While electric vehicles are widely embraced, the pressure of the great battery boom is increas-ingly being felt by communities around the world, including in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia – the so-called ‘Lithium Triangle’ countries that host three-quarters of the world’s lithium resources – and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which produces about two-thirds of the world’s cobalt. Issues reported include heavy pollution, water scarcity, exposure to toxics, non-disclosure of suficient information, lack of consultation and community consent, community conflicts and abuses, impact on indigenous rights, dangerous mining conditions and child labour.
https://www.somo.nl/nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SOMO-The-battery-paradox.pdf (pdf, 65 pp.)