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SUMMARY:From Latin America to Europe: the Impacts of Changing Geopolitical 
 and National Contexts on Civil Society, Communities and the Environment in 
 Lithium Extraction
DESCRIPTION:The geopolitical race for critical minerals - deemed essential 
 for the energy transition, but also increasingly demanded by the digital se
 ctor and the military industry - and the political shift to (far)-right gov
 ernments in South America, such as in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, encoura
 ge incentives for large-scale private investments in the extractive sector 
 with limited public oversight, citizen participation and limited benefits f
 or the countries in the long-term. Human rights and environmental safeguard
 s are weakened and civic space as well as budgets for environmental and Ind
 igenous Peoples’ protection are shrinking. This threatens fragile ecosystem
 s and territories inhabited by local and Indigenous communities, such as th
 e High Andean Wetlands or the Amazon, and human rights and environmental de
 fenders in the minerals sector, with Latin America being the most dangerous
  region for environmental defenders. The region is a major supplier of copp
 er, lithium and other critical minerals to the European Union. The latter r
 anks among the regions with the highest per capita consumption of minerals 
 worldwide. Against this background, the discussion examines the implication
 s of recent political developments in Chile and Bolivia and the major restr
 ucturing of the State in Argentina as well as the role of the EU in the con
 text of its current raw materials, trade and investment policies.\n\n\n\nSp
 eakers:\n\n 	MEP Udo Bullmann, S&D  	Ramón Balcázar, Fundación Tantí, Chile
  	Vivian Lagrava, Empodérate, Bolivia 	Teresa Hoffmann, FARN, Argentina \n\
 nModeration: Kristina Stier, Brot für die Welt\n\n\n\nOrganisers: EU Raw Ma
 terials Coalition, Alliance for Andean Wetlands, Brot für die Welt, FARN, F
 undación Tantí, Empodérate, FIMA, Formando Rutas, CEDIB, PUCARA, Defensa Am
 biental, AIDA, Wetlands International\n\nEvent format: Webinar (1,5 hrs)\n\
 nLanguages: English and Spanish with simultaneous translation\n\nDate and t
 ime: Sept. 30, 4pm - 5:30pm CEST\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n
DTSTAMP:20260916T090617Z
DTSTART:20260930T140000Z
DTEND:20260930T153000Z
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