Inclusive Development International has joined more than 230 civil society organizations in endorsing a set of recommendations to the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, to guide its efforts to ensure that the process of supplying minerals needed to phase out fossil fuels is both rapid and just. These recommendations were developed in collaboration by Indigenous Peoples groups, unions, labor activists, and climate, environmental justice, child rights and human rights organizations from around the world.
As the joint civil society recommendations note, the world urgently needs to transition away from fossil fuels and to renewable energy sources, but the transition must be pursued in a way that advances justice, equity, and human rights. The joint civil society recommendations are meant to help guide the UN Secretary-General’s Panel toward a transformative approach to increasing transition mineral supply while contributing to a more just global energy system.
Key principles outlined in our recommendations include the importance of ensuring human rights and environmental protections in the mineral supply chain and pursuing equitable reductions in energy and mineral demand.