Extractivism Policy Briefs

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

This Extractivism Policy Brief 04/2025 shows: Green hydrogen production can follow two pathways: an extractive one led by elites, disregarding local interests,… Read More »Green hydrogen production in North Africa: Extractive and participatory pathways

This Extractivism Policy Brief 03/2025 shows:  Tunisia’s energy strategy is shaped by a global discourse prioritizing state-centric energy security, despite… Read More »Energy Sovereignty for Tunisia: A people-centered approach to transition

This Extractivism Policy Brief 02/2025 shows: Communities demand a fair share. Local populations in Gafsa call for a direct role in managing… Read More »Promises of development and phosphates: Between expectations and realities in Gafsa

This Extractivism Policy Brief 01/2025 shows: Algeria’s rentier economy persists not due to institutional failure alone, but because a historically entrenched habitus… Read More »Habitus and economic institutions of the rentier regime in Algeria: Interactions and discrepancies

This Extractivism Policy Brief 08/2024 argues that: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico hold a considerable share of lithium reserves… Read More »Lithium policies in Latin America: old wine in new bottles?

This Extractivism Policy Brief 07/2024 shows: With the economic and ecological crisis that Tunisia is experiencing, an energy transition is… Read More »Renewable energies in Tunisia: an alternative development strategy?