On day 1 #COP30 Indigenous Peoples call for the Just Transition Work Programme to address the impacts of mining. Bryan Bixcul of #SIRGE says: "This is an important moment for us, for Brazil to take a stance and say energy security needs to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples & key ecosystems".

🇧🇷 has been supportive of discussing minerals in Belém. Pres Lula said Friday "it is impossible to discuss the energy transition without talking about critical minerals. To generate jobs, income and energy security, developing countries must participate in every stage of that global supply chain."

Developing countries want to discuss energy-transition minerals in negotiations on the implications of climate action (or "response measures" in UN jargon) and on ensuring a just energy transition (in the Just Transition Work Programme).

Catch up on who wants what here 👇

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It now seems inevitable that a major emitter will be held responsible for their contribution to the climate crisis.

Read the full story, written by @chloefarand.bsky.social, and learn what attribution science means for the courts and climate justice.

👉 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial

Meanwhile, a new assessment of the policies of financial institutions on their mining clients out today found that none of 30 major banks and investors had requirements for mining companies to manage the risks associated with storing mining waste.

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/03/m...

Read our previous reporting about doctors in Chile's copper mining region raising the alarm over soaring numbers of children being born with severe autism and neurodivergent conditions in the area. They blame years of continuous air pollution from mining

www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/17/d...

Learn more about the cutting-edge methods behind impact attribution science and what comes next for counting the cost of climate change, written by @chloefarand.bsky.social‬: ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3