Transition Mining

🌱 What issues arise from transition minerals? The energy transition relies heavily on minerals needed for renewable technologies, electrification, and to build up battery capacity to store the produced renewable energy. Many of these minerals are mined in areas with “poor[er] infrastructure, sanita

🌱 What are transition minerals? To reach the goal of having net zero emissions by the middle of the century, a rapid transition over to renewable energies is needed. Yet, the production of solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and batteries requires large quantities of minerals – such as

🌱 What human rights issues arise from transition mining? Close to all mining causes a degree of damage to communities and ecosystems. The mining of transition minerals has already caused issues regarding – for example – water and land rights, and Indigenous People’s rights. 🌱 How are water and la