EIA podcast – Why the cobalt we need for our electric cars is costing lives in Africa
Recent findings from an investigation by our colleagues at EIA US reveal a shocking truth about cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cobalt is an essential element in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles in the Global North – but its production in DRC has left communities grappling with severe respiratory issues linked to the pollution from a new processing facility.
Podcast – What on Earth?
Why the cobalt we need for our electric cars is costing lives in Africa
Welcome back to the EIA What on Earth? podcast.
In this episode, EIA US Africa Programme Campaigner Luke Allen joins EIA UK Senior Press & Communications Officer Paul Newman to discuss the findings of the investigation, documented in the report Toxic Transition.
Luke Allen
Paul Newman
