COP28: Dr. Patience Mpofu

"We need to help mining companies to be more sustainable, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to reduce the water consumption they're using, to actually be nature positive."

Dr. Patience Mpofu, CEO of Insight Mining Experts is a passionate advocate for the circular economy. She is is keenly aware of the finite resources we have in some of the key minerals we depend on, like lithium, nickel and copper, and keen to explore how we can recover, reuse and recycle these materials so we can reduce the amount of extractive mining that takes place and depletes our ecosystems.