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Collective Action for a Just Transition in MENA – 2030 Roadmap
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is at a crossroads: the region’s economy is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, but it also has incredible untapped potential to become a hub for renewable energy sources. A well-planned, community-powered transition towards renewable energy could sustainably transform the economy, while also rolling out affordable energy access and […]
Factsheet: TRIPS Waiver for Climate Technologies
Breaking Global Trade Barriers to a Just Energy Transition As the climate crisis intensifies and the Paris Agreement’s implementation window narrows, equitable access to climate technologies remains an unfulfilled pillar of the global response. Many Global South countries remain unable to access or scale the clean technologies necessary to transition away from fossil fuels. This […]
Civil Society Letter to UNSG on launching the High-Level Expert Advisory Group
Background At COP29, the UN Secretary General (UNSG) expressed his full support to the report published by the Panel on Critical Energy Transition minerals he had convened earlier in 2024. He committed to supporting the implementation of the Principles and Actionable Recommendations produced by the Panel, which included the establishment of a multi stakeholder High […]
Beyond economic solutions: Indigenous principles for a just transition amidst the climate crisis
After nine years, my people — and more than 600,000 individuals, organisations, and municipalities — are in court seeking justice against the iron ore mining company BHP. In 2015, a tailings dam collapsed close to Mariana in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, and we lost everything. My family, and countless others, lost our […]
Civil society statement on the report launch of the UNSG’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals at #COP29
The launch of the report of the UN Secretary General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals marks an important and urgently needed step towards more just and equitable mineral value chains that respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, workers, and local affected communities. Member states should endorse and commit to supporting the panel’s seven Guiding […]
COP16: A “People’s COP” marking the path towards COP30
This October, with partners from the Regional Group for a Just Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Publish What You Pay (PWYP) attended its first United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference, COP16, in Colombia. This event gathered the countries that have signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and many other stakeholders. We […]
The world is eyeing Africa’s minerals, it’s time to strike while the iron (and lithium) are hot
This opinion was published on Business Day on September 19, 2024. History warns us: simply having resources doesn’t guarantee prosperity. Africa has long been a supplier of raw materials, shipping off cocoa, gold, diamonds, oil, and now critical minerals, while others take in the profits from manufacturing and innovation. With vast reserves of transition minerals […]
Discover the Asia Pacific Transition Mineral Accountability Working Group
WHO ARE WE? The Asia Pacific Transition Mineral Accountability Working Group (AP-TMA WG), founded in January 2023, unites civil society leaders from Australia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines to confront critical challenges at the intersection of mining accountability, climate justice, and energy transitions. The AP-TMA WG is dedicated to safeguarding […]
Civil society statement on the publication of the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals report
A call for collective action rooted in justice and equity Declaring that “resourcing the energy transition requires a new paradigm rooted in equity and justice,” the Panel has laid out principles and recommendations to create urgently necessary change in mineral supply chains. We call for global collective action to put these ambitions into practice: Anchoring […]
Relegating Africa to the world’s green mine is costing us
This piece was published on Climate Home News on September 5, 2024. There is a fierce scramble underway for the minerals to enable a low-carbon future and it is costing Africa $24 billion a year and risking a global energy transition. Africa has long been the world’s supplier of raw materials, from gold and diamonds to […]
Our recommendations for Africa to make the most of its transition minerals
Africa is an important supplier of transition minerals to the world. Yet the continent is stuck at a relatively low level in transition mineral value chains, where it processes some of its minerals but is largely absent from the manufacturing of many technologies linked to clean energy. African leaders have the power to change the […]