The UN can set a new course on “critical” transition minerals  

A high-level panel is working to define principles for responsible mining, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September
Argentina lithium indigenous protest. A UN panel is working to define principles and recommendations for responsible mining of "critical" transition minerals
Indigenous protesters march with banners, flags and placards during a demonstration on "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day on August 1, 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Indigenous leaders from Jujuy protested against a provincial constitutional reform they claim is an attempt against their ancestral rights to lands the state aims to use for lithium mining. (Photo by Mariana Nedelcu/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/via Reuters)

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