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- Yesterday, the U.S. convened over 50 countries around proposals that could reshape global trade in critical minerals. Framed as supply-chain security, they raise key questions for producing countries—about power, transparency and long-term development. 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/articles/us-...
- Public finance plays a big role in shaping energy systems. To unlock a just and resilient energy future in Africa, we must spotlight how support for gas and renewable projects aligns with national priorities and long-term sustainability. Read more: resourcegovernance.org/publications...
- Oil-producing regions face unique transition challenges. A just energy transition must reflect local priorities, economic realities and social protections for workers and communities. Read more: resourcegovernance.org/publications...
- Pemex should be key to Mexico’s climate action In an interview with EcoAméricas, Fernanda Ballesteros explains that the government should use its financial leverage over Pemex to demand it reduce methane emissions, which still exceed levels from 10 years ago 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/articles/bol...
- Beekeepers in Brazil report population declines alongside lithium projects As demand for critical mineral rises we must "reflect the reality on the ground" and safeguard biodiversity. Find out more:
- Contract transparency has moved from niche to norm, now commitments must turn into consistent practice. Our briefing explores this in more detail: resourcegovernance.org/articles/pledges-practice-accelerating-progress-using-lessons-icmms-contract-disclosure-journey
- Indonesia’s fast-growing nickel sector faces risks when environmental rules aren’t consistently enforced. The June Raja Ampat case — on small, legally protected islands — highlighted this gap. New blog by Frenky Simanjuntak: 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/articles/aft...
- As #COP30 closes, the final outcome leaves transition minerals out of the text — a major gap for producer countries and frontline communities. We’ve shared NRGI reactions on what this means for safeguards, equity and the road ahead. 🔗
- The new JTWP text at #COP30 cuts minerals despite their importance. But there’s still time for Parties to act. 📣 Join our COP30 Media briefing today: Why minerals still matter for COP30 🕞 15:30 PM (BRT) | Press Conference Room 2 🔗 Online: unfccc.int/event/natura...
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- @antonio-hill.bsky.social de NRGI conversó en @es.france24.com sobre los avances en las negociaciones de la #COP30 ➜ Destaca el creciente consenso para establecer un mecanismo que permita una salida justa y equitativa de los combustibles fósiles. 🎥 Mira la entrevista:
- 🎥 Juliana Peña Niño de NRGI explica cómo, desde las riberas de los ríos hasta las discusiones de la #COP30, el mensaje es el mismo: escuchar a quienes habitan los territorios es necesario para lograr una transición justa y equitativa, porque son quienes viven sus efectos.
- #COP30 Week 1 highlights: 🟦 Minerals enter UNFCCC text 🟦 Calls for a fair, funded fossil phase-out grow 🟦 Pathways must be shaped by countries’ priorities More + Week 2 watch-outs → More from NRGI at COP30: cop30.resourcegovernance.org
- La #COP30 debe enfocarse en los productores de petróleo, gas y minerales del Sur Global, actores clave para lograr transiciones justas De combustibles fósiles → a economías justas De extracción → a valor local Descubre cómo NRGI participa en la COP30 👉http://cop30.resourcegovernance.org
- Mineral governance as a pillar of climate action is now on the table at #COP30 negotiations. Countries are backing fair, transparent & traceable supply chains under the Just Transition Work Programme. 📖 @ClimateHome COP30 Bulletin Day 3: www.climatechangenews.com
- As #COP30 opens, the focus must turn to oil, gas and mineral producers in the Global South—essential to just transitions. From fossil fuels → just economies From extraction → local value Explore how NRGI is engaging at COP30 👉 cop30.resourcegovernance.org
- “It’s impossible to discuss energy transition without talking about critical minerals,” said President Lula Minerals are central to a just transition, and must finally be recognized at #COP30. 🔗 Read our blog: resourcegovernance.org/articles/min...
