WASHINGTON– The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announces the publication of The Mosaic Approach: a Multidimensional Strategy for Strengthening America's Critical Minerals Supply Chain. This report, released in partnership with The Supply Chain Initiative, looks at ways to address the challenging scenario surrounding the US supply chain for critical minerals.

“This paper reflects the dialogue sustained by a high-level group of stakeholders in the summer of 2021 and argues that the United States must take a number of key steps to make the critical minerals supply chain more resilient,” says Duncan Wood, Vice President of Strategy and New Initiatives at The Wilson Center and one of the report’s co-authors. “These minerals are vital for the energy transition and for the United States’ geopolitical ambitions.”

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The report recognizes that there is no silver bullet to respond to these challenges, but rather the need for a “Mosaic Approach,” involving action by both the private sector and the government at the national and international levels.

One of the key takeaways is that the U.S. government must work with the private sector and allies to develop a global regime for ESG issues, transparency and disclosure. This would have a profound impact on the playing field for extractive industries and bring significant environmental and social benefits.

This report draws on the major insights and recommendations of the impressive knowledge and experience of a working group that convened this past summer and offers an alternative channel that feeds into the stakeholder engagement process called for in President Biden’s review of America’s supply chains.

Notes to editors:

1. The Wilson Center provides a strictly nonpartisan space for the worlds of policymaking and scholarship to interact. By conducting relevant and timely research and promoting dialogue from all perspectives, it works to address the critical current and emerging challenges confronting the United States and the world.

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