"Rethinking the story of critical minerals: A justice-focused narrative"

🌍 New op-ed in The New Humanitarian The race for critical minerals is accelerating but the story driving it is wrong. Minerals policy is framed as a technical supply chain challenge: secure supply, manage risk, move on. But this misses a bigger picture. Extraction is political. It’s about power, governance, and crucially, who gets to share in the value. In a new piece for The New Humanitarian, our Associate Research Director Nicholas Pope, together with Emily Iona Stewart of Global Witness, argues for a justice-focused narrative that puts governance, equity, and accountability at the centre of the minerals transition. With important summits like the G7 Conference on Critical Materials and Minerals and COP30 on the horizon, these are the moments to shift the story and the rules. Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/e-6VYSDB #JustTransition #CriticalMinerals #ClimateJustice #G7