec 23, 2020

Good paper - having worked on this topic for past 2 decades - specially with reference to science diplomacy between India and Pakistan, I am heartened to see young scholars still interested in the topic despite the cynicism from the politicians. Will try to spread the word about your suggested cost savings - that may get on radar of policy makers but mediation from international community will likely be needed.

Comment on How the current coronavirus pandemic links to questions of ecological sustainability in the anthropocene
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Saleem H. Ali
Apr 03, 2020
Replying to Sally DeLeon

Very interesting article Saleem. Here is some relevant news from the University of Maryland's research community: https://today.umd.edu/articles/predicting-covid-19-outbreaks-7dd0062a-d9f3-4a6e-aafa-cb5ab866f46a

Many thanks Sally - have shared this as well with my networks. 

Comment on Material efficiency essential for meeting climate change mitigation targets
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Saleem H. Ali
Feb 05, 2020
Replying to Raimund Bleischwitz

Great work, congrats Saleem - its important to align those agendas, demonstrate co-benefits and nexus thinking, and transform those industries into providers of sustainable materials. See also this paper on minerals in JIE: 

 https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12951

Many thanks Raimund. I have linked your paper to the next blog article on this site related to our article in Nature Geoscience 

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