Green Transition, Extractive Continuities: Lithium Mining and the Environmental Contradictions of Sustainability
グリーン移行、採掘の継続：リチウム採掘と持続可能性の環境的矛盾 (AI 翻訳)
Jacob Kwakye
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日本語
脱炭素化に不可欠とされるリチウム採掘が水資源被害、生物多様性リスク、先住民族の権利侵害を引き起こすことを示す批判的レビュー。持続可能性の言説が採掘を正当化するメカニズムを分析し、技術的代替ではなく物質的節約と民主的ガバナンスが必要と主張。
English
This critical review synthesizes 68 studies on lithium mining and green extractivism. It finds that lithium extraction for decarbonization causes water stress, biodiversity risk, community conflict, and Indigenous rights violations. The 'sustainability' discourse and responsible sourcing frameworks may legitimize extraction without addressing demand reduction or ecological limits. The paper argues for material sufficiency and democratic governance as prerequisites for a just transition.
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日本のGX文脈において
日本はEV・蓄電池向けリチウム調達に依存するが、本論文は供給確保の先にある環境・社会的課題を示す。日本企業は海外採掘との関係で責任ある調達を求められており、グリーン移行に伴う矛盾の認識が重要。
In the global GX context
This paper adds a critical dimension to global GX discourse by examining environmental justice implications of critical mineral extraction. While ISSB/TCFD focus on climate risk and transition, this work highlights trade-offs in the material base of decarbonization, challenging 'green' narratives and suggesting transition frameworks must incorporate social and ecological governance.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:A useful framework for connecting critical mineral supply chains to environmental justice and governance studies.
🏢実務担当者:Alert to the reputational and social risks of sourcing lithium without addressing local impacts.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for demand-side policies and inclusive governance in critical mineral strategy.
📄 Abstract（原文）
ABSTRACT Global decarbonization has positioned lithium as a strategic mineral for electric vehicles, battery storage, and low‐carbon development. Yet its extraction raises serious environmental, political, and justice concerns that complicate dominant narratives of clean energy progress. This article presents a critical integrative review of peer‐reviewed scholarship published from 2015 onward on lithium mining, green extractivism, and the environmental contradictions of sustainability. From an initial search of 1127 papers, 68 studies were retained for thematic synthesis. The review develops a critical transition‐materiality framework linking four dimensions: material demand, ecological burden, territorial justice, and governance legitimation. The findings show that lithium extraction is associated with water stress, land disturbance, biodiversity risk, Indigenous rights concerns, community conflict, and uneven geographies of sacrifice. They also show how sustainability discourse, critical mineral policy, and responsible sourcing frameworks can legitimize extraction while leaving deeper questions of demand, consent, and ecological limits unresolved. The article argues that a just green transition requires more than technological substitution; it demands material sufficiency and democratic governance.
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