- 🌍 NRGI at #COP30: powering just and equitable energy transitions in resource-rich countries. 🎥 Hear from NRGI President & CEO Suneeta Kaimal — and explore our priorities on fossil fuels and transition minerals → 🔗 cop30.resourcegovernance.org #JustTransition #EnergyTransition
- Join NRGI’s @NafiQuarshie at a @GreenpeaceAfric webinar to discuss how Africa can reshape mineral governance to ensure it delivers development. 📆: 29 Oct. 🕙: 10AM (WAT) 📍: online 🔗: resourcegovernance.org/events/critical-minerals-africa-dismantling-neoliberal-extractivism-sustainable-development
- Chile tiene la oportunidad de repensar la agregación de valor en cobre En #CobreConValor, NRGI y @EsPublicoCL debatieron cómo avanzar hacia una minería con mayor valor agregado e innovación. 💬 María Paz González (@mariapazgp.bsky.social) 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/es/publicati...
- “The goal isn’t a perfect system, but to embed strong standards in laws, licensing & contracts before they’re locked in.” says Patrick Heller At @devex.com #WBIMF25, he stressed the need for good governance to ensure the #CriticalMinerals boom is just. 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/events/criti...
- As demand for transition minerals grows, corruption continues to shape who benefits and who loses. NRGI’s briefing examines how it runs through the mining value chain and how to confront it. 🔗: resourcegovernance.org/publications/preventing-corruption-africas-transition-mineral-supply-chains
- Young people are reimagining jobs, innovation & policy for a fairer energy future. Join our webinar to explore how youth, especially in oil-producing regions, can drive the just transition. 🗓 21 Oct | 4 PM BST 💻 English + Spanish interpretation 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/events/power...
- “Previous mining booms enriched elites and left communities behind. This time must be different.” — Ibrahima Aidara, NRGI 200+ orgs urge #COP30 to put justice, rights & equity at the heart of mineral value chains. 🔗Read the letter: resourcegovernance.org/articles/glo...
- How can Africa turn its mineral wealth into a fairer future? It starts with tackling corruption and building transparency. NRGI’s new briefing shows how: ✅ Due diligence ✅ Open contracting 🔗: resourcegovernance.org/publications/preventing-corruption-africas-transition-mineral-supply-chains
- “Voluntary initiatives won’t cut it.” In @climatechangenews.com, NRGI’s Juliana Peña Niño explains why UNEA7 must give Colombia’s minerals proposal real ambition and a binding path forward. Reporting by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👉 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/03/c...
- 🚨 NRGI is hiring a Communications Director We’re seeking a senior leader to shape the future of our global communications—linking insights to debates on climate, democracy & governance. 📍 Flexible (remote or any NRGI office) 📅 Apply by 10 Oct 🔗 bit.ly/4mQUFsm
- Latin America’s national oil companies are central to the region’s economies, energy future and climate goals. Join our webinar tomorrow for lessons from Petrobras—as Brazil readies for #COP30. 📅 30 Sept | 10AM COT 🌐 ES/PT with EN interpretation 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/events/natio...
- 📢 Seminario web Petroleras estatales y transición energética en América Latina: lecciones desde Petrobras 📅 30 septiembre | 10–11AM COT 🌐 ES/PT con interpretación al inglés 🔗 Inscripción: resourcegovernance.org/es/events/pe...
- Mineral demand is surging. Without safeguards, communities & ecosystems will pay the price. Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With partners, we encourage it to submit its resolution by 29 Sept so it can be debated in Dec. 🔗 resourcejustice.org/statement-of...
- Latin America’s transition minerals can power not just the energy transition but a development transition. At the UN #UNGA dialogue, NRGI’s @AnaCaroGE stressed: 🧩 Strong safeguards 🗣️ Civic participation 🌎 A strong voice in global forums Watch ➡️ resourcegovernance.org/events/dialo...
