UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals

12th September 2024

The massive effort to develop renewable energy, essential in the fight against climate change, requires minerals and metals such as copper, cadmium, nickel and lithium, necessary for electric vehicle batteries, solar panels and more.

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Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 5, 2024. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

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UN experts called Wednesday for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the transition

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