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Editorial

The importance of lithium in achieving a low-carbon future: opportunities galore, but coupled with key challenges for legal professionals

 

Notes

1 ‘Germany Hopes to Mine Lithium, the White Gold of e-Mobility’ (DW Top Stories/Business, 19 August 2019) www.dw.com/en/germany-hopes-to-mine-lithium-the-white-gold-of-e-mobility/a-50073822 last accessed 24 January 2020.

2 Ibid.

3 ‘Lithium, Chapter K of Critical Mineral Resources of the United States – Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply’ (Professional Paper 1802-K, US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, 2017) K2 https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1802/k/pp1802k.pdf last accessed 24 January 2020.

4 ‘Chile’s Lithium – Blessing or Curse?’ (DW, 11 May 2018) www.dw.com/en/chiles-lithium-blessing-or-curse/a-43721539 last accessed 24 January 2020.

5 ‘Electric Vehicle Outlook 2019’ (Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 15 May 2019) 1 https://about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/#toc-download last accessed 24 January 2020.

6 Ibid, 2.

7 ‘Germany Shores up Lithium Supply with Landmark Bolivia Deal’ (DW, 12 December 2018) www.dw.com/en/germany-shores-up-lithium-supply-with-landmark-bolivia-deal/a-46708512 last accessed 24 January 2020.

8 ‘Statement of ACI Systems Alemania GmbH on the ACISA Project in Bolivia’ (ACI Systems, 4 November 2019) www.acisa.de/news/detail/statement-of-aci-systems-alemania-gmbh-on-the-acisa-project-in-bolivia last accessed 24 January 2020.

9 See n 3 above at K16.

10 Samuel L Brown and Lauren A Bachtel, ‘A Decarbonized Economy: Risks and Opportunities’ (2019) 34 Nat Resources & Env’t 50.

11 Javiera Barandiarán, ‘Lithium and Development Imaginaries in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia’ (2019) 113 World Development 381–382 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X18303516 last accessed 24 January 2020.

12 Ibid, 382.

13 Ibid.

14 ‘Global Battery Alliance’ (World Economic Forum) www.weforum.org/projects/global-battery-alliance last accessed 24 January 2020.

15 World Economic Forum, A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030: Unlocking the Full Potential to Power Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation (September 2019) www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_A_Vision_for_a_Sustainable_Battery_Value_Chain_in_2030_Report.pdf last accessed 24 January 2020.

17 See n 3 above at K17.

18 See n 11 above at 382.

19 Ibid, 381.

20 Ibid, 389.

21 Pia Marchegiani, Elisa Morgera and Louisa Parks, ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Natural Resources in Argentina: The Challenges of Impact Assessment, Consent and Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Case of Lithium Mining’ (2019) BENELEX Working Paper No 19, University of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3317375 last accessed 24 January 2020.

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