Critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper and more are key components of electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies. As the world increasingly transitions to clean energy sources, global demand for critical minerals is on the rise.

As a result, the U.S. government is currently considering entering into a number of possible “Critical Minerals Agreements” with foreign nations. Depending upon how they’re written, these targeted trade deals could either help meet shared climate, job creation and sustainable development goals or end up accelerating exploitative models of resource extraction that are devastating for workers, communities and the environment.

During this month's Power Hour briefing, we’ll be joined by Krista Shennum of Climate Rights International who will be summarizing a new report on the environmental, indigenous rights and labor implications of massive new nickel mining operations in Indonesia and Arthur Stamoulis of the Trade Justice Education Fund who will describe what’s at stake in new Critical Minerals Agreement negotiations and how you can help shape them.

For questions, please contact Clayton Tucker at [email protected].