Consequences of Global Cobalt Demand in DRC | 2026

Embargoed Report

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• Report title: Toxic Transition: How the world’s largest cobalt producer has allegedly poisoned communities for years - EIA 

• English: Full report 

• English: Executive Summary

• French: Full report

• French: Executive Summary

• Live site: Available on March 10th
  

Press Materials

ENG: Press release

Photos for press use: Click here, credit Herman Kambala/Arete/EIA

Additional Resources

• Burness - FACT SHEET: Impacts of the pursuit of Critical Minerals in the Global South

A selection of peer-reviewed and reputable data points informing on the impacts the pursuit for critical minerals has in Indigenous Peoples lands, local communities and essential ecosystems in the Global South. 

• FERN - REPORT: EU push for EV cars is driving deforestation at record speeds 

Authored by FERN, the study reveals that the minerals needed to power the EU’s demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) will place a huge toll on the world’s forests and on communities of Indigenous Peoples. This corresponds to 18 football fields of forest vanishing every day for the next twenty-five years.