LOCATION: The Loading Bay at Techspace, 25 Luke Street, EC2A 4DS. The event will also be livestreamed on LinkedIn. You can also register here to receive an update on livestreaming channels.

DATE/TIME: Tuesday 24 June 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm (BST)

Building the renewable energy infrastructure and clean energy technologies the world needs to meet global climate goals is driving booming demand for minerals such as copper, lithium, cobalt and nickel.

These minerals are key to the world’s shift from fossil fuels to clean energy. But an unchecked acceleration of mining is simply not the silver bullet solution to the energy transition

Their extraction and processing are often associated with environmental destruction, pollution, human rights abuses and conflict, with local communities often shouldering many of the costs and too few of the benefits.

As countries race to secure supplies of these minerals, unsustainable practices are undermining trust in clean energy supply chains. This risks causing supply disruptions and threatens the delivery of climate and biodiversity goals.

At a time of ever more fraught geopolitics, concerns over supply chain concentration and the normalisation of a transactional approach of minerals for aid or security, calls for more cooperation and better governance are mounting.

This in-person event organised by Climate Home News and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre aims to begin a robust conversation about the need for a more holistic approach to mineral extraction for the energy transition. The panel will share examples where mineral extraction and processing has gone wrong and ask how the world can rebuild trust in mineral supply chains.

We'll explore how mineral-rich developing countries can avoid replicating the resource curse of the past and what stronger standards and governance mechanisms are needed to ensure production of these resources is secure, sustainable and equitable.

Moderation by Chloé Farand, Editor of Climate Home News' Clean Energy Frontier series

Confirmed speakers:

• Phil Bloomer, BHRRC Executive Director
• Elisa Morgera, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights
• Cecilia Mattea, Europe Lead, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance  
• Andi Muttaqien, Satya Bumi Executive Director
• Ignacio Conese, Freelance journalist based in Argentina
• Estelle Levin-Nally, Founder and CEO of Levin Sources and Commissioner for the Global Investor Commission for Mining 2030

Register here.