Yblin Román Escobar (Kolla descent) is a facilitator for the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) coalition on issues related to the transition to a European low-carbon economy. Yblin has a background in environmental sciences and a PhD in environmental toxicology.
Together with Judith Kirton-Darling, Yblin is hosting the session “Minerals for the Energy Transition: Win-Win or Extractivism 2.0?”
This session explores the important and timely issue of how Europe’s shift to green energy is impacting the global demand for critical minerals and the social and environmental effects in the countries that supply them.
When: 11h00
Where: Bar zaal
Speaker(s): Yblin Román Escobar + Judith Kirton-Darling
(Government) Debt & Punishment – Modern myths about government spending and budget deficits
In this talk, Hielke Van Doorslaer delves deeper into some of these modern fables and offer an alternative perspective on the necessity and (in)sense of national debts and austerity measures.
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Entangled inequality
In this session, we want to explore the excesses and problems of inequality and its intersections from a theoretical and more practical perspective.
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Minerals for the Energy Transition: Win-Win or Extractivism 2.0?
This discussion explores the important and timely issue of how Europe's shift to green energy affects the global demand for critical minerals and the social and environmental impacts on the countries that supply them.
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