To address climate change, countries must decarbonize and shift to renewable energy.
Renewables like solar and wind are mineral intensive, meaning the world must rapidly scale …

Drawing on various empirical examples (eg lithium, green hydrogen, REDD+), several
studies point out that the global energy transition continues to be based on the geographic …

The present paper assesses the prospective role of lithium in the long-run development of
electromobility. Based on the existing data, the study shows that the geographical …

Following the goal of a post-fossil economy, institutional actors promote techno-managerial
solution strategies, for example the green economy and the bioeconomy. While these …

Clean energy technologies provide global benefits through climate mitigation and many
local environmental benefits for consumers. However, the supply chains that produce them …

The emergence of a narrative connecting the production of lithium and its derivatives to the
process of decarbonization of the planetary energy matrix obscures the profound …

In October 2021, the government of Catamarca, a province located in Northern Argentina,
announced the beginning of a consultation process to debate about a lithium mining project …

Lithium mining in Argentina is often associated to social injustices, unequal access to
information, and conflicts around issues such as water consumption. Different stakeholders …

This article theorises the processes of colonisation, wealth accumulation, and inequalities
creation that the current paradigm of a resource‐hungry green transition enacts on the most …

Lithium is a critical raw material for the energy transition and the salar brine deposits of
South America host∼ 70% of global resources. However, there are concerns regarding …