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Recharging Community Consent: Mining companies, battery minerals and the battle to break from the past
Sellwood, Scott Hirschel-Burns, Tim Hodgkins, Chelsea
Sellwood, Scott
Hirschel-Burns, Tim
Hodgkins, Chelsea
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2023-09-22
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<p>With mining set to expand as part of the sweeping energy transition, it is imperative that future mining only proceed with the full support and consent of Indigenous peoples and frontline communities.</p>
<p>In the first policy brief of its kind to focus on the public policy commitments of mining companies extracting five key transition minerals to respect Indigenous rights, Oxfam concludes that the battery mineral sector’s approach to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) is not sufficiently ready to support a just energy transition under current company policies. More companies need to adopt strong FPIC policies that unequivocally commit them from proceeding with a project if Indigenous peoples withhold consent.</p>
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