BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20221106T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.1474.events_uoft_date.0@www.environment.utoronto.ca CREATED:20220314T173108Z DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nMonday, April 18, 2022 12:00 pm to 1:30 p m \n\nSpeakers \nTeresa Kramarz \n\nDescription: \nAbout the LectureRenewa ble energy (RE) is critical for curbing global greenhouse gas emissions. W hile this is an imperative technical response to the climate crisis, a tr ansition to RE is also driving a surge in demand for copper, cobalt, lit hium, and other critical minerals required in solar, wind and long-life battery storage technologies. This increasing demand is displacing and deg rading some of the world’s most vulnerable populations and regions.  Many scholars and practitioners are concerned with guaranteeing a steady supply of critical minerals, and potential threats to national energy independe nce. While some point to the social and environmental harms of extracting\ , processing, and disposal, they also suggest that costs may be justifie d because they represent less destructive alternatives to carbon-based dev elopment. However, such cost-benefit analyses provide only a partial acco unt of the ways in which local communities, ecosystems, and national eco nomies are affected.  Calls for “smarter” forms of mining and supply chain accountability highlight the research questions that remain overlooked an d discounted. I present an analytical framework to identify the displaceme nt effects of these technologies, thereby contributing to a broader discu ssion of what needs to be governed for a sustainable transition.  I examin e three broad types of displacements: by dispossession, degradation and t hrough commodity-dependent development. Then, drawing from an original da tabase of transnational accountability mechanisms, I evaluate emerging no rms, rules, and institutions to reveal what is, and is not being govern ed globally and how. Identifying accountability ‘gaps,’ ‘traps’ and some ‘victory laps’ provides a more comprehensive roador future RE governance.A bout the SpeakerTeresa Kramarz is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in the University of Toronto.  She directs the Munk One undergraduate program, co-directs the  Environmental Governance Lab (with Steven Bernstein and Matthew  Hoffma\n\ , University of Toronto) and is the co-convener of the Accountability in G lobal Environmental Governance Task Force of the Earth System Governance n etwork (with Susan Park, University of Sydney).  Her work focuses on the governance of extractive industries in the renewable energy transition, e nvironmental accountability, and the performance of multistakeholder part nerships led by international organizations. Dr. Kramarz is the author of three books - “Global Environmental Governance and the Accountability Trap ” and “Forgotten Values: The World Bank and Environmental Partnerships” bo th published by MIT Press and most recently “Populist Moments and Extracti vist States in Venezuela and Ecuador: The People's Oil?” Recent articles a ppear in Environmental Politics, Global Environmental Politics, Energy R esearch and Social Science, Society and Natural Resources, Environmental Policy and Governance, and Review of Policy Research. She has been worki ng on environmental policy and governance issues for over 25 years startin g as an international civil servant in the World Bank and United Nations D evelopment Programme and then as a scholar.Register here. \n\nContact Info rmation: \n Peter Aitken events.environment@utoronto.ca \n\nCategories \n Lectures \n\nAudiences \n CommunityOpen to All DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220418T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220418T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T162116Z SUMMARY:Governing the Dark Side of Renewable Energy: From Global Displaceme nts to Accountability for a Sustainable Transition with Teresa Kramarz URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/governing-dark-side -renewable-energy-global-displacements-accountability-sustainable END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR