Global Commitment to an International Agreement on Mineral Supply Chain Traceability

The purpose of this space is to present the foundations, scope, stakeholders and proposed timeline for developing an international agreement on the traceability of mineral supply chains within the framework of the COP16 processes, with an eye toward COP30. 

The need to develop global actions and commitments will be raised in order to establish traceability and transparency systems to address some of the causes of biodiversity loss and pollution related to the extraction and commercialization of these minerals.

These actions are necessary at a global level to ensure that strategic minerals for the energy transition come from responsible sources; that is, that mining activities are not carried out in critical areas of high biodiversity or sensitive ecosystems, that they do not generate pollution, and that commercialization occurs within legal frameworks, avoiding the involvement of criminal groups that threaten democracies in mineral-extracting countries.

Panelists

• Suneeta Kaimal, President and CEO, NRGI
• María Susana Muhamad González, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia 
• Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Brazil
• Mauricio Cabrera Leal, Vice-minister of Environmental Policies and Standardization – Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
• OECD (TBC)

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