The Shadows of Green Capitalism: Continuity or Change in Corporate Violence in the Extractive Sector?

绿色资本主义的阴影：采掘业企业暴力的持续还是变化？

• 批准号: 2737876
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2737876
• 关键词: Shadows; Green; Capitalism; Continuity; Change

This project aims to understand new forms of corporate violence in the extractive industry, particularly those tied to the 'green transition'. The 'green transition' refers to the push towards renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, battery driven vehicles or energy storage solutions, as a way to eliminate reliance on fossil fuels (Whitmore, 2021). Key to this transition is the logic of 'green capitalism' which proposes environmentally friendly policies as 'cost-effective' ways to combat climate change (Rogers, 2009). These 'market solutions' centre around new technologies, such as lithium batteries, and rely heavily on the extraction of minerals such as lithium, cobalt or nickel. The transition, which is supported by bodies such as the UN or the World Bank, has thus led to a surge in the extraction of 'green' minerals, especially in resource rich areas like Latin America's 'lithium triangle' (Vásquez, 2020). While minerals are celebrated as solutions, the 'shadows' of the transition and its ties to the world's 'deadliest' sector for environmental and human rights defenders remain obscured. Consequently, violence due to corporate conduct, especially against communities living near extractive sites, and the environment itself, is aggravating.

该项目旨在了解采掘业中新形式的企业暴力，特别是与“绿色转型”相关的暴力。“绿色转型”是指推动可再生能源，如风能和太阳能，电池驱动的车辆或能源存储解决方案，作为消除对化石燃料依赖的一种方式（Whitmore，2021年）。这一转变的关键是“绿色资本主义”的逻辑，它提出了环境友好型政策作为应对气候变化的“成本效益”方式（Rogers，2009年）。这些“市场解决方案”围绕着锂电池等新技术，严重依赖锂、钴或镍等矿物的开采。这一过渡得到了联合国或世界银行等机构的支持，因此导致了“绿色”矿物开采的激增，特别是在拉丁美洲“锂三角”等资源丰富的地区（Vásquez，2020年）。虽然矿产被誉为解决方案，但转型的“阴影”及其与环境和人权捍卫者世界上“最致命”部门的联系仍然模糊不清。因此，因公司行为而产生的暴力行为，特别是针对采掘地点附近社区的暴力行为以及环境本身的暴力行为正在加剧。