UN Secretary General Guterres wrote: As we reshape how we power our societies and economies, we cannot replace one dirty, exploitative, extractive industry with another. The renewable energy revolution is in full swing – and critical minerals, such as copper, lithium, nickel & cobalt, are at the core of this shift. For developing countries with large reserves, critical minerals are an opportunity to create jobs, diversify economies, and dramatically boost revenues – but only if they are managed properly. Too often, production of these minerals leaves a toxic cloud in its wake: pollution, wounded communities, childhoods lost to labour. And developing countries and communities have not reaped the benefits of their production and trade.

Today, I launched my Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, tasked with the development of a set of voluntary global principles to guide governments, industry and others involved in critical minerals value chains. The aim is to address issues of fairness, transparency, investment, sustainability and human rights.

Developing countries cannot be shackled to the bottom of the clean energy value chain.

The race to net zero cannot trample over the poor.

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