HUMAN RIGHTS IN WIND TURBINE SUPPLY CHAINS

January 19, 2018

In order to achieve the goals on renewable energy set during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, the Netherlands and other countries around the world will need to rely heavily on renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines, solar cells, and batteries for energy storage. The Dutch government aims to reduce carbon emissions by 95 percent by 2050.1 To this end, ministers have set renewable energy production targets and have planned for the construction of wind farms at sea as part of the country’s energy mix. However, the increased reliance on wind energy in the Netherlands and around the world will create a stronger demand for the minerals needed to produce wind turbines.

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