Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous peoples are often overlooked in climate transition planning, yet they sit at the end of many green energy value chains. The majority of unmined Energy Transition Minerals sit below or adjacent to indigenous lands and the huge demand for these commodities risks undermining the rights of indigenous peoples. These same remote lands are also places where governments wish to install large-scale renewable energy. This chapter examines the importance of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and how the rights of indigenous peoples can better be protected, and how models of co-ownership might be explored.