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a b s t r a c tIn an era of mineral resource constraints and radical transition in the energy sector, this paper reviews the extent to which a long-term view of production and use is adopted in both sectors. A long-term view including the mineral-energy nexus is deemed to be necessary (although not sufficient) for managing future resource constraints and energy transitions. Alarmingly, it identifies that the future of minerals resources and production is generally viewed only 5e10 years ahead rather than several decades or more as for energy. Additionally, the sectors are generally studied independently, rather than with a focus on the nexus. With these findings as evidence of an unaddressed problem, the paper then focusses on the current forces for change in the minerals industry: namely community drivers regarding social licence to operate, new technologies and consumer and government drivers on responsible minerals. As discussions of sustainable development become displaced by the emerging discourse of 'responsible' minerals, what is adopted and discarded? Whilst responsible minerals considers chain-of-custody, it does not adopt a long-term view and overlooks the mineral-energy nexus. Using three illustrative cases at the nexus of (i) rare earths-renewables, (ii) coal-steel and (iii) uranium-nuclear we extend the theoretical discussion on 'responsible' with a range of contemporary examples from the perspectives of producing (Australia) and consuming countries (Japan, Switzerland) and propose a research agenda for an expanded notion of responsible minerals which recognises the complexity of the mineral-energy nexus and connects it to progressing sustainable futures.

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Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic priority for wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that although these agencies invest significant effort towards this objective in the lead up to each wildfire season, landholders in atrisk locations often remain under-prepared. One reason for the poor translation of risk information materials into actual preparation may be attributed to the diversity of people now inhabiting wildfire-prone locations in peri-urban landscapes. These people hold widely varying experiences, beliefs, attitudes and values relating to wildfire, which influence their understanding and interpretation of risk messages doing so within the constraints of their individual contexts. This paper examines the diversity of types of local environmental knowledge (LEK) present within wildfire-prone landscapes affected by amenity-led in-migration in south-east Australia. It investigates the ways people learn and form LEK of wildfire, and how this affects the ability of atrisk individuals to interpret and act on risk communication messages. We propose a practical framework that complements existing risk education mechanisms with engagement and interaction techniques (agencycommunity and within community) that can utilise LEK most effectively and facilitate improved community-wide learning about wildfire and wildfire preparedness. C 2011 IAWF. Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic priority for 4 wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that 5 although these agencies invest significant effort towards this objective in the lead-up to each wildfire 6 season, landholders in at-risk locations often remain under-prepared. One reason for the poor 7 translation of risk information materials into actual preparation may be attributed to the diversity of 8 people now inhabiting wildfire-prone locations in peri-urban landscapes. These people hold widely 9 varying experiences, beliefs, attitudes and values relating to wildfire, which influence their 10 understanding and interpretation of risk messages -doing so within the constraints of their individual 11contexts. This paper examines the diversity of types of Local Environmental Knowledge (LEK) 12 present within wildfire-prone landscapes affected by amenity-led in-migration in southeast Australia. 13It investigates the ways people learn and form LEK of wildfire, and how this affects the ability of at-14 risk individuals to interpret and act on risk communication messages. We propose a practical 15 framework that complements existing risk education mechanisms with engagement and interaction 16 techniques (agency-community and within community) that can utilise LEK most effectively and 17 facilitate improved community-wide learning about wildfire and wildfire preparedness. 18

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Manganese‐based contrast agents (MnCAs) have emerged as suitable alternatives to gadolinium‐based contrast agents (GdCAs). However, due to their kinetic lability and laborious synthetic procedures, only a few MnCAs have found clinical MRI application. In this work, we have employed a highly innovative single‐pot template synthetic strategy to develop a MnCA, MnLMe, and studied the most important physicochemical properties in vitro. MnLMe displays optimized r1 relaxivities at both medium (20 and 64 MHz) and high magnetic fields (300 and 400 MHz) and an enhanced r1b=21.1 mM−1 s−1 (20 MHz, 298 K, pH 7.4) upon binding to BSA (Ka=4.2×103 M−1). In vivo studies show that MnLMe is cleared intact into the bladder through renal excretion and has a prolonged blood half‐life compared to the commercial GdCA Magnevist. MnLMe shows great promise as a novel MRI contrast agent.