{"id":8974,"date":"2025-10-10T15:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/?p=8974"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:25:36","slug":"un-report-calls-for-overhaul-of-mining-finance-to-make-responsibility-the-new-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/fr\/un-report-calls-for-overhaul-of-mining-finance-to-make-responsibility-the-new-default\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Report Calls for Overhaul of Mining Finance to Make Responsibility the New Default"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENEVA \u2014<\/strong> As the race for clean energy accelerates, the minerals powering the transition\u2014lithium, nickel, copper, and rare earths\u2014are creating new frontlines of inequality. A United Nations report released this week warns that without an overhaul of how mining is financed, the energy transition could reproduce the same social and environmental injustices that defined the fossil-fuel age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Resource Panel (IRP), an expert body under the UN Environment Programme, is urging governments, investors, and banks to embed strict sustainability standards into all mining finance. Its report, Financing the Responsible Supply of Energy Transition Minerals for Sustainable Development<\/em>, calls for responsible operators to qualify for sustainable and climate finance, while excluding projects that fail to meet environmental and human-rights thresholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A System Under Strain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Global mineral extraction now accounts for about half of all raw-material extraction, up from roughly one-third in 1970. Lithium demand alone could increase ninefold by 2050. The IRP warns that without governance reform, the new scramble for critical minerals could deepen deforestation, pollution, and community displacement across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe clean-energy boom cannot come at the cost of clean water, healthy ecosystems, or Indigenous rights,\u201d<\/em> said one of the report\u2019s lead authors. \u201cThe transition will only be just if it is responsible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A Blueprint for Accountability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The report outlines a comprehensive redesign of mining finance. Among its key recommendations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n