As a key ingredient of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium plays a significant role in
climate change mitigation, but lithium has considerable impacts on water and society across …

The political economy of lithium, a “critical mineral” for the renewable energy transition, is
marked by two striking developments. First, Global North governments that have historically …

Energy transitions are reshaping hydrosocial relations. How they will be reshaped, however,
depends on location and water's material relationship to other resources and industrial …

The advance of electromobility has boosted global demand and interest in lithium. The
consequent expansion of lithium mining puts the sustainability of Chile's Andean salt flats at …

The energy transition will be mineral-intensive and the global demand for critical and energy
transition minerals (ETMs) is expected to substantially rise. That will generate development …

Amid the push for decarbonization and the rise of lithium-ion batteries, global demand for
lithium urges an examination of its materiality. Drawing on Barry's chemical geography …

In this article, we examine how social movement activists draw on the hydrosocial dynamics
of the watershed unit to build a river protection network in resistance to extractivist …

Achieving a 1.5° C global temperature limit by 2050 has heightened the need for lithium
extraction for energy storage. This is touted by governments and industry as essential to a …

Green technologies designed to mitigate climate change through renewable energy and
zero-emissions transportation currently depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require …

Research conducted over the last four decades emphasizes the growing importance of
Afghanistan's mineral resources as a potential driver for economic growth. The United States …