Critical Minerals, the Climate Crisis and the Tech Imperium

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kalantzakos, Sophia (Editor)
Summary:XVII, 210 p. 21 illus., 8 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 65
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25577-9
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword (Morgan Bazilian and Dolf Gielen)
  • Introduction (Sophia Kalantzakos)
  • Section I
  • Chapter 1. Between Rocks and Hard Places: Geopolitics of Net zero futures and the tech imperium (Sophia Kalantzakos)
  • Chapter 2. Interdependence vs. Geopolitics: Securitization and Partial Recoupling of U.S.-China Relations (Xiaoyu Pu)
  • Chapter 3. Securing Supply Chain Resiliency for Critical Rare Earth Metals (Kristin Vekasi)
  • Section II
  • Chapter 4. Public Policy Toward Critical Materials: A False Dichotomy, a Messy Middle Ground, and Seven Guiding Principles (Roderick Eggert)
  • Chapter 5. Lessons from Three Decades in the Rare Earth Trenches (Constantine Karayannopoulos and Vasileios Tsianos)
  • Chapter 6. The Paradox of Green Growth: Challenges and Opportunities in Decarbonizing the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain. (Chris Berry)
  • Chapter 7. Raw material demands for the Green Transition. Risks, opportunities, and required actions to meet the 2030 climate targets. (Roland Gauß, Carsten Gellermann, Alexander Maurer)
  • Section III
  • Chapter 8. Social and environmental impacts of rare earth mining and processing: Scoping and preliminary assessment (Julie Michelle Klinger)
  • Chapter 9. The Social Conundrum of Eco-centric Activism against Oceanic Minerals (Saleem Ali)
  • Chapter 10. The ESG Triangle: How Lithium Mining in Latin America Could Point the Way Toward Long-term Environmental and Social Value Strategies (Owen Pell)
  • Index.