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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jonathan Watts

Clean energy switch must not be excuse to plunder Indigenous lands, say leaders

Exhausted looking miners sit below an excavated cliff strewn with sacks.
Artisanal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wind turbines, solar panels and electric car batteries all depend on the mining of critical minerals. Photograph: Junior Kannah/AFP/Getty Images

The energy transition must not be used as a fresh excuse to plunder Indigenous territories, delegates at a groundbreaking global conference on phasing out fossil fuels were warned.

High oil prices and war in the Middle East have boosted the attraction of renewable technologies in many parts of the world, but the economic, security and climate benefits should not come at the expense of well-protected natural environments, Indigenous leaders said at the weekend.

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