Once again they try to order the exploitation of minerals

They propose a treaty or create a UN agency that establishes criteria and regulations
Governments and industries are on the hunt for critical minerals and metals, whatever the cost, to supply themselves with these strategic resources in the energy transition, alleviating global warming. Copper, lithium, cobalt and nickel are now taking on a greater dimension by becoming a fundamental part of electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies.

The cost-benefit ratio of exploiting and exploiting their deposits is sometimes clouded by impacts on the environment and on the human rights of communities, which are generally vulnerable and disadvantaged. From Africa and Asia to Latin America, a growing number of mining projects have been associated with nature destruction, pollution, labor abuses, and conflict. In the face of this boom, local populations often observe, with resistance, the excesses against their territories and habitats. In return, they receive very little of the profits. Demand for minerals essential to renewable energy technologies is estimated to nearly triple by 2030. Meanwhile, several instances have proposed establishing regulations, obligations to address these potentialities.

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