Washington and Beijing are competing for access to lithium, cobalt, nickel, and other valuable minerals. The impacts of this competition are felt perhaps most acutely in the communities where the mining and processing take place. How will this dynamic change when Donald Trump takes office? What can activists do to reduce the risk of war between China and the United States and at the same time avoid the creation of "sacrifice zones" where these raw materials are being extracted?

Join Hongxiao Liu, Rebecca Ray, Thea Riofrancos, Maia Seeger, Krista Shennum, and Zhao Zhong for this half-day event sponsored by Justice Is Global and the Global Just Transition project of the Institute for Policy Studies.

This will be a hybrid event with both in-person and online participation. Spanish interpretation will be available during this event.

Hongqiao Liu is an award-winning journalist and independent consultant who has been tracking China's environmental crisis and decarbonization since 2010. Rebecca Ray is a Senior Academic Researcher at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center). She leads GDP Center research on China in Latin America. Thea Riofrancos is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, a Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute, and a fellow at the Transnational Institute. Maia Seeger is a journalist and specialist in communications and community engagement & development. She is director of Sustentarse, a non-profit organization based in Chile. Krista Shennum is a researcher at Climate Rights International where she conducts research and advocacy on the impacts of the climate crisis on human rights, including a focus on the mining, plastics, and fossil fuel industries. Zhao Zhong is the founder and director of Green Camel Bell, a grass-root environmental NGO in Northwest China.

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Las Materias Primas Críticas: El Impacto de la Competencia entre China y EEUU

16 de enero
2 pm – 5 pm (Quito)
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Washington y Beijing están compitiendo por obtener litio, cobalto, níquel, y otros minerales importantes. Los impactos de este tipo de competencia se sienten con mayor fuerza en las comunidades donde se lleva a cabo la minería y el procesamiento. ¿Cómo cambiará esta dinámica cuando Donald Trump entre en la Casa Blanca? ¿Que pueden hacer los activistas para reducir el riesgo de guerra entre China y EEUU y, mientras tanto, evitar la creación de las zonas de sacrificios donde se extraen las materias primas críticas?

Unase a Hongxiao Liu, Rebecca Ray, Thea Riofrancos, Maia Seeger, Krista Shennum, y Zhao Zhong en dos paneles patrocinados por Justice Is Global y Institute for Policy Studies.

Hongqiao Liu es una periodista galardonada que sigue la crisis ambiental de China y el proceso de descarbonización desde 2010. Rebecca Ray es líder de la investigación sobre China en América Latina en Boston University Global Development Policy Center. Thea Riofrancos es profesora asociada de ciencia política en Providence College y co-directora del Climate and Community Institute. Maia Seeger es una periodista y licenciada en comunicación social de la Universidad Católica de Chile y directora de Sustentarse en Chile. Krista Shennum es investigadora sobre los impactos de la crisis climática en los derechos humanos. Zhao Zhong es el fundador y director de Green Camel Bell, una organización de base en el noroeste de China.