Consequences of Global Cobalt Demand in DRC | 2026

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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. 

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.