Launch of the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals

"As a representative of one of the civil society organizations invited to participate in this panel, I first want to commend the efforts of the Secretary-General and my fellow panelists. We have an ambitious agenda. My particular concern from the civil society perspective is to ensure that there is a broad-based consultation so that civil society perspectives lead the definition of very concrete economic, social and environmental targets for mineral-producing countries to benefit equitably and to minimize farms from mining. I want to emphasize great ambitions for the panel, but also hope that we can rise beyond the many current existing standards and make sure that we are moving toward action on levers that will ensure concreteness in delivering those benefits to developing countries."   

— Suneeta Kaimal at the launch of the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals