Across the globe, over half the projects that extract minerals necessary for the green transition are located on or near Indigenous land. Carrie Stoddart-Smith and Bridget Donovan explore what this could mean for those populations.
Carrie Stoddart-Smith
Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) is the Founder and Principal Indigenous Trade and Economies Consultant at OpinioNative, a consultancy based in New Zealand that she founded in January 2020, to honour indigenous knowledge by creating an environment that celebrates and liberates Indigenous voices globally. Carrie serves as a Member of New Zealand’s Ministerial Strategic Advisory Group on Trade and as a Technical Advisor to Ngā Toki Whakarururanga, a Māori collective that works to advance and protect Māori rights, interests, duties, and responsibilities in the trade space. In 2024, she will embark on her PhD researching Indigenous Trade.