How to Cover Transition Minerals | Mongabay Webinars
Are you a journalist covering the global energy transition? Are you looking for guidance on how to examine the environmental, technological, and human rights issues of this topic? Mongabay's upcoming webinar dives into how to cover transition minerals, such as cobalt, and nickel: minerals used for technology like electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure. Our panelists, Galina Angarova and Ian Morse will answer key questions for journalists to consider when reporting on this developing topic.
Resources:
SIRGE Coalition
FPIC Guide: www.sirgecoalition.org/fpic-g...
Overview + Webinar on the FPIC Guide: www.sirgecoalition.org/statem...
Talking points on FPIC: static1.squarespace.com/stati...
University of Colorado Boulder:
Calling in Companies on FPIC Part 1: Self-Determination, Sovereignty and a Model for Long-term, Relational Engagement: www.colorado.edu/program/fpw/...
FPIC Due dilligence questionnaire: www.colorado.edu/program/fpw/...
Climate + Community Project
Achieving Zero Emissions with More Mobility and Less Mining: www.climateandcommunity.org/m...
Climate Home News
Indonesia turns traditional Indigenous land into nickel industrial zone: cleanenergyfrontier.climatech...
Climate Rights International
Nickel Unearthed. The Human and Climate Costs of Indonesia's Nickel Industry: cri.org/reports/nickel-uneart...
Cultural Survival
Isolated and Impacted by Nickel Mining: Indigenous Communities in Russia Search for Avenues of Justice: www.culturalsurvival.org/publ...
Our Sacred Sites Are More Important than a Lithium Mine: www.culturalsurvival.org/publ...
Earthjustice
Lithium Mining Threatens Arizona Tribe’s Sacred Spring: earthjustice.org/article/lith...
Earthworks
Safety First: Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management: earthworks.org/resources/safe...
The Environmental and Social Impacts of Lithium Extraction in Imperial Valley: earthworks.org/resources/lith...
The Environmental and Social Impacts of Lithium Extraction in Imperial Valley: earthworks.org/resources/lith...
Global Voices
The perils of extracting limestone in Nepal's Indigenous Chepang communities: globalvoices.org/2024/02/02/t...
IUCN
Deep-sea mining information: www.iucn.org/resources/issues...
Lead the Charge
2024 Report: Leading the Charge: leadthecharge.org/resources/2...
Society for Threatened Peoples
Glencore copper mine contaminates land in Peru: www.gfbv.ch/en/publications/c...
Image credit: Ofelia Samboni, an Indigenous Yanacona member and landowner in Monclart, holds a stone containing copper. The stone was found in the river close to the mining area. Image by Antonio Cascio for Mongabay.
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Timecodes
(00:00) Introduction
(03:54) Terminology
(08:35) Geopolitical complications
(19:18) Transition windfalls
(31:16) Cartels
(38:45) Environmental impacts
(47:03) Free, Prior and Informed Consent
(55:13) Recycling
(01:04:15) Indigenous Rights stories
(01:06:54) IRMA
(01:09:53) Community led-extraction projects
(01:14:09) Deep-sea mining
(01:20:48) Credits