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The political ecologies of "green" extractivism(s): An introduction [PDF]
Journal of Political EcologyWhat is so-called 'green' extractivism and where did it come from? The introduction to this Special Section examines the origins and implications of the concept, linking it to a long history of exploitation, dispossession and (neo)colonialism under the ...
Alexander Dunlap
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Lithium extractivism: perpetuating historical asymmetries in the ‘Green economy’
Third World Quarterly, 2023 The ‘Green economy’, a central plank of the sustainable development political and economic international agenda, relies on industrial extraction of water, minerals and other earths to produce ‘green energy’ to feed capitalist growth. The term Green extractivism describes a global problem that we examine through the case of lithium extraction in the ...
Sara Mejía-Muñoz, Sally Babidge
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Journal of Political Ecology, 2023 Major companies in the mining industry are strategizing to benefit from the expected rise in demand for energy "transition minerals" that underpin current technologies of decarbonization (such as batteries and wind turbines).
Andy Whitmore, Mads Barbesgaard
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Biodiversity conservation under green extractivism and armed neoliberalism in Colombia [PDF]
Journal of Political EcologyIn the context of the global climate and ecological crisis, increasing pressure on governments and the private sector to act, combined with inertia and resistance to transformative change, has led to a new form of extractivism.
Jane Kathryn Feeney
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The Andean zinc rush: Green extractivism and climate vulnerabilities in the Peruvian highland waterscapes [PDF]
Journal of Political EcologyZinc is a green mineral that is increasingly required for manufacturing low-carbon technology. This demand has been promoted mainly by the Global North-led green policies to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Anna Heikkinen
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Between Peripheries and Solidarities: Resisting Green Extractivism in Serbia
East European Politics and SocietiesThis article is concerned with the multiple forms of attachments that emerge in the wake of lithium mining efforts in Serbia and expanding green extractivism in the Balkans more broadly. The Jadar Project was set to become one of the first and the biggest lithium mines in Europe, a metallic element widely understood as crucial to the so-called green ...
Djukanović, Nina
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The coloniality of green extractivism [PDF]
Political Geography, 2023 This article elaborates on the notion of "decarbonisation by dispossession" in order to shed light on the contradictory character of capital-driven energy transitions. First, we suggest conceptualising "decarbonisation" as a "socio-ecological fix" to intersecting, climate-induced crises of accumulation and hegemony, aimed at saving capital rather than ...
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Breaking free from tunnel vision for climate change and health [PDF]
PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 Climate change is widely recognised as the greatest threat to public health this century, but ‘climate change and health’ often refers to a narrow and limited focus on emissions, and the impacts of the climate crisis, rather than a holistic assessment of
Thilagawathi Abi Deivanayagam +1 more
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THE TRUE COST OF TECHNOLOGY: DOUBLE EXTRACTIVISM AND GREEN CRIMINOLOGY IN SERBIA [PDF]
Revija za kriminologiju i krivično pravo, 2022 The socalled green transition that relies on batterypowered technology dramatically raises demands for lithium and other minerals. The same resources are used to produce batteries for phones, computers, electric cars, and other devices with ...
Ivana Stepanović
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Green and climate colonialities: Evidence from Arctic extractivisms
Journal of Political EcologyThis article examines 16 environmental conflicts across the Arctic that demonstrate resistance to both climate and green extractive colonialisms. Resistance movements counter green-labelled developments, such as a 350 km road project in Ambler (Alaska ...
Joan Martinez-Alier +2 more
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