- #ClimateWeekNYC is underway & NRGI is there this week. 📢 Later today: online webinar on NOCs & just transitions in Latin America (Spanish w/ English interpretation). 🔗 Register: resourcegovernance.org/events/petro... More events ahead ➡️ resourcegovernance.org/nrgi-climate... #CWNYC
- 🌐 Tomorrow (online webinar) during #ClimateWeekNYC: What role should national oil companies play in just transitions in Latin America’s oil-producing regions? 🗓️ 23 Sept | 9:30AM COT 🗣️ Spanish w/ English interpretation 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #CWNYC
- Let’s recharge together at #CWNYC. Join our reception to reconnect with partners, share ideas and build momentum for resource governance that centers equity and climate justice. resourcegovernance.org/events/recha... #ClimateWeekNYC
- From bias in data to opacity in decision-making, AI in resource governance can go wrong. At our panel during #ClimateWeekNYC, we’ll explore what justice and collaboration look like in the age of AI. resourcegovernance.org/events/ai-an... #CWNYC
- At #ACS2 in Addis, African leaders set out a bold vision for climate justice & mineral governance. In this blog, NRGI experts stress why #COP30 must break its silence on transition minerals. 🔗: resourcegovernance.org/articles/addis-belem-delivering-justice-and-powering-africas-transition-ambition
- Join us, EITI and @fordfoundation.org for Engaging Communities in a Just Transition at #CWNYC, where we’ll explore how impacted people can shape value chains for the energy transition. Find our more: resourcegovernance.org/events/engag... #ClimateWeekNYC
- We’re heading to #CWNYC 2025 next week! Dedicated, diverse and ready to push for resource governance that centers people. Find out more about what we’re doing in New York: resourcegovernance.org/nrgi-climate... #ClimateWeekNYC
- Without strong governance, Africa risks repeating old patterns of dispossession in the energy transition. In this article, NRGI experts highlight why #COP30 must elevate governance of minerals as a global priority. 🔗 : resourcegovernance.org/articles/what-cop30-must-deliver-africas-climate-future
- We’re at #ClimateWeekNYC next week! From community voice and just transitions in oil-producing regions to tackling corruption in mining and governing AI, NRGI will spotlight how justice & governance must guide the transition. Find our events + insights→ resourcegovernance.org/nrgi-climate...
- “African govts must use COP30 to chart a just & equitable transition that responds to the needs of communities behind every oil field,” says Nafi Quarshie in Climate Home News. 🔗: climatechangenews.com/2025/09/11/addis-summit-trumpets-african-climate-solutions-while-quietly-backing-gas/
- #AmazonDay is a chance to reflect on one of Earth’s most vital ecosystems. But deforestation, illegal mining and oil drilling put people and nature at risk. 📸 Our exhibition “The Amazon in Transition” shows what communities are fighting to protect: nrgi.exposure.co/the-amazon-i...
- Africa has substantial leverage in transition minerals. But will it deliver development? At the High-level Dialogue, NRGI's Patrick Heller emphasized that the geopolitics of transition minerals present risks and opportunities for Africa. 1/2
- Today at #ClimateWeek2! Join NRGI for two sessions: 1️⃣ 9:40 AM (EAT) – High-Level Dialogue on Africa and the Energy Transition 2️⃣ 3:00 PM (EAT) – Managing Risks of Declining Demand for Oil and Gas Producer Countries More: resourcegovernance.org/nrgi-climate-week-2-and-africa-climate-summit-acs2
- Forecasters project global oil & gas demand to peak before 2030. At #ClimateWeek2, NRGI’s Nafi Quarshie joins other experts to discuss how African govts can prepare & respond. 🔗resourcegovernance.org/events/maximizing-opportunities-and-managing-risks-declining-demand-oil-and-gas-dependent-producer
- On 1–2 Sept., the 4th UNFCCC Just Transition Work Programme (#JTWP) dialogue took place in Addis Ababa. NRGI calls on parties to take on board the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals’ guiding principles. 🎥 Watch the video for voices from Addis.
- At #ClimateWeek 2 in Addis, NRGI’s Patrick Heller joins experts at the 3rd High-level Dialogue on Energy Transition to discuss how Africa can position its mineral wealth to drive prosperity. Register: resourcegovernance.org/events/high-level-international-dialogue-africa-and-energy-transition
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