Africa: Clean Energy, Digital Technologies Are Coming At a Human Cost, UN Report Warns
30 Apr 2026, 12:33 GMT
Topic: Africa
Source URL: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604300333.html
[IPS] Srinagar, India -- A newly released United Nations report has raised urgent concerns that the world's push toward clean energy and digital technologies is driving a hidden crisis in some of the planet's most vulnerable regions, where mining for critical minerals is depleting water supplies, damaging health, and deepening inequality.