UN launches task force to guide utilization of energy transition minerals

A task force to guide the sustainable utilization of minerals critical to the global green energy transition was launched on Wednesday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, during the ongoing seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7).



The UN Task Force on Critical Energy Transition Minerals will be overseen by the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the United Nations Development Program.



It will mobilize key stakeholders, including governments, industry, and civil society, to promote responsible extraction and use of minerals that underpin the clean energy transition.



Selwin Hart, special adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition, said the world is on the verge of a green energy revolution, underscoring the need to establish policy and regulatory safeguards to prevent environmental harm.