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Working paper
Energy Transition – Quo Vadis
(2023-02)
- Extractivism has shaped Ecuador for the last half century.
- The Yasuní initiative aimed at leaving about one fifth of Ecuador’s oil reserves underground
- Poor handling of the Ecuadorian government and the international community let it falter and finally fade
- Energy transition towards renewable energy sources might provide a new scenario in which supply side policies such
as leaving fossil fuels underground and fossil fuel non proliferation treaties might be (re --)tested
Working paper
Lithium policies in Latin America: old wine in new bottles?
(2024)
• Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico hold a considerable share of lithium reserves globally.
• These countries developed specific policies to increase the contribution of lithium rents to national economic growth.
• Lithium policy in Latin America presents operative differences related to the state’s protagonism in promoting extraction.
• The weakness of these policies is prioritizing rent capture instead of the development of technology-based competitive advantages and neglecting collaborative regional ...