This Extractivism Policy Brief 06/2026 shows: • The EU’s lithium strategy in Latin America is strong in diplomacy but weak in investment.… Read More »Partnership Without Stakes? Rethinking EU Leverage in Latin America’s Lithium Sector
This Extractivism Policy Brief 05/2026 shows: Morocco increasingly presents itself as a platform allowing Chinese companies to circumvent Western trade barriers, taking… Read More »Morocco at the crossroads of power: geopolitical opportunities and risks in the renewable energy transition
This Extractivism Policy Brief 04/2026 shows: • Despite the importance of cutting emissions in the energy sector due to climate change, fossil… Read More »Why are decarbonization and energy transition such complex processes?: The case of Mexico (2018-2024)
This Extractivism Policy Brief 03/2026 shows: Latin America is one of the regions that has advanced the most in decarbonizing its energy… Read More »Challenges and opportunities of Latin American regionalism for a developmental energy transition
This Extractivism Policy Brief 02/2026 shows: Gulf capital is reshaping Maghreb extractivism: renewable megaprojects are negotiated top-down, with weak transparency and limited… Read More »Gulf-Funded Extractivism in the Maghreb: Green Transformation or Authoritarian Neoliberalism?
This Extractivism Policy Brief 01/2026 shows: Voluntary carbon credits do not provide a robust instrument for systematically financing the early retirement of coal… Read More »Unsuitable for the energy transition: Voluntary emission credits for the early decommissioning of coal-fired power plants
This Extractivism Policy Brief 08/2025 shows: • Vaca Muerta in Argentina is one of the most important reserves of non-conventional oil and… Read More »Finally milking the dead cow? – How Javier Milei plans to benefit from fracking in Argentina
This Extractivism Policy Brief 07/2025 shows: The energy transition risks reproducing old extractivist dependencies unless Global South countries actively pursue green industrial… Read More »Escaping Green Extractivism: The Role of Industrial Policy in the Energy Transition
This Extractivism Policy Brief 06/2025 shows: • During Lula’s first mandates (2003-2010), Brazil cut GHG emissions through deforestation control while pursuing growth… Read More »Brazil’s current decarbonization strategy: turning green growth into sustainable development?
This Extractivism Policy Brief 05/2025 shows: Framing green hydrogen as a universal solution to climate challenges reflects a techno-optimistic response to fundamentally… Read More »Decarbonization dreams in neocolonial times
