54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals
- Written by: Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
An Indigenous person in Indonesia protests against a copper and gold mine.Charles Dharapak/APVast quantities of minerals are needed to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Minerals and metals are essential for wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries for electric vehicles. But Indigenous peoples have raised concerns about more...