A Just Energy Transition Requires Better Governance & Equity in the DRC

Jul 19, 2023 | Mike DiGirolamo
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produces around 70% of the global supply of cobalt and it is also Africa’s leading producer of copper. Despite the billions of dollars in cobalt transactions that occur each year in the country, very little of this revenue improves the lives of Congolese citizens, podcast guest Christian-Géraud Neema Byamungu, the Francophone editor of the China Global South Project, says. Neema speaks with the Mongabay Explores podcast about the global energy transition and the stress the demand for cobalt and other critical minerals has had on the people of the DRC and also explains why he doesn’t think oil development will be much different.