2023-06-06 12:11:44
In order to achieve climate neutrality, huge amounts of lithium or cobalt are required for electric cars, wind turbines and solar systems. This is fueling a “green race” in Africa, where many of these critical commodities lie in the ground. Samantha Hargreaves and Mkhululi Ncube, who were visiting Vienna at the invitation of the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC), criticized that patterns from the colonial era would be repeated.
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