The dirty side of the green transition

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As climate change threatens life on earth, wealthy nations rally around the golden bullet of the 'green transition', premised on replacing 'dirty' hydrocarbon energy sources with low-carbon or 'renewable energy' infrastructures. Yet, the technologies that harvest and store clean energy have vast mineral requirements, primarily sourced from low and middle-income countries. More still, these mining, manufacturing and transportation processes require fossil fuels themselves. What does this mean for the political and environmental sustainability of the green transition?

Join DIIS for a deep dive into the contested role of extractives in the Anthropocene.

Speakers
Alexander Dunlap, Postdoctoral Fellow, Oslo University
Line Jakobsen, Ph.d., Roskilde University
Patrik Andersson, Industrial PhD Student, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) & Aalborg University
Tamra Gilbertson, Carbon Trade Watch/University of Tennessee 
Peer Schouten, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme
14.00-14.10   Welcome and introduction, Peer Schouten
14.10-14.50   Is the green transition a myth? Scientific evidence, Alexander Dunlap
14.50-15.10   The future is extractive: coal in Colombia and beyond, Line Jakobssen and Tamra Gilbertson
15.10-15.30   Green giant? China’s approach to transition-critical minerals, Patrik Andersson
15.30-16.00   Q&A, Peer Schouten

Practical information
The seminar will be held in English. The seminar will be livestreamed here on this page. Livestream does not require registration. 

Participation at DIIS in the auditorium is free of charge, but registration is required.

Contact
For questions, contact DIIS Event on phone: 3269 8787 or via e-mail: event@diis.dk   

Monday 6 December 2021, 14.00-16.00
DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International Studies
DIIS Auditorium