other key policy areas requiring heightened attention include integrating the mining sector s energy needs into longterm national policies ensuring the existence of adequate energy infrastructure reforming fossil fuel subsidies and providing support to bridging remaining risk gaps for continued technological advancement and innovation it is equally crucial that the need for lowemission energy transition is clearly recognised in mining companies business strategies that will guide their performance in the coming decades this will ensure they remain coherent with the changing international policy landscape and the global energy transition priorities as envisaged by the paris agreement and the agenda