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The political ecologies of "green" extractivism(s): An introduction
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 +2 more
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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.
Sally Babidge, Sara Mejía-Muñoz
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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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"Hunting Africa": how international trophy hunting may constitute neocolonial green extractivism
Journal of Political Ecology, 2023 In the post-Cold War neoliberal moment of the mid-1990s, Safari Club International's (SCI) nascent but now defunct 'African Chapter' published a Strategic Plan for Africa.
Sian Sullivan
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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.
Diego Andreucci +6 more
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Green Extractivism in Lithium Triangle
Slovak Journal of International Relations, 2023 The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between lithium mining and the environmental-social aspects of mining in the countries of the lithium triangle by analysing scientific research works and available statistical data, and applying ...
Barbora Janubová
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A climate-smart world and the rise of Green Extractivism
The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2022 Climate change policies' implications for the capitalist system call for us to go beyond efficiency-driven extractivism and further analyse the outcomes of green policies. The implementation of Mozambique's climate change policy resulted in the emergence
Natacha Bruna
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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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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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