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fromNature
1 week ago

From fossil fuels to 'green capitalism': the dilemmas of a just energy transition

It was meant to be the world's grand fix for the climate crisis: nations would make their economies greener by transitioning to renewable-energy technologies, electrifying transport and digitalizing the global economy to reduce material use. After years of fraught negotiations, countries agreed to this global transition at a momentous summit in Paris in 2015. But the fix has proved to be more complex.
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fromThe Nation
4 weeks ago

The Problem of Green Capitalism

Energy production and lithium extraction connect historical colonization and current geopolitics, exposing contradictions of green capitalism and threats to ecological and social systems.
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