Critical Minerals Are Now a UNPFII Issue
What the 2026 UNPFII report means for mining, FPIC, Indigenous health and transition finance.
Essays, explainers and editorial analysis on extractive industries, accountability, Indigenous rights, governance and public policy.
What the 2026 UNPFII report means for mining, FPIC, Indigenous health and transition finance.
What the 2026 Transition Minerals Tracker reveals about Russian mining companies, Indigenous rights and the limits of public accountability.
From institutional decoration to verification: how Indigenous representative bodies could become binding institutions in climate governance.
A note on extractive industries, underpriced risk, and the communities asked to absorb consequences they did not choose.
What Russia’s vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on the ICJ climate advisory opinion reveals about climate obligations, human rights and Indigenous participation.
The Yindjibarndi v Fortescue decision shows why courts can recognise cultural loss while still failing to account for the economics of extraction.