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Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition

Economics, Human Geography, Political Economy

How does the role of lithium in the emerging energy regime challenge or reproduce unequal relations between producer and consumer regions, and can it pave the way for a sustainable and just energy transition?

What Explains Ambitious Climate Policy? Comparing Updated Climate Targets and Covid-19 Recovery Packages and Their Drivers

ETH Zurich
2021
Tobias S. Schmidt

Economics, Political Economy, Political Science, Statistics

Which political and economic drivers can explain country differences in climate ambition between NDCs and recovery packages, and how correlated they are?

Deliberative Quality in Trade-Related International Organizations

Università della Svizzera Italiana
2021
Jean-Patrick Villeneuve

Political Economy, Political Science, Psychology

How could the concept of Deliberative Quality help improve the conditions under which decisions are made, and could it serve to develop better processes and outcomes in trade-related organizations?

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