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Deal Narrative 6: Caught in the energy transition: Can Argentina balance the global demand for lithium and community livelihoods in mining areas?
In the green energy transition race, lithium is the star athlete. As the world moves away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable power sources, it is relying more and more on this non-renewable resource to drive forward the energy transition. But keeping up with global demand for this “clean energy” …
Deal Narrative 5: Implementing carbon offset projects in Indonesia’s rainforests – a win-win for climate and local communities?
Although land-intensive investment projects have shaped economies and societies for centuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), renewed global attention surfaced in the 2000s due to surges in investments in agriculture. Placing even more pressure on land in these regions over the last two decades, global climate change mitigation efforts …
Deal Narrative 4: Ensuring a just energy transition in the Philippines: Evidence from the Nabas Wind Farm
With fuel combustion to generate electricity and heat accounting for almost half of global carbon emission in 2022 alone, decarbonising the energy sector has become essential if we are to meet global climate goals. Across Asia, countries are addressing this challenge by advancing large-scale renewable energy projects, such as India’s …
Deal Narrative 3: Securing land rights and access to commons - new hope for the Argentine Chaco’s pastoralists?
The Chaco region, which spans Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay, is the second largest forest in South America after the Amazon rainforest. It is also one of the fastest growing agricultural frontiers in South America and a global deforestation hotspot. Since the 1990s, the Argentine Chaco has experienced a massive expansion …
Deal Narrative 2: As pressure builds on available agricultural land in Ukraine, can the country balance environmental protection with economic needs?
With the full-scale invasion in Ukraine by Russia in 2022, in addition to taking a heavy toll on human lives, significant negative impact from the military action on soil health and productivity has been observed, with more than 30% of Ukrainian land now unsuitable for agriculture. In the meantime, ongoing …
Deal Narrative I: Who benefits from tree-planting in the Global South? The case of two carbon offset projects in Laos
With biological carbon removal projects already receiving large parts of the increasing financial flows towards carbon offsetting, this deal narrative illustrates the ensuing trade-offs and potential benefits using the example of two land deals from the Land Matrix database in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), commonly known as Laos.
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