“The race to net zero cannot trample over the poor.” - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres If officials and executives manage the transition minerals sector guided by principles of justice and equity, the increase in demand can enable people in low- and middle-income countries to at last see benefits and economic opportunities from their minerals. Suneeta Kaimal and Erica Westenberg on practical next steps from the brand-new UN guidance on transition minerals, including advances in value addition, benefit sharing and anticorruption: https://lnkd.in/ebg476vP
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Earlier today, UN Secretary General António Guterres launched "Resourcing the Energy Transition: Principles to Guide Critical Energy Transition Minerals Towards Just and Equity", a call to action that “the race to net zero cannot trample over the poor.” In a furious four-month sprint, we as panel members sought to define “a new paradigm rooted in equity and justice.” In a context of polarization, geopolitical jockeying, and persistent failures of the mining sector to deliver economic opportunities, our report recognizes that justice and equity must be at the center of the energy transition. In the report, we affirm long standing and hard fought for principles on human rights, Free Prior and Informed Consent, transparency and anti-corruption. We also recognize that these principles and practices have not yet enabled low- and middle-income producer countries to avert harms and achieve full benefit from their resources. And so, we signpost new principles and norms which must be established – including asserting the rights of low- and middle-income producer countries to expert that the mining sector delivery on benefit sharing, value addition and economic diversification. With the US, EU, China and industry at the panel table, our report demands that the needs and ambitions of people in low- and middle-income producer countries be centered, and their national priorities acknowledged and met. Deep structural inequities and power imbalances must still be grappled with, but our recommendations and actions chart a path forward – one that NRGI will work in partnership with reformers around the world and across sectors to achieve. A huge thank you to the phenomenal Erica Westenberg who provided invaluable support to the panel deliberations, to Anabella Rosemberg whose passion and pragmatism I seek to emulate, to Charlotte Boyer for her tireless cat herding and to Gabriela Flores for amplifying our efforts. And to the many Natural Resource Governance Institute colleagues, whose expertise and ambitions shine through this report. Congratulations to our Co-Chairs, panel members and UN colleagues for their tireless efforts! 👉 Read our analysis: https://lnkd.in/e9KjfUd6 👉 Read the UN panel guidance: https://lnkd.in/eTUB_Ace Kristi Disney Bruckner Rohitesh Dhawan Mark Robinson Marit Y. Kitaw Tim Gould Beniamin Strzelecki Sara Olsvig Anna Shpitsberg Greg Radford Adam Matthews Selwin Hart Daniel Franks
‘Justice Requires Change’: Toward a New Paradigm for the Just and Equitable Pursuit of Transition Minerals | Natural Resource Governance Institute
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NRGI president and CEO Suneeta Kaimal spoke with Climate Home News yesterday about the implications and promise of the United Nations' new transition minerals guidance. Some excerpts from the article: Kaimal, who participated in the panel’s deliberations, said that up to now the mining sector and the international system had failed developing nations in delivering justice and equity, but the panel report could serve as a first step for a “new norm”. NRGI’s Kaimal noted that the report had missed opportunities for more ambitious language in some parts, including the acknowledgement of Indigenous rights – where it cited only existing agreements – and more specific definitions of a “fair share” of benefits from mining projects and “no-go zones” where they should be avoided. While the experts sought and built on common ground, the discussions took place in the context of global geopolitics, Kaimal said – “and you can’t ignore that elephant in the room”. But, she added, governments now have “a pathway to continue the dialogue”. “Bringing the recommended actions to life will be an important part of the next steps,” she said. 📰 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eqMH5xsi 💡 Read a post about the guidance from Suneeta Kaimal and Erica Westenberg: https://lnkd.in/ebg476vP 🌐 Read the UN guidance: https://lnkd.in/e9t_a4EH
UN: Human rights must be "at the core" of mining for transition minerals
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