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Renewable energy and green extractivism: transitions or reconfigurations?

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais
This article discusses the implications of projects implemented by corporations in the energy sector based on their use of the notions of energy transition, decarbonization and renewable energy. We analyzed documents from business organizations, civil society, the Brazilian government and the United Nations containing data and representations regarding
Fabrina Furtado, Elisangela Paim
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Neoliberal extractivism: Brazil in the twenty-first century [PDF]

, 2022
Neo-extractivism in Latin America increased state revenues and expanded its capacity for income redistribution while leaving a trail of socioecological devastation.
Andrade, Daniela +2 more
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Towards Responsible Mining in Africa: Problematising the Environmental and Public Health Concerns of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been emerging media reports on the impact of cyanide and mercury use in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) operations on community health, especially among pregnant and non‐pregnant women, ASGM miners, and children in rural Africa.
Francis Arthur‐Holmes +2 more
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Reindeer herders in the green sacrifice zone: The cumulative impacts of past extractivist dispossessions and recent mining expansion in Sodankylä, Finland

Journal of Political Ecology
The European Union is pushing for critical mineral self-sufficiency to meet its goal of transitioning to a low-carbon society, and also supporting strategic defense objectives.
Maija Matilda Lassila
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Hacia una antropología ambiental para la apropiación social del patrimonio biocultural de los pueblos indígenas en América Latina

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2015
This work incorporates the concept of biocultural heritage to the discussion on the alternatives for the socio-environmental crises promoted by globalization and transnationalization of the economy.
Eckart Boege
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The Past Erased, the Future Stolen: Lignite Extractivism as Germany’s Trope for the Anthropocene

Humanities, 2020
Coal, and even more so, brown coal or lignite, is currently under-researched in the energy humanities. Lignite still provides approximately 25% of “green” Germany’s energy; its extraction obliterates human settlements and vibrant ecosystems, and its ...
Helga G. Braunbeck
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FROM NY‐LON TO SILK? Shifting Centres of Attention in the World's Urban Fabric

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This Interventions essay explores Silk Road urbanism's emergence as a rival to New York and London (NY‐LON) for global centre stage in Anglophone urban and regional studies. Through China's Belt and Road Initiative, more attention is being given to urban formations and associated new centralities beyond North Atlantic global/world cities ...
Tim Bunnell, Han Cheng, Wenn Er Tan
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URBAN CLIMATE GOVERNANCE AND THE UNEVENNESS OF CITY NETWORKS: The Trajectory and Perspectives of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Chile

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars have widely discussed integrating local administrations into climate governance networks, focusing on networks such as the Global Covenant of Mayors or C40, whose members are mostly in the European Union or countries of the global North and premium cities managed by engaged administrations. Relatively little is known about urban‐scale
Alejandra Irigoyen Rios, Rosa Lehmann
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REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara +4 more
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Standardizing "green" extractivism: Chinese & Western environmental, social, and governance instruments in the critical mineral sector [PDF]

As societies attempt to transition to low-carbon energy and reduce fossil fuel dependencies, mineral extractivism is reaching new heights globally. This trend is accompanied by a surge of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) standards used to justify ...
DiCarlo, Jessica, Deberdt, Raphael, Park, Hyeyoon +2 more
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