Report: Mapping Community Resistance to the Impacts and Discourses of Mining for the Energy Transiti

iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions MAPPING COMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO THE IMPACTS AND DISCOURSES OF MINING FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE AMERICAS | 11 The report presents the results of a mapping process These are communities from about the growing extractivist pressures of the energy the Global South who have transition in the Americas, collaboratively produ. [...] 11 The IEA estimates that in order to achieve the goals outlined in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding, the demand for strategic me- tals and minerals would grow exponentially between 2020 and 2040 – requiring 42 times the amount of lithium, 25 times the amount of graphite, 21 times the amount of cobalt, 11 times the amount of nickel, and 7 times the amount of rare earths. [...] MAPPING COMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO THE IMPACTS AND DISCOURSES OF MINING FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE AMERICAS | 16 1.3 WHERE ARE THESE METALS AND MINERALS EXTRACTED AND WHERE ARE THEIR RESERVES? The metals and In the case of lithium, rare earths, graphite and cobalt, minerals needed for mining is currently taking place in only three to five different the energy transition countries, and most of t. [...] MAPPING COMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO THE IMPACTS AND DISCOURSES OF MINING FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE AMERICAS | 19 The following table shows information about the 25 documented cases, the name of the project, its location, the mining companies involved in these projects and their current status (in operation, in construction, etc.). [...] The resistance to exploration and exploitation of the Agua Rica deposit is due to its impact on water, the emission of tons of carbon dioxide (unquantified in the Environmental Impact Assessment) and the direct impact on glacial and periglacial environments located in the Aconquija Public demonstration next to the Saint- Mathieu-Berry Esker water source, in front of the Sayona- Authier mine site (.