Impacts of climate change on the Greek mining industry: perceptions and attitudes among mining industry practitioners operating in the Cyclades

Mavrommatis, Evangelos; Damigos, Dimitris

dc.contributor.author	Mavrommatis, Evangelos	en
dc.contributor.author	Damigos, Dimitris	en
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-14T16:41:40Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-14T16:41:40Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-14
dc.identifier.issn	2365-7448	el
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/52783
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.26240/heal.ntua.20481
dc.rights	Default License
dc.subject	mining sector	en
dc.subject	climate change	en
dc.subject	perceptions	en
dc.subject	attitudes	en
dc.title	Impacts of climate change on the Greek mining industry: perceptions and attitudes among mining industry practitioners operating in the Cyclades	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	ntua	el
heal.publicationDate	2020-05-26
heal.bibliographicCitation	Mavrommatis, E., & Damigos, D. (2020). Impacts of climate change on the Greek mining industry: Perceptions and attitudes among mining industry practitioners operating in the Cyclades. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 5(2), 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-020-00169-9	en
heal.abstract	The extractive industry plays an important role in Greece’s economy. Nevertheless, in years to come, Greek mining enterprises may face economic losses due to climate change. This study aimed, for the first time, to explore the perceptions and attitudes of Greek mining practitioners towards climate change, and to investigate existing and planned climate-change adaptation and mitigation actions. To this end, a bottom-up survey based on face-to-face interviews of key practitioners from all of the operational mines in the Cyclades region of Greece was conducted. According to the results, mining enterprises are already experiencing negative impacts of extreme weather events. The major vulnerabilities of these enterprises relate to the management of excess rainwater, strong winds, and unusually high or low temperatures. However, the adaptation actions implemented by the companies are not systematic or are not always labeled as such, while most of their mitigation actions are performed to improve energy efficiency and achieve better economic outcomes. Even though the mining sector perceives climate change to be a threat to its activities, it has not invested the resources required to adapt to the future climate. Further, scientific knowledge of this phenomenon is limited among mining practitioners. To this end, governments and institutional stakeholders should promote climate-change awareness and disseminate successful adaptative actions to increase the future resilience of the mining sector.	en
heal.publisher	Springer Nature	en
heal.journalName	Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed	en
heal.fullTextAvailability	false
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s41207-020-00169-9	el