RE: Kod28 Dec 2022 08:48
This capacity building workshop was initiated as part of the activities of the “Social Bonds” project, an initiative of the PWYP-Mali Coalition with funding from PWYP-Global.
By organizing this workshop, according to the representative of the president of the coalition, Samou Coulibaly, PWYP aims to strengthen the level of knowledge of the press, women's organizations and youth organizations in Mali, in relation to the challenges of climate change and the upcoming exploitation of lithium, hydrogen and other transition minerals in Mali.
Mali is preparing to launch a lithium production project in Bougouni. Lithium mining is a new exercise for Mali. It does not justify any previous experience of exploitation of such type of minerals. To date, neither the administration nor civil society can boast of proven experience in predicting the potential impacts of this project. Added to these difficulties is the lack of knowledge of the issues of climate change by the men of the media, youth and women's organizations in Mali.
"To overcome these shortcomings, PWYP-Mali, aware of its responsibilities in the fight against change and the promotion of the exploitation of energy transition minerals, has organized this framework of exchanges in favor of a judicious and advantageous management. of Mali's natural resources", explains Mr. Coulibaly.
Lithium strategic ore, is vital for renewable energy technologies. Faced with the global trend of the fight against climate change and the rush towards energy transition minerals, the global demand for the exploitation of this resource will experience a massive increase. According to the coalition, it is necessary to be prepared to avoid the possible injustices generated during the gold boom. These include lack of community consultation, poor governance and insufficient social and environmental safeguards.
At the national level, Mali, like other countries on the continent, faces significant challenges related to climate change. The various results of the studies carried out within the framework of the national communications and the Contribution determined at the national level revised (CDN), generally reveal a reduction of the pluviometry and the number of rainy days in Mali these last years.
The major climatic risks identified in Mali are: floods, drought, poor spatio-temporal distribution of rains, etc. The sectors most affected by these phenomena are: Agriculture, water resources, forestry and the allocation of land, energy, human settlements, health.
The workshop was also an opportunity to talk about COP27 and its benefits for Mali. COP27, a global climate conference held in Egypt in November 2022.
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