Raw Diplomacy: Can New Mineral Alliances Deliver a Just Energy Transition? (LCAW 2026)
24 June 2026 • 2:00PM BST In person and livestreamed
New mineral alliances are reshaping the geopolitics of the energy transition. NRGI joins partners at London Climate Action Week to examine what equitable resource diplomacy requires — and what producing countries stand to gain or lose.
Join us for an afternoon of high-level discussions on transition minerals governance and the priorities of producing countries.
Competition for minerals needed for clean energy technologies is reshaping geopolitical alliances, driving a new wave of partnerships, trade agreements and multilateral initiatives.
But fundamental questions remain about who benefits, on what terms, and for what use as demand for AI and defence soars as well as how impacts on people and ecosystems are managed.
Over an afternoon of discussion, this event will examine how this new era of resource diplomacy can ensure equitable benefit for producing countries while supplying the materials needed to accelerate a just energy transition everywhere.
Taking place during London Climate Action Week, the event will bring together high-level speakers from mineral producing countries, the finance sector, the UN and civil society to reflect on the latest developments in mineral diplomacy and explore how new partnerships and multilateral initiatives can advance equitable, rights-respecting and sustainable mineral supply chains, creating win-win benefits for producing countries seeking to add value to their resources.
The event will reflect on the outcomes of the G7 leaders’ summit taking place in Evian, France, and look ahead at the role the UK can play in advancing standards-based markets as it prepares to host the G20 next year. It will look at the role investors can play to drive responsible mining and ensure mutually beneficial partnerships for producing countries.
It will also ask how producing countries can shape mineral alliances to advance their economic ambitions while ensuring human rights and environmental safeguards? What do win-win mineral partnerships actually look like? What is China’s new mineral alliance delivering for producing nations?
Join us for an afternoon of lively discussion.
The event will be livestreamed on Climate Home News' LinkedIn page. You can register here to receive a direct link to the livestream page closer to the time.
This event is co-hosted by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Chatham House, Climate Home News and the Natural Resource Governance Institute.
Confirmed speakers:
- Tobias Musonda, Director of Policy and Planning, Zambia Ministry of Mines
- Sascha Raabe, Head of the Global Alliance for Responsible and Green Minerals, UNIDO
- Patrick Schröder, Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House
- Céline Kauffmann, Chief Programmes Officer, IDDRI
- Thomas Scurfield, Africa Senior Economic Analyst, NRGI
- Representative from the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030
- Pavel Laberko , Director of the Extractives Industries and the Materials Programs, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
- Margaux Day, Executive Director, Accountability Counsel
- Phil Bloomer, Strategic Advisor, Business & Human Rights Centre
- Ketakandriana Rafitoson, Executive Director of Resource Justice Network
- Eric Ngang, Lead Strategist, African Coalition on Green Minerals, African Resources Watch (Afrewatch)
- Wen-Yu Weng, Executive Lead Critical Minerals, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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