Proceedings from ADB’s 2024 Regional Cooperation & Integration conference (Ha Nou, 15–17 Oct) synthesize how Asia–Pacific can scale reliable, diversified, and responsible critical-mineral supply chains for the clean-energy transition. The report highlights policy harmonization, ESG standards, trade and data transparency (including the WTO–ADB Critical Minerals Database), and blended-finance facilities to de-risk investment and move beyond raw extraction into value-added processing. […]
