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"Many of the big wind and solar farms planned to help Australia achieve net
zero emissions by 2050 will be built on the lands and waters of First Nations
peoples. More than half of the projects that will extract critical minerals to
drive the global clean energy transition overlap with Indigenous-held lands.
Australia’s Pilbara and Kimberley regions have high rates of Indigenous land
tenure, while hosting some of world’s best co-located solar and wind energy
resources. Such abundance presents big opportunities for energy exports, green
steel and zero carbon products.
Almost 60% of Australia is subject to some level of First Nations’ rights and
interests, including exclusive possession rights (akin to freehold) over a
quarter of the continent. So the stakes for all players are high.
In 2020, after news Rio Tinto had legally destroyed the sacred Juukan Gorge
rock shelter in order to gain access to more than $100 million worth of iron
ore, we wrote an article questioning how much legal say First Nations people
would have over massive new wind and solar farms planned for their Country. We
asked whether the move to a zero-carbon economy “would be a just transition for
First Nations?”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
